Public Affairs Specialist

Description:

Duties

• You will serve as a PULIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST in the PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE, COMNAVSURFLANT, NORFOLK, VA.
• You will formulate, implement and supervise all media relations, community relations and internal communication programs.
• You will lead and manage a robust public affairs program with responsibility for strategy, planning, executing and evaluating the most difficult and complex local, national, and international media relations programs and strategies.
• You will serve as a public affairs technical authority, interpret broad, general policy statements.
• You will receive, evaluate, research, author responses and respond to requests from local, national and international news media for a wide variety of information requests.
• You will create and edit Public Affairs (PA) products, which are widely disseminated to reach external (i.e., public affairs press releases for public events.
• You will respond to public requests for information, materials and photographs, and disseminates those products or refers requests to the appropriate source.
• You will participate with and represent the Public Affairs Officer and Executive Leadership in major program developments and policy-making decisions to determine expected external and internal public affairs impact.
• You will serve as an official spokesman at the scene of accidents/incidents or when responding to media queries.
• You will plan, research, review for technical and factual accuracy, and write news and feature releases for external (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn) and internal media (unclassified and classified command homepages).
• You will participate with management in major program developments and policy-making decisions to determine expected external and internal public affairs impact.
• You will establish and maintain direct contact with officials of area city governments and chamber of commerce officials in support of various on-going and planned public affairs projects.
• You will manage the Community Relations budget for activities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.