Job opening: Public Affairs Specialist
Salary: $86 962 - 113 047 per year
Published at: Oct 10 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience (ODR&R) in one of the listed office locations. This position provides planning, building and implementation of social media strategies to drive engagement and build brand awareness.
Duties
As a Public Affairs Specialist at the GS-1035-12, some of your typical work assignments may include:
Communicating the Agency's programs and objectives and ongoing activities related to disaster declarations with all levels of management and Congressional officials.
Analyzing social media metrics to determine and manage the effectiveness of the campaign with other digital and social media activities in meeting stated goals.
Participating in the development and coordination of social media campaigns.
Independently utilizes social media platforms on a regular basis to implement and engage in online conversations including chats, webinars, and live events.
Coordinating messaging or public relations outreach for large disaster events covering a wide geographical area and/or managing a specific task in support of the event for the purpose of marketing the services and products of an organization.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement # DE-25-HQ-12574817, open to the general public.
Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required heighten Disaster Activities.
If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities.
By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience - HQ, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
- Favorable background investigation is required.
- You may be required to complete a one-year trial period.
- You must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date, if applicable
- This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
- A valid driver's license may be required.
- Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week and ten to fourteen hours a day).
Qualifications
Experience:
To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.
You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level.
GS-12: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-11 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:
Knowledge in creating engaging content (text, image, graphics and video) that can be shared across social media channels to drive engagement and build brand awareness; and
Understanding of the management and/or use of social media platforms to include posting of content, engaging in on-line conversations, chats, webinars, and live events; and
Understanding of social media metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of campaigns and adjust strategies; and
Knowledge in using video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, or Final Cut Pro to create engaging video content for social media; and
Planning, organizing, and preparing written communications, such as press releases, presentations, articles, photos, flyers, etc. for dissemination to various types of media outlets, social media platforms, brochures and periodicals; and
Acting as spokesperson by making public appearances, preparing presentations, talking points or speeches for local news conferences/events, and town hall meetings or other targeted audiences for the purpose of explaining an organization's programs, policies, and procedure to the media, government officials, business leadership and the public.
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: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled.
All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 10/16/2024.
Contacts
- Address Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience - HQ
409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050
Washington, DC 20416
US
- Name: David Wager
- Email: [email protected]
