This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Asst Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner If you do not meet any of the categories listed below, you may wish to apply under announcement 24-HUD-171-P which is open for any U.S. citizen to apply. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

The Office of Housing provides vital public services through its nationally administered programs. It oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest mortgage insurer in the world, and regulates important parts of the housing industry. The Office of Housing is committed to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities through homeownership, rental housing and healthcare opportunities. The Office of Multifamily Housing is responsible for the overall management, development, direction and administration of HUD's Multifamily Housing Programs. HUD's Multifamily programs provide mortgage insurance to HUD-approved lenders to facilitate the construction, substantial rehabilitation, purchase and refinancing of multifamily housing projects. MFH is widely responsible for production, asset management and portfolio oversight, and recapitalization of assisted properties, and field operations. As part of the National Housing Act of 1934, Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) which later became a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing in 1965. As a Public Affairs Specialist, you will: - Plan, design, develop and execute comprehensive, nationwide campaigns to convey information concerning the Multifamily Housing's programs to individuals and organizations served or affected by those programs. - Evaluate information problems encountered in communicating Multifamily Housing programs. Advise on and recommends specific information activities designed to meet these problems. Analyze information requirements in terms of public needs to be met and provides advice on program information problems to program staff. - Establish and maintain effective working relationships with representatives of the print and broadcast media, with national organizations, and with public affairs officials of state and local governments interested in Departmental programs. - Establish and maintain effective relations with communication media providing them with a variety of information on issues related to the installation's operation in the community. - Create an interchange of ideas and issues among departmental personnel, local community leaders, civic groups, etc., concerning problems that might negatively impact the department's activities.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. To be qualified for this position at the GS-13 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. This experience is defined as: - Communicating principles, methods and techniques that relate to the public affairs of an agency; AND - Leading the development and implementation of communications initiatives; AND - Analyzing and communicating issues with regard to policy and proposed projects to a wide variety of audiences. Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume. Time-in-Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13 you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Asst Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]