Senior Supervisor, Senate Photographic Services

Date Posted	September 11, 2025
Industry	Government
Specialty	Other
Required Education	High School Diploma
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	Target Hiring Range: $120,000-$132,000 / Pay Grade Range: $99518-$168496

Description:

Senior Supervisor, Senate Photographic Services 

The United State Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Supervisor to help lead the Senate Photographic Services (SPS) team, which documents the history and work of the U.S. Senate through photography, short-form video and emerging visual technologies.  This role demands strong leadership, expert problem-solving skills, and the ability to keep complex operations running smoothly in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment. As the central leadership position under the SPS Manager, the Senior Supervisor is charged with sustaining the Senate’s long-standing tradition of high-quality visual documentation, while also guiding staff through modernization efforts. This is more than a supervisory role; it’s a responsibility to lead the team entrusted with capturing and preserving the Senate’s visual record, ensuring that history is documented with consistency, integrity, and excellence.

Key Accountabilities/Essential Job Duties

Oversees daily operations and service delivery across SPS teams including photography, video, post-production, and customer service. Supervises assigned staff; responsible for annual performance evaluations, scheduling, and leave approval in accordance with SAA policy. Coordinates staffing, resource allocation, and priorities to ensure timely, high-quality services for Senate clients. Acts as primary liaison for customer service and internal process coordination across SPS sections. Collaborates and ensure operational readiness of essential software, hardware, and data workflows. Other duties, as assigned.

Target Hiring Range: $120,000-$132,000 

Department: Support Operations
Posting Date Range: 9/10/2025-9/24/2025
Pay Grade Range: $99518-$168496
Work Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Remote Work Status: Onsite 

 The Senate Sergeant at Arms does not pay for relocation expenses. 

 This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Required Education
High School Diploma/ GED.

Other Duties/ Responsibilities

• Serves as the Contracting Office’s Representative. 
• Serves as the Photographic Services Manager in his/her absence.

Required Work Experience

• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in photography, video, and/or visual communications, with at least two (2) years of work in a lead or supervisor capacity managing an operation in a high volume, customer-facing environment.

Required Special Skills/ Knowledge

• Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, the structure, services, and protocols of the U.S. Senate and the SAA.
• Knowledge of digital photography and video production workflows, including editorial, post-production, and asset delivery standards.
• Ability to supervise and evaluate the work of a multidisciplinary team in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to use independent judgement to resolve scheduling and service conflicts across visual services.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective staff supervision, cross-functional collaboration within SAA, and direct engagement with Senate offices, committees, and executive-level stakeholders.
• Skilled in high-level representation and advocacy, frequently serving as the face of SPS in high-profile, high-pressure environments.
• Demonstrated discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment in navigating sensitive and complex situations.

As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. 

Desired Qualifications

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively and diplomatically with individuals at all levels, and to foster strong working relationships across diverse teams, stakeholders, and Senate Offices. 
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, supervise, and develop a multidisciplinary team of creative professionals, including performance management, career development, and completion of administrative requirements. 
• Experience leading teams through organizational and technological transitions, including integrating new production, scheduling, or workflow tools. 
• Comfort and competence working in live, high-profile settings where adaptability, professionalism, sound judgment, and attention to detail are paramount.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating operational reliability combined with creative vision, technical skill, and editorial judgment across photography and short-form video platforms. 
• Knowledge of archival best practices and metadata workflows for photo and video content in government or public institutions. 

Working Conditions

• Since this position requires onsite presence in support of the U.S. when in session, this position requires the employee to be available and prepared to work during government shutdowns, in inclement weather, on holidays, and during late night, overnight, and weekend sessions. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted.
• This position directly supports essential services of the U.S. Senate. As such, this position requires the employee be available and prepared to work during government shutdowns, in inclement weather, on holidays, weekends, and during late nights to ensure essential services to the Senate continue without interruption. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted.
• The U.S. Senate network cannot be taken offline for maintenance during the workday, or while the Senate is in session. As such, maintenance windows may only occur at night, on weekends, and occasionally on holidays.
• Employees who perform systems upgrades, maintenance, wiring, backups, support our alternate data centers, will have schedules that include working nights, weekends, and holidays. 
• Moderate (carrying items less than 50 pounds).
• Work requires the employee to be outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
• Work requires frequent physical effort walking, bending, crawling, standing for long durations. 
• Working on ladders, scaffolding, or stages.
• Working in confined spaces (bending and crawling). 
• Some traveling may be required.

 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

To be employed by a Senate employing office in a paid position in the continental United States an individual must:
1. Be a U.S. citizen;
2. Be lawfully admitted for permanent residence and seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)(B);
3. Be (i) admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 and (ii) have filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or
4. Owe allegiance to the U.S. (i.e., qualify as a non-citizen U.S. national under federal law).

Employment is contingent on background / security investigation results.  

BENEFITS AT-A-GLANCE

The SAA provides a highly competitive benefits package for all SAA staff. Our benefits extend beyond health care coverage to help provide employees with student loan reimbursement, professional development, transportation subsidy, TSP/retirement savings, access to our Employee Assistance Program, and more! For more information regarding SAA’s benefits, please visit https://sen.gov/OPPW.

ACCOMMODATIONS

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the SAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAA and need special assistance or an accommodation to complete the application process, please submit your request to employment@saa.senate.gov email with “Accommodation” in the subject line.

VOLUNTARY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FOR VETERANS' PREFERENCE

If you are identifying as veterans' preference eligible under the VEOA, please use this link to complete your application for Veterans' Preference AFTER you apply for this position. The link will also be available on the "Thank You" page after you have submitted your job application.

Candidates only need to apply one time for veterans’ preference to be considered for all future veterans’ preference positions within the Senate Sergeant at Arms. 

• All supporting documents must ONLY be provided within the Veterans’ Preference Application and within the stated deadline of the job announcement.
• Late applications for veterans’ preference will not be considered.
• Documentation to obtain veterans’ preference will not be considered if attached to the job application.
• If you need to revise or resubmit your Application for Veterans' Preference/documents, please withdraw your previous Application for Veterans' Preference and resubmit. If you require assistance, please email SAARecruitment@saa.senate.gov.
• To view additional information regarding the VEOA, please click here.

An applicant who declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provide information and documentation regarding his/her disabled veteran’s status will not be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the individual may be ruled ineligible for veterans’ preference.

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