Information & Arts Student Trainee (Visual Information Spec)_

Summary Are you looking for a career in national security? The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is seeking students to join our team for summer 2025. Our paid internship program will provide students the opportunity to gain marketable developmental experience in counterintelligence and insider threat, industrial security, personnel security, security training, and other DCSA core mission and support areas. Become a part of America's Gatekeeper Team! Responsibilities Under the Information and Arts (Visual Information Specialist) series, the incumbent will support the DCSA mission through the use of agency messaging, visual information, multimedia standards, technical literature, DCSA internal instructions and administrative policies. The position also makes use of manuals, standard operating procedures and instructions. The DCSA Student Experience is looking for interns to join our team to perform the following duties: Aids the branch and directorate in creating products that align with agency messaging and provides accurate and informative graphic content for products and presentations. Assists in planning, coordinating, designing, creating and producing basic visual communication products and projects. Prepares and organizes data and creates visual data representation and artwork for visual presentations and publications. Assists in data visualizations and provides quality graphic content in support of branch and directorate's activities and works with leadership for depicting branches and directorate's performance metrics. Performs analysis and research of subject matter and customer requirements to ensure that the final products meet or exceed customer expectations and communicate the intended message. Other duties as assigned. You are applying to the Information and Arts (Visual Information Specialist) series and not a specific position. If selected, you will be placed in an open internship position within the Information and Arts (Visual Information Specialist) series in the location specified in your application. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, you must meet the criteria specified below: QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify at the GG-05 pay level: You must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate degree program with a full-time course load at time of application and in the spring semester prior to the summer program, with an expected graduation date of October 2025 or later. Note: A full-time course load is at least 12 credit hours per semester. To qualify for the GG-07 pay level: You must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate program with a full-time course load at time of application with an expected graduation date of May 2025 or earlier. You must have conferred your undergraduate degree by May 2025 and be accepted into a graduate level educational program for the Fall 2025 semester. Proof of acceptance must be provided prior to start of position; OR you must be enrolled in an accredited graduate degree program with a full-time course load at time of application and in the spring semester prior to the summer program, with an expected graduation date of October 2025 or later. You must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. Students scheduled to graduate prior to winter 2025 are ineligible unless accepted and enrolled in a subsequent degree program. Documentation of subsequent degree program acceptance and enrollment will be required at time of application. Education: All applicants must submit college or university unofficial transcripts as proof of enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program, current enrollment in a full-time course load and to confirm GPA. See below for further instruction on transcripts. Relocation expenses or housing benefits are NOT offered for our student positions. This position is not remote. If you are selected, you will have to report to the office throughout your internship and be living within commuting distance to the office during the summer program. **PLEASE NOTE** - This is not a developmental opportunity - this position will be filled at the GG-05 or GG-07 depending on applicant qualifications and organizational requirements. Specifically, you will be evaluated on the following competencies: Communication: Written and oral communication techniques sufficient to develop and deliver briefings, project papers, status/staff reports and correspondence to managers to foster understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations. Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences. Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals. Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; uses sound reasoning to arrive at conclusions; finds alternative solutions to complex problems; distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical judgements. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Additionally, you will be evaluated on your ability to research, analyze, and present information. Education All applicants must submit college or university unofficial transcripts as proof of enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program, current enrollment in a full-time course load, and to confirm GPA requirement. NEWLY ENROLLED FRESHMAN will be required to ALSO provide high school transcripts to confirm GPA requirements. If you are newly enrolled and do not have a transcript you should provide your acceptance letter as proof of enrollment. Superior Academic Achievement does not apply to DCIPS positions. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. Foreign Education: For further information, click on the following link: d.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE/CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: sd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. Resumes should NOT include: Classified information/SSN/Photo of yourself/personal information (gender, religion, affiliation etc/Encrypted digitally signed docs). Resumes with this prohibited information will be automatically ineligible for consideration.