About the Position: Serve as a Public Affairs Specialist within a District of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) by assisting the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) in the overall program management, direction, coordination, and planning of the office work programs and work activities.

Duties

Independently plans and executes National/International USACE programs and projects affecting the nationally vital economics and international waterways through the development of tactical communication plans to meet the target audiences. Assist the PAO with the coordinating, implementation, and analyses of stakeholder/public understanding of the District's mission through the routine analysis of media articles and social listening. Assist in providing feedback, advice, and assistance to Project Delivery Teams (PDT) and with coordination between the District public affairs office, subject matter experts and Division office on media requests and policy issues. Review and/or recommend proposed changes in long-range strategic communication planning. Prepare situation analysis, defines objectives, builds effective relationships, defines audiences, and identifies key messages. Plan, write, and coordinate preparation of informational communication materials and presentations. Prepare articles, speeches, maps, charts, slides, and photographs/videos in support of the District Communication Program. Analyze subject matter and audience; writes text designed to serve the needs of both originator and audience. Develop material through interviews, research of material on file, and contacts with other USACE District within the region, private industry, environmental and water resource groups. Use the latest technologies such as the Internet, web-page soft ware, design soft ware, and presentation soft ware to create and publish cutting-edge presentations. Develop creative communication solutions and aligns communication strategies and tactics to leadership's intent.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires a valid State motor vehicle operator's license that must be maintained for the duration of employment.
• This position requires Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) 25% of the duty time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, you must have: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes preparing news releases, articles, speeches, briefings, and photographs for release to local, regional, and national print and broadcast news media representatives; producing and editing multi-media content to include videos, photographs, digital graphics for inclusion in publications, exhibits, brochures, websites, and speeches to communicate mission stories; supporting or leading the planning of a variety of internal and external events to share/exchange information with targeted audiences; coordinating, preparing, and reviewing information for release to the organizations social media, intranet, internet, and extranet websites; developing public affairs and strategic communication plans for specific issues or district projects in collaboration with project managers and technical staff. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11) Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job GS-12, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and MediaInterpersonal SkillsProject ManagementPublic Affairs Policies and ProceduresStrategic Thinking Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NASHVILLE DO NOT MAIL Nashville, TN 37203 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk