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Public Affairs Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA (VAWW). This position is aligned with the Office of the Director, which is responsible for VAWW's overall operations. The primary purpose of this position is to support the mission, goals, and functions of the VAWW and the Office of the Director.
What You'll Do
- →Develops, coordinates, and implements internal and external communication plans to support VAWW operations and strategic goals.
- →Serves as the primary spokesperson, responding to media inquiries and coordinating interviews, statements, and press releases with OPIA/OCA as required.
- →Manages emergency and crisis communications as the facility Public Information Officer (PIO), including JIC activation, incident messaging, and issue briefs.
- →Writes, edits, and publishes news releases, feature articles, staff messages, and executive communications in print and digital formats.
- →Maintains and updates internal and external VAWW websites, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and compliance with VA standards.
- →Creates, schedules, and monitors official social media content to meet VA mandated posting requirements and enhance digital engagement.
- →Coordinates congressional and White House inquiries, ensuring timely routing, tracking, documentation, and archiving of all correspondence.
- →Plans, coordinates, and promotes special events, Town Halls, outreach campaigns, and tele town halls, including promotional materials and logistics.
- →Develops and maintains relationships with VSOs, community partners, congressional offices, and internal leaders to support communication and outreach.
- →Produces graphic design products such as flyers, brochures, branding materials, and digital content consistent with VA branding standards.
- →Monitors news coverage and provides timely summaries to VISN, regional, and national PAO stakeholders.
- →Serves as facility expert on communication SOPs, including training staff on 10N Issue Brief and Notification SOP requirements.
- →Manages GovDelivery email communications, including content development, targeted outreach, and distribution to subscriber groups.
- →Ensures proper release forms and approvals for media interviews, photos, and public facing materials.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 76d062c7-8d87-49ff-9d1c-6841b0ae69d5
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