You will serve as a PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST in the NAVY AND MARINE CORPS FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION COMMAND (NMCFHPC) of NAVY-MARINE CORPS PUB HLTH CEN.

Duties

You will shape, lead, and evaluate Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Navy (DON) efforts to use written communication to inform and persuade audiences on complex, sensitive, or controversial issues. You will develop and implement strategic marketing and communication plans, including public, government, media, community, and leadership relations, brand and reputation management, crisis communication, and employee engagement efforts. You will lead staff and public affairs stakeholders in planning and response efforts. You will plan and coordinate the dissemination of information relating to organization's programs, objectives, and functions through news media.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: *Experience utilizing skills in Communication, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field of study to develop written materials designed to encourage affected publics to adopt positions on a variety of issues. *Experience utilizing software programs such as Adobe Suite, Canva, Microsoft Suite, and Social Media to design, develop, collaborate, and distribute campaigns. *Experience making oral presentations or training others to conduct meetings designed to obtain public input on program issues and develop a consensus position from among divergent viewpoints. *Experience applying branding, marketing, written and oral communications techniques, education principles, methods, and analytical techniques associated with public health, product line, and consumer marketing. *Experience establishing and maintaining working relationships with a variety of publics some of whom have opposing points of view from the organization and where the specialist must defend the developed policy or point of view in the face of heavy criticism in unstructured settings. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVY-MARINE CORPS PUB HLTH CEN 620 John Paul Jones Cir Portsmouth, VA 23708 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]