This position is located in Alaska Regional Office in the Public Affairs and Communication Division.

Duties

This position serves as Chief of Public and Legislative Affairs for the Department of the Interior's (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) in Alaska, overseeing communication programs responsible for the conservation and preservation of 54.6 million acres spread across 17 park units which equates to over 65% of the national NPS conservation system. The chief is responsible for directing all aspects of public affairs, internal communications, legislative affairs, and the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act program in Alaska. This position also serves as the primary liaison for the Alaska Region with Congressional staff, State representatives and the Governor's office conveying complex information on agency activities that affect local, national, and international populations. Major duties will include: Overseeing operations of the region's Public Affairs program including setting short-and-long term goals in support of Bureau, Department, and Administration objectives, formulating strategies and tactics, establishing metrics for program success, managing priorities, and ensuring goals are met. Serving as the primary external communications strategist, coordinating with other senior staff to develop, direct, and deliver effective, timely, consistent, and appropriate communications on key issues to the news media, partners, stakeholders, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and the public to increase awareness of bureau activities and its brand. Providing high-level strategic guidance to leadership and staff regarding external communications policies, strategies, and tactics, and ensures consistency of message and purpose on communication matters among these individuals. Coordinating communication strategies and developing communications products in crisis situations and high-profile events. Managing a team of communication professionals by setting work priorities and assignments, developing performance standards, evaluating staff and team success, identifying training requirements and opportunities, and implementing team and individual goals. Determines and implements corrective actions and quality improvements as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/22/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: leading an organization's external affairs or communications program promoting scientific, natural resources, technical, or other issues of significant complexity. Proficiencies may include providing strategic communications guidance to senior leaders to further the organization's mission and goals, leading pro- and reactive communications and outreach campaigns, managing a team of communications professionals in the production of a variety of outreach products under pressure of very short deadlines, and preparing senior leaders for interactions with media and key stakeholders. You must include hours per week worked. When describing the nature of your duties (e.g., your paid or unpaid work or volunteer experience), please be extremely clear, thorough, and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire. For additional information on what to include in your resume, click here. For information on what you should leave out of your resume, click here. The following five-minute video may also be helpful for creating and updating your federal resume: click here. Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Alaska Regional Office 240 W 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 US
• Name: Carrie Shapbell
• Phone: (907) 644-3340
• Email: [email protected]