PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level in the federal service or equivalent private sector, that is directly related to the position as listed above and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Researching, planning, implementing, and evaluating social media strategies and tactics for various social media platforms. AND
• Managing social media accounts for an organization. Experience may include troubleshooting platform performance issues, working with platforms to resolve issues, reviewing terms of service agreements and working with agency counsel on their implementation, managing password security for a large user base, or providing internal customer support for social media content creators within the agency's community of practice. AND
• Responding to internal and external inquiries for individuals or segments of the public affected by an organization's programs that contribute to the overall understanding of the organization.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-9 grade level in the federal service or equivalent in the private sector, that is directly related to the position as listed above and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Creating content for and managing one or more social media accounts for NARA or another similar sized organization with a regional or national following. AND
• Writing and/or packaging communication products that may include text, graphics, video packages or photography for the purpose of public information. AND
• Writing responses to internal and public inquiries on subjects of importance to an organization for distribution to a wide audience

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• Education: A Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related

OR

• Combination: You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. (Only graduate level education in excess of the first two years 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours)may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.)