Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

About the Position: The Anniston Army Depot is located in Anniston, Alabama in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain chain halfway between Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL just off Interstate 20. The Depot is the largest employer in Calhoun County with approximately 4000 employees.

Major duties

• Directs Anniston Army Depot's (ANAD) strategic communications and public affairs programs, leading command information, public information, and community relations activities for the depot and tenant organizations.
• Advises the Command Group on communication strategy, public issues, media engagement, and crisis communication, and serves as the installation’s official spokesperson.
• Develops and executes communication plans to inform employees, media, community leaders, and government officials on ANAD missions, policies, programs, and emergency actions.
• Leads media relations and outreach by preparing speeches, news releases, articles, and other materials, while building effective relationships with media, civic leaders, and stakeholders.
• Oversees visual information services, including photography, graphics, video, television production, the depot newspaper, and other internal and external communication platforms.
• Supervises office personnel by assigning work, evaluating performance, developing staff, and ensuring compliance with EEO, safety, security, training, and workforce management requirements.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that demonstrates experience serving as the official spokesperson and primary contact for local and national media. Developing and implementing crisis communication plans. Leading strategic public affairs operations, orchestrating public information, community engagement, and multimedia dissemination across broadcast outlets, external press, depot workforce, and surrounding communities. Planning, developing, and disseminating news releases, articles and various other types of mass communication information to internal and external audiences.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Attention to Detail
• Communications and Media
• Information Management
• Oral Communication
• Writing

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).