Job Listing
O
Public Affairs Specialist, GS-1035-09, FPL: GS-11 (MP)
Office of Communications and Outreach · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in the Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO), located in Washington, DC. OCO is responsible for overall leaderhip for the Department in its communication and outreach activities. These activities are designed to enage the general public, including a wide variety of education, community, business, parent, student and other organizations, in the U.S. Deaprtment of Education's mission.
What You'll Do
- →APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.
- →We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.
Requirements
- ✓Condition of Employment: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a probationary period or 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 OR trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
- ✓If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
- ✓To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents.
- ✓To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week.
- ✓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 may meet the minimum qualifications of this position by meeting the following education options.
- ✓(GS-9) Two years of graduate education (beyond a bachelor's degree). or A master's degree or equivalent degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related or A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.
- ✓Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, please click Foreign Education.
Benefits
- ★As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment.
- ★As part of our commitment to maintain a work life balance, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service.
- ★Other flexibilities that may be available to you include alternative work schedules.
- ★You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position.
- ★To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S.
- ★Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
- ★You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position.
- ★To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S.
- ★Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
- ★You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 351fa41a-bcdc-4b24-9cb5-33d275d1f135
Posted via USAJobs