The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the exploration and development of the nation's offshore resources. It seeks to appropriately balance economic development, energy independence, and environmental protection through oil and gas leases, renewable energy development and environmental reviews and studies. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.boem.gov/

Duties

This position is located within the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs. This position will be located in either Washington, D.C. or Sterling, Virginia. At the full performance level (GS-15) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: 1.The incumbent is the primary community engagement coordinator for OREP for renewable energy activities. 2. The incumbent must possess the ability to provide executive direction to gain the cooperation of functional and technical government organizations and elements to ensure coordination of all government interests. Serve as key advisor and reports to the OREP Chief regarding coordination of renewable energy activities with community stakeholders. 3. Serves as the liaison to other offices within BOEM, coordinating closely with Office of Communications, to share information and work with internal co-workers to communicate activities to ensure everyone is updated. Establish and implement an annual stakeholder engagement plan. Improve coordination efforts, in regard to synchronizing communication and stakeholder engagement with a variety of key intergovernmental partners. 4. Develops and implements a proactive engagement strategy to improve coordination efforts with a variety of stakeholders. 5. Drafts briefing memoranda, talking points, and other materials to provide up to date information regarding ongoing interagency activities, concerns and issues for presentation to OREP and BOEM leadership. 6. Establishes and maintain key points of contact at federal, state, and local government agencies in order to facilitate engagements between those agencies and OREP. 7. Develops and maintains relationships within BOEM and with the Interior Department to enhance BOEM's public engagement efforts through communications materials written for the Secretary and other high-level officials. 8. Provides leadership and detailed, objective advice on community engagement issues within any area of jurisdiction of the OREP Chief. Assignments are difficult, highly important, and diversified in scope. The incumbent is responsible for the completion of complex projects or program implementation. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. Salary Information GS-15, Step 1:$163,964.00 to GS-15, Step 10: $191,900.00 per annum. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the lower salary range of the grade level. This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.

Requirements

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the specialized experience for the series to which you are applying. Specialized Experience To qualify for the GS-15, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) Building coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and/or Local governments, nonprofit and/or private-sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals; 2) Planning, developing, implementing, and managing a national communication program, project, strategy or initiatives for various audiences; 3) Conducting analyses and making reports and presentations on developing federal and/or private projects; 4) Preparing and/or reviewing policy recommendations and technical proposals relative to project planning; AND 5) Leading or supervising employees Must meet all. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Contacts

• Address Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166 US
• Name: Daniel Bevels
• Phone: 703-787-1512
• Email: [email protected]