You will serve as a PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST in the PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE of COMNAVSURFLANT.

Duties

You will formulate, implement and supervise all media relations, community relations and internal communication programs. You will lead and manage a robust public affairs program with responsibility for strategy, planning, executing and evaluating the most difficult and complex local, national, and international media relations programs and strategies. You will serve as a public affairs technical authority, interpret broad, general policy statements. You will receive, evaluate, research, author responses and respond to requests from local, national and international news media for a wide variety of information requests. You will create and edit Public Affairs (PA) products, which are widely disseminated to reach external (i.e., public affairs press releases for public events. You will respond to public requests for information, materials and photographs, and disseminates those products or refers requests to the appropriate source. You will participate with and represent the Public Affairs Officer and Executive Leadership in major program developments and policy-making decisions to determine expected external and internal public affairs impact. You will serve as an official spokesman at the scene of accidents/incidents or when responding to media queries. You will plan, research, review for technical and factual accuracy, and write news and feature releases for external (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn) and internal media (unclassified and classified command homepages). You will participate with management in major program developments and policy-making decisions to determine expected external and internal public affairs impact. You will establish and maintain direct contact with officials of area city governments and chamber of commerce officials in support of various on-going and planned public affairs projects. You will manage the Community Relations budget for activities. You may be required to work evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
• 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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

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: Planning community and internal audience relation activities commands, subordinate commands and their surrounding communities. Managing community relations, marketing and journalism, including media requirements and developing a wide variety of informational materials that increase communication with the military commands various populaces. Producing written materials regarding community relations issues, activities and events at a military Command (i.e. fact sheets, memorandums, letters, news articles, programs, and press releases). Applying knowledge of military protocol, customs, traditions and procedures, including a thorough understanding of standard directives and policies to serve as a protocol expert and to ensure routine or unique protocol events are executed per law, directives and customs. Monitoring and reviewing the quality and process of work performed by assigned subordinate personnel, setting all expectation, and scheduling. Developing and/or interpreting policy and providing staff level advisory program guidance. 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.

Contacts

• Address COMNAVSURFLANT Cmdr Naval Surface Force Atlantic Norfolk, VA 23501 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]