US Department of Labor Hiring for Public Affairs Specialist at Washington, United States Full Time

Summary

This position is in the Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Public Affairs (OPA) located in Washington, DC.

This position is inside the Local 12, AFGE bargaining unit.

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Help Duties

As a Public Affairs Specialist, you will perform the following duties which is not an all-inclusive list:

• Provide expert level support in articulating the agency’s message, philosophy, and position on program issues and agency activities.
• Arrange media events, including news conferences and briefings, conference call interviews, photo sessions and other events involving the news media.
• Advises on the preparation and implementation of the agency’s public affairs plans, activities, and events with the purpose of maximizing media attention and exposure for the agency.
• Serves as the agency’s consultant on all media related issues.
• Develops media marketing plans for the agency.

Help Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements of time-in-grade (52 weeks at the next lower grade), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications (52 weeks equivalent to the next lower grade in federal service). These requirements must be met within 30 days of 08/23/2023, the announcement closing date.

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for GS-13 includes:

• Writing or editing materials for public view, such as news releases, speeches, blog posts, etc.; and
• Directing on-the-record contacts with members of the news media, and
• Coordinating public campaigns, events and roll-outs with internal and external stakeholders; and experience coordinating crisis communications.

Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service).

Time in grade requirement for the GS-13 grade level – 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent).

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-13 grade level.

Additional information

Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have speech disabilities, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services.

The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers. As such, the Department is committed to fostering a workplace and workforce that promote equal employment opportunity, reflects the diversity of the people we seek to serve, and models a culture of respect, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where every employee feels heard, supported, and empowered.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Telework: Position Telework eligibility is determined by management based on position duties during the recruitment process. Employee participation in telework on a routine or situational basis is determined by management primarily based on business needs. Employees participating in telework are subject to the terms and conditions of the Department of Labor’s Telework Program.

Federal Employees Please Note: Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met and reflect your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure, and the type of appointment (i.e. competitive/excepted). In some cases, you may need to submit more than one SF-50.

Reference the “Required Documents” section for additional requirements.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement.

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Office of Public Affairs

200 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20210

US