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The Office of Communications and Congressional Affairs is seeking a detailee to serve in the position of Writer/Editor/Speechwriter
This position is located in FTA’s Office of Communications and Congressional Affairs, the agency's lead office for media relations, public affairs, and Congressional relations.
NOTE: This detail opportunity is open to current GS-13 level or above federal employees.
Learn more about this agency01/04/2022 to 01/24/2022
$103,690 - $134,798 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Detail - Not to Exceed 1 year
Full-time - Full Time
Competitive
13
No
No
FTA.TCA-2022-0003
629412700
DETAIL OPPORTUNITY - Open to current Federal employees.
The Writer/Editor (Speechwriter):
The detailee will support FTA’s public affairs/speechwriter/social media team, which is responsible for FTA’s external outreach and internal employee engagement activities promoting FTA’s programs and initiatives. Members of the public affairs team collaborate on strategies to communicate about FTA programs and policies to the public, the transit industry, and other stakeholders. In short, team members serve as FTA’s story tellers.
The office implements communications and public affairs strategies and programs to enhance understanding of FTA’s programs to the transit industry, grant recipients and the community at large. FTA’s public affairs team is a highly collaborative group that prides itself on delivering accurate, timely information.
The ideal candidate will have experience working for or with a federal agency, member of Congress, senior industry executive and/or a nonprofit organization in the area of public affairs, media relations, writing and posting social media.
The candidate upon request, can provide writing samples (within the last three years), such samples may include social media campaigns, press releases, short briefing memos as well as published articles.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the experience requirements.
To qualify for this Detail opportunity, you must have experience in:
All interested candidates should submit a resume describing their background and experience. Candidates may also submit additional supporting documentation.
Not required for this position.
THIS IS A DETAIL POSITION, NOT TO EXCEED 1 YEAR.
Notes: This detail is considered a detail to “unclassified duties” which means that that grade level, title and occupation series have not been assigned by a Classification Specialist. The candidate does not have to meet time-in-grade or OPM qualification requirements regarding one year of specialized experience. However, applications will still be screened for assurance that all required documents are submitted and that candidates’ experience, skills, and background will allow for successful performance of the required duties.
An employee who is on detail is considered for pay and FTE purposes to be permanently occupying his or her regular position. Therefore, there is no change to the employee’s grade or salary while serving on the detail.
This detail is non-reimbursable. Salary, benefits, contributions to the TSP, allotments, and other benefit arrangements will remain unchanged, and will be provided by the employee's home office unless otherwise specified.
This is a Bargaining unit position represented by American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 3313.
COVID VACCINATION: As required by Executive Order 14043, Federal employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee’s duty location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work, etc.), subject only to exceptions as required by law. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before appointment or onboarding with the agency. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required exception from this requirement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
For this announcement, all applicants will be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for this position, specifically the educational and specialized experience requirements.
Applicants will not be rated or ranked.
All applications that are verified to meet the basic qualifications will be referred to the selecting official.
All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated by a resume. If, upon review, it is determined that your resume and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be removed from consideration.
Ultimately, the Automated Staffing Office is responsible for determining an applicant's eligibility. Please ensure that your resume provide enough detail to support your answers to the Vacancy Specific Questions.
Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy. Formatted resumes can be uploaded when you arrive at the DOT application system. For assistance with the resume builder, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/
The following is a list of documents that are only required based on the type of position and consideration for which you are applying.
Required for ALL Applicants
FEDERAL APPLICANTS: You must submit your most current and other SF-50(s) that verify your current position, highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For consideration for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a date that is at least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50, current SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks’ time-in-grade requirements. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/service/SF-50/
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS: If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documentation may be submitted and will be forwarded to the selecting official as support in consideration of your application in the evaluation process. To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (dated within 18 months) showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documentation dated within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.)
Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system.
You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing date of the announcement.
If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automated Staffing Office via email at: Transjobs@dot.gov
If you are selected for an interview, FTA will contact you directly.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/629412700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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