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This position is located in the Office of Communications (OCOM) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C. The Director of the Office of Communications (OCOM) will serve as the Corporation's chief spokesperson and, in consultation with the Deputy to the Chairman for External Affairs, advise the Chairman on all public relations/public information matters pertaining to the Corporation.
Learn more about this agency01/22/2019 to 02/04/2019
$210,322 - $273,400 per year
EM 00
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - May require occasional overnight travel.
Yes—Relocation benefits will be provided.
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
EM
Yes
Yes
2019-EMDEU-0002
522013100
All United States Citizens. Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2019-EM-0001. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.
High Risk Position – Background Investigation (BI) required.
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.
Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the grade 15 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience serving as a chief spokesperson and senior level expert advisor regarding financial institution communication matters and overseeing, planning, implementing and monitoring a comprehensive public information program, including crisis management communications, within a financial regulatory environment.
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
FDIC Executive Managers (EM) are in the Federal competitive service and not the Senior Executive Service (SES). As an EM at the FDIC, you will provide executive leadership and managerial direction over substantive activities related to planning, developing, executing, and coordinating the Corporation's programs and policies.
Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $273,400.
If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period.
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.
The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below. If you are found qualified, your application package will be reviewed by a panel of three Executive Managers and placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.
1. Ability to manage employees within the Office of Communications; evaluate and manage external resources retained by the Office of Communications, and develop and manage the annual budget of the office.
2. Ability to understand and effectively communicate financial industry issues.
3. Ability to serve as an expert advisor to the Chairman, the Deputy to the Chairman for External Affairs, and top management officials regarding public affairs issues of the Corporation.
4. Ability to develop and execute longer-term sustained public affairs campaigns targeting a broad cross-section of stakeholders through multiple media platforms, such as print, television, electronic, and social media.
5. Ability to conceive, implement and evaluate nationwide and global communications and public affairs strategies and campaigns focused on the business and mission of the Corporation.
6. Ability to establish and maintain professional contacts with key persons and groups within other relevant federal and state agencies and outside of the government, leveraging those relationships to help advance the Corporation's communication strategies.
7. Ability to create, direct and manage effective crisis communications programs.
8. Ability to develop promotional strategies for Corporation events, such as economic conferences, data releases, educational forums, and other public events.
You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.
Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE: If you are claiming veterans’ preference, click here. (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents.)
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, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process.
You must apply online. Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or contact point listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
You may check the status of your application on-line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through USAJOBS by signing in and selecting "Application Status." Thank you for your interest in working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/522013100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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