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This position centers around the digital engagement space and will encompass responsibilities in web design, multilingual engagement, working on digital and mobile platforms, and social and web content. This position starts at a salary of $54,972 (IC-09) or a salary of $66,510 (IC-11).
Apply for this exciting opportunity to become a member of the Office of External Affairs, Digital Engagement Branch within FEMA.
EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
This position is being announced under FEMA's Cadre of On-call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) Program. This is a temporary appointment in the Excepted Service, not to exceed 2 years, with the option to extend based on workload and funding availability. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process.
03/10/2017 to 03/24/2017
$54,972 - $86,460 per year
IC 09 - 11
Occasional travel - Occational Non-Emergency travel may be required
No
Term - Temporary - Not to Exceed 2 Years
Full-time - Full Time
NA
No
FEMA-17-BOC-148242-CORE
465641700
In this position, you will work within the knowledge of written and oral communication principles, techniques and methods, analytical methods, and interpersonal relations practices in the digital engagement space. Typical assignments include:
To qualify for this position at the IC-09 level, you must have one of the following:
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the IC-07 level in federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes 1) managing and writing content for Facebook or Twitter for a government agency, business, or nonprofit agency, and using, either personally or professionally, Pinterest and LinkedIn; 2) developing job aids to develop and write informational material designed to reach selected national audiences through digital media with an emphasis on Spanish language digital media; 3) analyzing statistics and metrics to gauge the effectiveness of multi-lingual outreach sources; and 4) generating reports for leadership to review digital engagement activity and its outcome.
OR A Master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR An LL.B. or J.D. if related
To qualify for this position at the IC-11 level, you must have one of the following:
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the IC-09 level in federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes 1) developing multi-lingual web communication content for disaster-specific web pages and other pages that support disaster survivors; 2) implementing multi-lingual digital engagement outreach opportunities to serve disaster survivors; 3) collaborating with key communication and data team to utilize all multi-lingual communication channels; and 4) maintaining public affairs principles, methods and techniques on all multi-lingual digital communications channels.
OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR An LL.M or J.D. if related
In addition to meeting one of the requirements listed above, all applicants must meet the following Selective Placement Factors in order to qualify for this position:
1) Applicant must speak fluent English and Spanish.
2) Applicant must have experience managing and writing content for social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. If you are qualified, you will be referred to a selection panel for consideration.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To begin your online application, click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register or sign into USAJOBS, take the online questionnaire, and submit the required documents. See Required Documents section for more detail.
We strongly encourage you to apply online. If you cannot apply online or do not have access to the internet (e.g., applicant experiencing documented system issues, applicant does not have access to the internet, etc.), you may be able to submit a paper application and the required forms. To do so, please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in the Agency Contact Information prior to the close of this announcement.
Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. We expect to make a final job offer within 30 days after the deadline for applications.
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