- Position Title
- Health Communications Specialist
- Agency
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health
- Announcement Number
- HHS-OASH-DE-23-11911063 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, April 10, 2023 to Friday, April 28, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the Department of Health and Human Services? If yes, confirm:
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
4.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you been or are you currently an employee in the Executive Branch serving on a political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointment?
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
If yes, and you are selected through this vacancy announcement, you may be required to obtain approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prior to beginning employment.
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
If yes, and you are selected through this vacancy announcement, you may be required to obtain approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prior to beginning employment.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an Assistant position to a top-level Federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations.
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director, OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.
5.
Are you an HHS employee in a Bargaining Unit (such as the National Treasury Employees Union)?
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing (3) of the (4) duties listed below:
- Leading or supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of public health communication campaigns;
- Advising on the use of communications and media, including digital media to provide accurate and audience-appropriate information on public health topics;
- Implementing best practices into communication and marketing approaches; and
- Collaborating with staff, management officials, and stakeholders to strategically incorporate health communication and marketing strategies into program goals and activities?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Provide oversight of communication campaigns, strategies, and/or messages.
3.
Manage communications staff or contractors to make sure all tasks are delivered on or before established deadlines and are accurate, complete, and science based.
4.
Create and implement communication plans for specific audiences.
5.
Review metrics, feedback, and consumer insights to evaluate projects and translate lessons learned into new plans.
6.
Creating content, marketing, arranging traditional and non-traditional media, interviews for public health leaders or staff.
7.
Provide support for editorial communication in the office, in close collaboration with senior management, communications team members and stakeholders.
8.
Research audience needs to develop health communication messages.
9.
Provide advice on how to effectively utilize digital media to strengthen public health messages.
10.
Establish and maintain relationships regarding communication priorities.
11.
Initiate interactions with internal and external partners to develop communication products to gain attention in the field of public health.
12.
Work with senior staff and management officials to strategically incorporate health communication and marketing strategies and privacy/security policy planning into program goals and activities.
13.
Provide technical assistance and consultation on communication and marketing research and evaluation to advisory councils or internal/external groups.