About the Position: The incumbent serves as a Public Affairs Specialist United States Army Europe Africa, HHBN V Corps, MCP/COFS/COFS&SGS SEC, Office Public Affairs Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Duties

Advises the Commander and Command Group on all aspects of the Fort Knox-wide community relations function including current or planned community activities, programs, policies, legislation and ordinances. Serve as the community relations point of contact for the Fort Knox installation and ensure collaboration and dissemination of information among on-post and off-post organizations. Inform and cross-train other specialists in the execution of the community relations program.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to work extended and/or other than normal duty hours, including evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime to the extent determined by the supervisor.
• Must be able perform a Temporary Change of Station (TCS) for not less than 6 months, but no more than 30 months.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Forces Certificate of License.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government driver’s license to operate non-tactical vehicle/transportation motor pool (NTV/TMP) vehicles such as a sedan or small passenger van.
• Must be able to work under austere living conditions, as well as share accommodation under field conditions (containers, tents and/or barracks).
• Must be able to perform business related travel up to 60% of the time.
• Must be able to receive inoculations IAW DoD requirements for travel to specific countries.
• Must be able to travel using military transportation or non-commercial means of travel.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work of this job. Specialized experience is defined as: performing duties in one or more of the following areas of public affairs: (1) devising, planning, formulating and executing external communications strategies that promote awareness, understanding; (2) supporting for the missions, programs and activities among the general public and pertinent internal and external audiences; (3) providing accurate and timely responses to media requests for information both for general requests and in times of crisis. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and MediaInterpersonal SkillsResearch Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address SC-WAT695 HHBN V CORPS DO NOT MAIL Fort Knox, KY 40121 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@ARMY.MIL