Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the Community and Public Affairs Service of the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) in Biloxi - MS.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: One year specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position - and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable - specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in Federal service. Examples of qualifying experience include: leading/supervising employees in a public affairs office/program; assisting in the development and execution of a public affairs office/program for a healthcare organization; providing advice and assistance on the implementation of public affairs operations plans - policies - and directives; ensuring program compliance; experience with media relations; and communicating effectively both verbally and in writing with a variety of people (i.e. patients - staff - media - community officials - and the general public). This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Develops and implements plans - operating procedures - and policies to improve and enhance public communication efforts
• Develops and decimates management reports
• Establishes and maintains contact with high level officials such as the White House - agencies of the Executive Branch - members of Congress and their staff - officials in state and local governments - and individuals in the private industry
• Create interpretive content for social media accounts - including official internal and external blogs - Twitter accounts - Facebook pages - YouTube channels - Flickr accounts - and other third-party sites to educate and inspire
• Initiates and develops liaison with representatives of newspapers - magazines - and other news media to assess media needs to understand and convey to the public the relevance and impact of agency research
• Serves as key member of a designated team during emergencies or critical operations - managing emergency communications at both local and regional levels
• Provides public relations to stakeholders - Congressional relations - and voluntary service
• Oversees development of various initiatives to include training and integration into applicable systems
• Develops and reviews emergency operations
• Writes or supervises the writing of speeches and talking points for special events hosted on and off the health care system
• Develops - coordinates - and provides oversight for various high level briefings
• Provides briefing for all employees before each media interview and is directly responsible for managing all media representatives
• Produces the employee newsletter - patient newsletter and annual report
• Develops and maintains interactive internet and intranet websites
• Performing related duties as required
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
• Telework: Not authorized.