Employee will serve as a Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist - Chief Public Affairs aligned within the Office of the Director located at the Veterans Healthcare Administration in Kansas City, MO. Recruitment and Relocation Incentives have been authorized for highly qualified candidates

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Primary purpose of this position is responsible for the oversight of all media, social media, marketing, public announcements, facility-wide communications, official visits, and public/social events held at the medical center. Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: Serves as manager of an integrated, cross discipline service line comprised of Public Affairs, Medical Media, and Congressional & Stakeholder Relations. Provides oversight and management for public affairs, medical media services, and duplication services within the health care system, including budget and fiscal management, human resources management, strategic planning and public affairs program management and evaluation, assuring that they are integrated to provide optimum usage of resources. Participates at the senior management level in the overall planning and management activities related to communication, patient education, congressional and stakeholder relations. Creates and maintains a public and community relations program that promotes a positive image, elevates public opinion, provides informative and timely external and internal communication mediums, and strives to foster stakeholder and patient satisfaction and positive employee morale. Creates, designs, and distributes publications and multimedia products, including annual reports, magazines, newsletters, employee bulletins, all health care system printed and visual/video products, graphic designs, photography, and any special publications. Participates in public speaking engagements, manages a proactive media relations program across multi-media markets. Responds to media inquiries, develops speeches and public service announcements, coordinates public events, manages overall health care system communication and congressional briefings. Writes congressional statements and maintains all brochures and printed and visual products and any special publications. Performs other duties as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday,8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Authorized for highly qualified candidate Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: leading the day-to-day activities within a healthcare public affairs program and medical media, including budget/fiscal management, human resources management, strategic planning and program management and evaluation; planning and writing a variety of articles, new releases, and speeches that convey and clarify the medical center's operations and viewpoints; participating in public speaking engagements; and creating, designing, and distributing publications and multimedia products, including annual reports, magazines, newsletters, bulletins, health care system visual/video products, photography, and special publications. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Communications and MediaCustomer ServiceExternal AwarenessOral Communication 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. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items (medical/administrative documents) and occasionally assisting with a wheelchair. In some instances, relationships with patients can become intense and place employee in a position of stress. This position demands emotional stability. 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 Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64128 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]