Who May Be Considered: Status Candidates Veterans Land Management Eligibles under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Duties

In this position, you will serve as an External Affairs Specialist. Typical work assignments include: -Helping to develop communication plans and strategies to promote various CISA initiatives. -Working collaboratively as part of a creative teams to develop concepts and materials that raise awareness of CISA and its resources. -Working with program experts to help interpret, develop or analyze policy/program issues related to stakeholder engagement or external affairs. -Working proactively to develop media and public interest in CISA initiatives. -Creating communications to ensure the final products are clear, compelling and written in plain language tailored to external audiences. -Conducting research on issues of interest and briefing senior executives on findings of significance related to stakeholder perspectives and concerns, outreach strategies and communication initiatives and proposals -Providing guidance and direction on developing program briefings for leadership, in coordination with external affairs functional and program staff as required.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: Qualified applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-13) in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Executing external communication strategies to ensure the effective implementation of organizational program and activities; 2) Writing and editing communication materials to support agency initiatives; and 3) Implementing communication activities and messaging consistently across an organization. Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (52 weeks at the GS-13 level). NOTE: Current and former employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF50s include appointment, reassignment, with-in grade/range increases and promotion actions). Please note: Pay adjustments and awards do not include the length of time in your current position, therefore, they are NOT acceptable. If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment.You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification AND time-in-grade claims will be subject to verification. NOTE: 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.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1616 N. Fort Myer Dr. CISA-FMD Stop 0380 Arlington, VA 20598-0380 US
• Name: HR Customer Care Center
• Phone: 317-212-0454
• Email: [email protected]