SUPERVISORY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST in the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE of COMMANDER JOINT REGION MARIANAS.

The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:managing, developing, and implementing the internal, external, and crisis communications of a public affairs program.

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 assist in the development of internal, external, and crisis communications programs that strategically align messaging with actions.
• You will provide advice and guidance considering region cultures, social patterns, and government processes.
• You will anticipate potential problem areas in their infancy and develop succinct, cogent, courses of action to address, defuse, and resolve them.
• You will plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust long-range priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• You will be familiarize with local Guam and Micronesia region cultures, social patterns and government processes to include history and political sensitivities.
• You will directly supervise work of lower grade Mass Communication Specialists, Public Affairs Specialists, Photographers, Writers, and other personnel assigned to or volunteering with JRM PAO.
• You will establish goals and objectives for the Public Affairs team in alignment with the Director of Public Affairs and CJRM priorities.