PROTOCOL SPECIALIST
Air Mobility Command
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PROTOCOL SPECIALIST
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$85,447 - $111,087
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves planning, coordinating, and running official events and ceremonies for a Navy command headquarters, including creating invitations, managing procedures, and building relationships with key people to ensure everything goes smoothly.
It's a great fit for someone organized and detail-oriented with experience in event management, especially in a professional or military setting.
The role requires strong communication skills to work with leaders and stakeholders while handling high-level protocols.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent, including developing event execution plans and briefing senior leadership
- Ability to conduct after-action reviews and incorporate lessons learned for improvements
- Experience developing, maintaining, and revising standard operating procedures, policies, instructions, event schedules, and invite lists
- Skill in leading planning, coordination, preparation, and execution of events
- Proficiency in designing and producing formal invitations, flyers, programs, and coordinating graphics/photographic support
- Strong ability to maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Full Job Description
You will serve as a PROTOCOL SPECIALIST in the Command and Staff Department of HDQTRS NDW.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Developing comprehensive concepts of execution for events, briefing and receiving approval on plans, and providing progress reports to Commandant and senior leadership; 2) Conducting in-depth after-action reports and reviews and incorporating lessons learned for future improvement; 3) Develops, maintains, and revises standard operating procedures, policies, instructions, schedules of events and invite lists related to Protocol Office operations.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will lead all planning, coordination, preparation and execution for NDW events.
- You will design and produce formal invitations, flyers and programs and coordinate graphics and photographic support for events.
- You will develop, maintain, and revise standard operating procedures, policies, instructions, schedules of events and invite list related to Protocol office operations.
- You will maintain excellent professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to facilitate seamless events and interactions that support NDWs missions.
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