Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Materiel Command (AMC) employees with competitive status.

Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes directing and coordinating organizational information for dissemination to internal and external audiences for a command with in-depth knowledge of the role the garrison plays in national defense; coordinating public affairs support for community issues; running a website; understanding the metrics of public affairs programs; working closely with government officials, civic organizations and representatives of the media; assessing communication needs and establishing program objectives that align with agency policies; assigning work and identifying the training needs of staff members.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Serves as the principal staff advisor to the Garrison Commander and senior staff principals on all matters involving public issues of the garrison and the creation of communication policy that aligns with garrison and Department of the Army policy.,Identifies and analyzes communication needs, concerns and attitudes of various publics as they relate to programs, policies and activities of the community and its higher headquarters.,Serves as the sole official spokesperson and primary contact for local and national media that require responsiveness.,Oversees effective internal information programs through the garrison newspaper, if applicable, the garrison website and other internal communication media and forums.,Plans and coordinates what is to be accomplished by subordinate staff. Develops performance plans, evaluates work performance and counsels staff as appropriate.,Programs, initiates and directs a positive internal and external information program to meet the various information needs in consonance with the overall mission and policies of the garrison, the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense.