About the Position: This is a permanent full-time position with Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) building, 441 G. Street, NW, Washington, DC. Duties include producing and reviewing environmental products, and developing communication plans to address often complex and controversial environmental issues. Travel to meet with other federal agencies and support United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) leadership in and around D.C is required, and includes locations such as the Humphreys Engineer Center, Ft. Belvoir and the Pentagon. Position serves as a significant advisor and communications planner to USACE leadership and Public Affairs Offices (PAOs) on environmental issues and initiatives. Work is generally done within a cubicle setting but some travel is also required outside the D.C. region to support training, meetings and conferences.
About the Position: This is a permanent full-time position with Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) building, 441 G. Street, NW, Washington, DC. Duties include producing and reviewing environmental products, and developing communication plans to address often complex and controversial environmental issues. Travel to meet with other federal agencies and support United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) leadership in and around D.C is required, and includes locations such as the Humphreys Engineer Center, Ft. Belvoir and the Pentagon. Position serves as a significant advisor and communications planner to USACE leadership and Public Affairs Offices (PAOs) on environmental issues and initiatives. Work is generally done within a cubicle setting but some travel is also required outside the D.C. region to support training, meetings and conferences.
See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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 will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Specialized experience: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience which includes: developing communications strategies, methods and techniques to various audiences (media, communities, and stakeholders, internal staff, etc., ) on environmental programs, concerns and issues; representing the organization at meetings, briefings, committees and other special activities within and outside the organization realm; establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a variety of public and/or private audiences and other stakeholders to promote communications at the national, regional and local levels; preparing speeches, talking points, news releases for higher echelon, leadership; providing training to promote public awareness; and serving as technical expert or spokesperson on public affairs relations, community involvement, interpersonal and mass communications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/23/2018 to receive consideration.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
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