This position is located in the National Weather Services, with one vacancy, in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS-24-12159859-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Communications Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Plans, develops, implements, and oversees communications projects for the division including the development of digital properties, national communications plans, strategies, campaigns, and in-reach and outreach projects that effectively convey the organization's priorities and increases awareness of its workforce, science, research, policy, and public services. Communicates information and ideas through verbal, visual, or written means for a variety of audiences, including influential and decision-making individuals and organizations, and organizes highly technical material into a format tailored to the audience. Serves as a project lead across the division and/or agency portfolios depending on project/work assignments, providing overall direction and guidance to staff members and affiliates working on projects. Collaborates with program subject matter experts in order to ensure coordination and broad adoption of communications initiatives.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Developing and executing national level communications projects, plans, programs, and campaigns; Analyzing agency communications requirements to provide advice and counsel on communication needs, strategies, and initiatives; and Contributing to the development and implementation of methodologies for continual improvement by leading working groups, meetings, and other in-person and virtual feedback sessions and by incorporating diverse perspectives.

Education

There is no education requirement/substitution for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Vanessa Proctor
• Email: [email protected]