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The Public Affair Specialist position is located at the WJB Dorn, VA Medical Center located in Columbia SC. The purpose of this position is promoting the services of the VAMC to eligible Veterans throughout the service area by coordinating a speaker's bureau, community events and promotions, marketing campaigns and multimedia/social media initiatives and developing and coordinating news media interviews with staff, writing news releases and public service announcements.
12/02/2019 to 12/23/2019
$62,236 - $96,978 per year
GS 11 - 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel occasional travel, evenings, & weekends
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
12
No
No
CBBH-10667346-20-KM
553197300
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
CURRENT PERMANENT VETERAN AFFAIRS AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY AND CTAP ELIGIBLES
Duties for this position are describe below:
Develop and implements comprehensive Public Affairs programs for complex sites and programs.
Plans and conducts meetings, briefings and other community relations and outreach activities.
Establish strong working relationships with other federal agencies, local organizations and city, county and state offices.
Develops marketing and communications plans to educate Veterans about VA services through commercial advertising when authorized.
Organize and coordinates media interviews with staff and oversees arrangements with media involving VAMC activities.
Provides support materials for media as required
Plans media kits and materials, researches appropriate historical, factual, and policy information.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, Subject to change based on the needs of the agency.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Public Affairs Specialist/PD544-00780A and PD544-00779A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 grade level.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Applicable to the GS-11 grade level only.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview.Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
You must provide a complete Application Package, failure to provide the following documents will result in an ineligible rating, please include the following:
1. CV or Resume (please ensure that you include the month and year for each period of employment. If Federal employment, also include the grade level of the position).
2. Complete Assessment (located within announcement.)
3. CTAP eligible must provide displace memo
5. SF-50, Copy of latest (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action. Applicants will be rated ineligible if not submitted.
6. Copy of transcripts must be submitted if you are using education for any portion for experience for the applicable grade level in which it is accepted (unofficial are sufficient),
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information.
SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):
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.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 12/23/2019 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10667346.
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/553197300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.