Summary This vacancy is for a GS-1035-9, Public Affairs Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), Athletics Division, located in New London, CT
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You will serve as a Public Affairs Specialist and be responsible for delivering information services required to support the athletic programs and training objectives of the Academy. They are expected to be articulate and advocate on behalf of the sports program.
Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:
- Managing the livestream production and distribution for all home athletic competitions, including coordination of personnel, equipment, schedules, and platform requirements.
- Serving as the primary manager and content creator of the official Athletic Division website.
- Overseeing official Athletic Division social media accounts.
- Compiling and submits statistics to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for all sports.
- Serving as the information contact for news media, other college Sports Information Directors, and the public at large.
- Coordinating with all members of the coaching staff the proper procedure for reporting results in any event which takes place away from the Academy.
- Preparing/writing all digital and printed media guides, single sport brochures, and programs, providing copy material, editing, and coordinating the publication and distribution of the finished programs.
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Conditions of employment All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Key Requirements: - Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
- Time in Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy.
Qualifications To qualify at the GS-09 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
Specialized experience
must include the following:
- Experience designing and/or implementing traditional and digital media strategies.
- Experience generating, editing, publishing, and/or sharing engaging content on a daily basis through traditional and digital media platforms.
- Experience developing new information materials including news releases, communications action plans, feature articles, communications tool kits, and bulletins that increase communication with the agency's audiences.
- Experience planning and implementing communications campaigns to convey information to a wide range of internal and external audiences on a variety of initiatives, programs, policies, and activities.
- Experience facilitating strategic communication initiatives in coordination with senior leaders, program offices, and intradepartmental and interagency partners.
- Experience staying up to date with current technologies and/or trends in digital media, design tools and applications.
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). 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.
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Education This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.
College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.
Transcripts If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Please ensure that all documentation is legible.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here
Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Additional information Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.
Due Weight Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards as an indicator of quality of prior experience; no points will be assigned.
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Suitability Statement If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
Shared Certificates Statement Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
Special Employment Consideration The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.
Student Loan Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position
may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10,000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10,000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three-year service agreement.
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