This position is located in the Office of the Under Secretary (UNSEC), Office of Communications, with one vacancy in College Park, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number UNSEC-24-12215329-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Public Affairs Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Write, edit, and review complex weather and climate science material for online and print publications, news releases and talking points. Provide on-camera media interviews, arrange news conferences, and develop responses for public and media inquiries about complex weather and climate topics. Plan design, and execute short and long-term strategic communication plans, campaigns, and activities, including a wide range of outreach and education activities and collaborating with NWS core partners. Provide executive-level media and public speaking training and interview coaching for organizational leaders and scientists.

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 EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. 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 ZA-4 or GS-13: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing live on-camera media interviews about weather and climate topics; Writing and editing complex science information intended for publication; and Creating unique content ideas and writing for an organization's websites and social media on weather and climate topics.

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: Mark Delong
• Email: [email protected]