This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM), Policy, Planning & Communications with one vacancy in Charleston, SC. This position is also announced under vacancy number NOS OCM-25-12587750-ST , which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Communications Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Prepare written information for a variety of audiences who use it in different ways. Prepare and publish written materials that explain and interpret complex policies, programs, and functions of an organization or present advanced scientific and technical findings and applications. Review and edit or provide feedback on written content developed across the organization to consistent, high quality communications materials. Produce electronic and printed material. Work with graphic artists to determine visual design and layout, arranging visual elements and text, using image placement, text layout and style, and graphic element techniques. Arrange content onto a variety of outreach materials with supporting photographs or images. Gather and evaluate the accuracy of research and interviews with subject- matter specialists and managers. Develop and revise communication plans and policies; assure plans and policies are rewritten to enhance their clarity, and identify the most effective means of communicating information with various internal and external audiences. Develop collaborative communications activities within the organization, among other agency offices and other federal and private sector organizations. Execute national outreach campaigns to convey complex information concerning the agency's program. Evaluate the effectiveness of communication plans and policies and advise immediate supervisor as well as the senior staff as to whether the plans and policies should be discontinued, expanded or changed.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: - Participating in outreach activities related to coastal management to communicate and disseminate information or findings for a program; - Assisting in the preparation of written materials that explain or interpret coastal management policies, programs, or functions; and - Communicating and collaborating with a variety of audiences to advance communication activities. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience equivalent to that described above. Note: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for the GS-11.

Education

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]