You will serve as a PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST in the Department of Navy (DON) Office of the Chief of Information (CHINFO) on the Media Content Operations team.

Duties

You will verify accuracy of content submitted and ensure compliance with all style guides, communication objectives, regulations, and policies. You will evaluate the success of tactics used to achieve communication strategies and ensure compliance with all standards and regulations. You will evaluate the impact and effectiveness of communication activities and events in the social media domain, while maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including online communities. You will conduct research, planning, execution of social media campaigns and provide recommendations on the command's usage and monitoring of social media processes and platforms to accomplish the communication mission. You will assess the authenticity, accuracy, and value of information in order to provide effective strategies to increase awareness of Navy's mission and to reach specific audiences. You will perform key functions related to the development and maintenance of social media platforms, tactics and strategy which will be used to accomplish a global enterprise communication mission. You will create timely, relevant and compelling content that conveys information concerning a range of subjects related to the organizations’ programs.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Managing enterprise social media platforms to achieve specific communication goals and objectives; Leading communication and campaign plans designed to achieve goals and objectives aligned to organizational priorities; Creating and editing written, graphical, and/or visual information products for release; AND Assessing how social media content and digital engagement efforts meet organizational communication goals. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Managing a variety of social media platforms to achieve specific communication goals and objectives; Assisting with communication and campaign planning designed to achieve goals and objectives aligned to organizational priorities; Creating and editing written, graphical, and/or visual information products for release; Verifying accuracy of content submitted and ensuring compliance with recognized style guides, regulations, and policies; AND Experience assessing the performance of content and digital engagement efforts. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

GS-11: In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

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 (https://www.ed.gov/). 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.

Contacts

• Address CHINFO WASHINGTON DC 1200 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]