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• Manages change within and outside the organization. Establishes an organization vision and implements the vision in a continuously changing environment.
• Leads people toward meeting the organization?s vision, mission, and goals. Provides an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• Achieves organizational goals and customer expectations through decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• Manages human, financial, and information resources strategically to meet organizational goals and objectives.
• Formulates, prepares, and defends budget and manpower requests to ensure that future objectives of NASA communication goals can be obtained within allocated resources.
• Builds coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
• Oversees the official Agency spokespersons routinely engaged in live television commentary and crisis communications and exercises technical oversight of the management of high-end audiovisual equipment for an active newsroom/television auditorium.
• Assists locational Center organizations in developing and implementing comprehensive communication plans that comply with NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR 7120.5), NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements.
• Responsible for compliance with standards, orders, rules, and regulations applicable to occupational safety, health, environmental, and energy within the area of responsibility.

Conditions of employment

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Risk Designation for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements
• The salary range for the GS-15 listed on the vacancy announcement is equivalent to the lowest GS-15 and highest GS-15 locality pay across the agency; the selectee's final salary will be set based on their duty location.

Qualifications

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.

To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level planning and managing a major external outreach program, with expertise in strategic messaging, client management, internal communications, community relations and public engagement; developing detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates, and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects; planning a diversified program of public information, using the mass media as well as other facets of communications such as public speaking and personal contacts; managing and directing subordinate employees in the implementation of a media relations program at a highly professional level.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

How you will be evaluated

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

Direct Hire Authority: These positions will be filled through the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority. Category rating and veterans' preference will not be considered in evaluating applicants. For more information on Direct Hire Authority, please see: OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet.

Veterans: Under the provisions of Direct Hire Authority, veterans' preference does not apply. However, applicants who are eligible for veterans' preference are encouraged to include that information in their application and submit supporting documentation (i.e. DD-214, or other substantiating documents). For more information on please see: Veterans' Preference information on the FedsHireVets website.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies:
Customer Service
Interpersonal Skills
Planning and Evaluating
Written Communication
Communications and Media

NASA considers 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.