This position serves as Supervisory Public Affairs Officer of the Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS). This position plans, directs, and programmatically managers the healthcare system's public affairs office.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major Duties and Responsibilities Include: Responsible for planning, developing, and communicating the organization's programs, policies, and activities to the public and electoral offices while displaying tact, common sense, diplomacy, discernment, initiative, and professionalism. Goals of this position include increasing awareness and improving perception, for internal and external stakeholders, of VA programs, services, special events, projects, technologies, research, and other innovations and accomplishments for the Veteran population within and beyond the Lexington catchment area. Evaluates and advises management officials on specific courses of action to follow in making public announcements. Prepares facility all user communication, such as newsletters, training, and event announcements, etc. Leads team(s) in research, analysis, development, and implementation of public affairs and outreach strategic communications and marketing plans for highly visible and potentially sensitive agency programs. Establishes and maintains proactive contacts with media outlets, legislative offices, veteran service organizations, and health care affiliates. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with representatives of the print and broadcast media, legislative offices, and national organizations interested in the environmental, recreational, and conservation aspects of the organization's programs. Provides direct supervision and management of three employees. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. GS-13 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in Federal service. The Specialized Experience for this position is experience performing public relations type work for a medical center to include experience planning, organizing, directing, and managing the day-to-day operations of public affairs and medical media programs for a medical center and providing supervision, leadership, and direction to others in accomplishing these tasks; experience cultivating and coordinating relationships with a variety of stakeholders including high-ranking officials from state and local government, Veterans Service Organization representatives, local and regional media representatives, area business organizations, and public affairs directors from nearby hospitals and other private sector businesses to develop and maintain mutually beneficial partnership efforts; and experience assessing the productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of program operations and/or analyzing and resolving problems in effectiveness and efficiency of administrative support and staff activities. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Administration and ManagementCommunications and MediaLeadershipMultimedia TechnologiesOrganizational Performance Analysis IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Lexington VA Health Care System 2250 Leestown Road Lexington, KY 40511 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]