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Public Affairs Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 1-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II, Regional IMAT Team and has a starting salary of $57.02 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $87.58 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve as a Public Affairs Specialist.
- →When deployed, the Public Affairs Specialist reports to the Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) and manages all response-related Federal external affairs elements under the guidance of the Operation Director.
- →Typical assignments include: Establishing and maintaining mutual communication among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial authorities.
- →Working with External Affairs specialists at all levels of government, as well as with appropriate representatives in private/non-profit organizations to implement effective communications plans and policies.
- →Establishing work assignments, monitoring and evaluating performance and setting priorities for subordinates that are qualified to perform assigned positions.
- →Directing and overseeing public information, congressional, intergovernmental, private sector, and community engagement programs as well as developing and releasing of incident information.
- →Monitoring reports from various sources to identify emerging potential external affairs issues.
- →Reviewing communications products, including social media outreach, for publication or release.
- →Providing communications counsel and strategic advice to the FCO and Command and General Staff.
- →Serving as a spokesperson for FEMA in responding to media inquiries from national, regional and local media.
- →Providing information to broadcast, print and online reporters on controversial or sensitive topics related to the disaster.
- →Participating in all relevant National Incident Communication Conference Line (NICCL), State Incident Communication Conference Line (SICCL) and Private Sector Incident Communication Conference Line (PICCL) calls through ESF-15 Concept of Operations.
- →When not deployed, the Public Affairs Specialist reports to the FCO and will work in full coordination with FEMA HQ and Regional EA leadership.
Requirements
- ✓To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
- ✓To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust - Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position.
- ✓This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information).
- ✓For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.
- ✓Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below and that you clearly describe how your experience meets these requirements within your resume.
- ✓Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card Travel will be required.
- ✓You may be required to be on a 24 hour on-call work schedule during emergency response periods.
- ✓Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
- ✓No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 06538d80-e0a6-4fc7-8d2f-8d311dc5adcb
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