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Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
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Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the Commissioner (OC), Office of External Affairs (OEA), Office of Media Affairs (OMA), Silver Spring, Maryland.
This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement FDA-OC-MP-18-10158269 under merit promotion procedures. Please review that announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under merit promotion procedures. Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered under both options.
Additional selections may be made within the same geographical area FDA-wide.

The Social Media Director will serve as a visionary thought leader of where and how to take social media for the FDA. If selected for this position, you will:

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
03/14/2018 to 03/27/2018
Salary
$134,789 to - $164,200 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Silver Spring, MD
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-Time
Service
Promotion potential
15
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Announcement number
FDA-OC-DE-18-10158268
Control number
493859200

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

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  • Develop and maintain overarching social media strategy for the FDA across various platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels.
  • Plan, guide and assign work to team members in overseeing the development and release of all information distributed via social media, including setting and adjusting short-term priorities and preparing timelines for completion of work.
  • Provide expert advice and counsel on social media activities, and oversee social media tactics and policies, particularly around high-profile issues and complex communications challenges.
  • Initiate, create and edit content for social media about multifaceted public health issues using plain language.
  • Develop, edit and use photographs, illustrations, animation, and video and/or sound files to help explain scientific information and other topics covered in social media content.
  • Stay apprised of emerging social media technologies, trends and industry news, and present new ideas and a business case for implementing new social media activities/platforms for the FDA.
  • Study the effectiveness of social media tactics and policies, and work to improve effectiveness, and optimize FDA accounts to increase customer engagement and experience.
  • Oversee and update, as appropriate, FDA?s social media policy.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Represent the agency/office in meetings with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Citizenship Requirement: You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this advertisement.
  • Selective Service Registration: All males born on, or after, 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service OR have an approved exemption.
  • FDA participates in e-Verify: All new hires must complete the I-9 form; this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the problem.
  • Security and Background Requirements: Appointment will require passing a background investigation. Not meeting this requirement may be grounds for personnel action. If hired, you may be subject to a background check at a later time.
  • Certification of Accuracy: All information concerning qualification for employment is subject to investigation and verification. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection or appropriate disciplinary action.
  • Direct Deposit: You will be required to have your federal salary payments electronically deposited into an account with a financial institution of your choice.
  • You must meet ALL requirements by the closing date of this announcement to be considered. Only education, experience, and qualifications attained by this date will be considered.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist, 1035, at GS - 15, you must meet the following:

  • You must possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience working as a senior-level manager in the field of communications, media relations, public affairs or public relations, overseeing a strategic and creative social media program in a fast-paced work environment dealing with controversial, sensitive and multifaceted topics.
Voluntary experience may be used as qualifying experience.

Additional information

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

  • If you are serving, or have served in the last 5 years (from 03/27/2018) as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee, HHS/FDA may be required to obtain approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prior to beginning employment. You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed. If you have served or are currently serving, you must provide a copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, documenting this appointment. In addition, you will be required to respond to the question in the assessment and certify your responses to the questionnaire. Political Appointee FAQ - OPM
  • Incentives may be authorized; however, this is contingent upon funds availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require you to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a period of up to 3 years. Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid. Incentives include the following: moving expenses, recruitment or relocation incentive; student loan repayment, superior qualifications appointment, creditable service for annual leave for prior non-federal work experience or prior uniformed military service, etc.
  • Pre-Employment Physical: NO
  • Drug Testing Requirement: NO
  • License Requirement: NO
  • Immunization Requirement: NO
  • Mobility Agreement Required: NO
  • Bargaining Unit Position: NO
  • Veteran's Preference: If you plan to apply for any time of Veterans Preference, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. USAJOBS Veterans Site.
  • Selective Service Registration: Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. You can learn more by visiting the Selective Service Registration site.
  • Schedule A: If you plan to apply under Schedule A based on a disability, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. Disability Employment
  • Inter-agency and Career Transition Assistance Programs: If you are a displaced Federal employee and plan to apply under CTAP or ICTAP, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. Workforce Restructuring.
  • Financial disclosure statement, OGE-450, required: NO

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the job opportunity announcement closes (at 11:59 pm ET on 03/27/2018), a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be conducted, the information will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your eligibility for Federal employment, and then whether or not you are qualified for this particular position.
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your responses when compared to your background information, you may be deemed ineligible or your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your skills and abilities.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Basis of Rating: Category rating procedures will be used to rate and rank candidates. The category assignment is a measure of the degree in which your background matches the competencies required for this position. Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of the following quality categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified.
The Category Rating Process does not add veteran's preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-9 level or higher).

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics). You need not respond to the KSA's directly, but your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate possession of the Competencies.

  1. Ability to supervise
  2. Knowledge of social media principles, practices, techniques and analytical methods
  3. Interpersonal Skills
  4. Written Communication
  5. Oral Communication
To preview the application assessment questions, use the link below:
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10158268

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