Job opening: External Affairs Specialist
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: May 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Who May Be Considered:
Federal employees - Competitive service
Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Program (I/CTAP) Eligibles
Land Management Eligibles under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act.
Individuals with Disabilities
Veterans
Military Spouses
Peace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA
Interchange Agreements with Other Merit Systems
Foreign Service Employees
Certain Former Overseas Employees
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Duties
Typical work assignments include:
Helping to develop communication plans and strategies to promote various CISA initiatives.
Working collaboratively as part of a creative teams to develop concepts and materials that raise awareness of CISA and its resources.
Working with program experts to help interpret, develop or analyze policy/program issues related to stakeholder engagement or external affairs.
Working proactively to develop media and public interest in CISA initiatives.
Creating communications to ensure the final products are clear, compelling and written in plain language tailored to external audiences.
Conducting research on issues of interest and briefing senior executives on findings of significance related to stakeholder perspectives and concerns, outreach strategies and communication initiatives and proposals.
Providing guidance and direction on developing program briefings for leadership, in coordination with external affairs functional and program staff as required.
Qualifications
To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying.
YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
You qualify for the GS-14 grade level, if you have:
EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties:
Executing external communication strategies to plan, organize and implement program plans and proposals; AND
Anticipate the needs of customers and programs and be proactive in seeking information and solutions need to complete tasks based on evolving needs, shifting mission requirements or other internal and external factors; AND
Demonstrate flexible thinking and adaptability needed to apply current skills or upskill as needed to conduct new types communication efforts as portfolios and technologies evolve; AND
Independently manage or lead groups of people from across External Affairs and the agency, drawing on the expertise and insight of each member to work as a team as they build out plans and campaigns.
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.
Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).
Time After Competitive Appointment: By the closing date specified in this job announcement, current Federal civilian employees must wait at least 90 days after their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive service referral certificate before promotion, transfer, reinstatement, reassignment, or detail.
All qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification AND Time-in-Grade claims will be subject to verification.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
1616 Fort Myer Dr.
Arlington, VA 22209
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: 317-212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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