- Position Title
- Supervisory Communications Specialist
- Agency
- Treasury, Departmental Offices
- Announcement Number
- 24-DO-371-P Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, March 11, 2024 to Monday, April 1, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
Preferences
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Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?
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Where did you learn about this Department of the Treasury job opportunity?
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If you were born a male after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, have you registered with the Selective Service System (select "Not applicable" if this question does not apply to you)?
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Are you a current Federal employee?
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If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held.
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Assessment 1
Specialized experience for the OR-60 (GS-14 equivalent) is described as one year of experience at the OR-53 (GS-13 equivalent) level in Federal Service, or equivalent, which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes ALL of the following:
- Experience performing administrative, technical, and communications oversight for writing, editing, public affairs, social media, and visual information matters; AND
- Experience developing, implementing, and executing an internal and external public affairs and social media communications strategy; AND
- Experience advancing research issues and priorities of interest in banking, finance, economics, and related fields in developing and editing expert-level publications, newsletters, press materials, web content, working papers, blog posts, and other materials that interpret and explain complex financial regulatory issues; AND
- Experience in the methods, techniques, software tools, and materials employed in the visual arts, including expertise in visual design aesthetics and fundamentals, such as layout, color theory, and typography
- Experience performing administrative, technical, and communications oversight for writing, editing, public affairs, social media, and visual information matters; AND
- Experience developing, implementing, and executing an internal and external public affairs and social media communications strategy; AND
- Experience advancing research issues and priorities of interest in banking, finance, economics, and related fields in developing and editing expert-level publications, newsletters, press materials, web content, working papers, blog posts, and other materials that interpret and explain complex financial regulatory issues; AND
- Experience in the methods, techniques, software tools, and materials employed in the visual arts, including expertise in visual design aesthetics and fundamentals, such as layout, color theory, and typography
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Do you meet the specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement?
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Make sure experience is clearly documented in your resume. Please give the date(s)/resume reference(s) when you gained this experience so it may be found to ensure you receive proper credit.
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Please select all of the following activities that you have performed related to communication services:
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Please select all of the following tasks you have performed regarding planning, coordinating, and implementing work on multiple communications and media related projects:
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Select all of the following specialty areas that you have experience administering for an organization.
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Choose the statement(s) that best describe your experience administering an agency/organization's Communications Program.
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience improving the efficiency and quality of translating complex decisions into diverse communication vehicles appropriate for an external and internal audience, with diverse levels of understanding.
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Choose the response that best describes your experience as it relates to how frequently in your job you wrote and/or edited news articles, reports, press releases, and/or other written materials related to banking, finance, economics, or related fields?
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Which of the following activities have you performed as a regular part of your job? Please select all that apply.
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience building support for ideas and initiatives with key stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
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Indicate your experience maintaining, promoting, and forging effective relationships with program stakeholders. Please select all that apply.
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience identifying communication objectives, messages, target audiences, and appropriate media and developing information materials to fill those needs.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your experience planning and implementing a comprehensive communications program for communicating an organization's programs, policies, and activities to the public including media, stakeholders, and elected officials.
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From the following list of situations involving conveying information orally, please identify those that you have routinely and successfully applied at work.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your experience preparing and/or coordinating speeches, presentations, and written and electronic information materials for general and targeted audiences.
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Please choose the statement that best describes your experience communicating in writing.
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience building support for ideas with key stakeholders inside an organization.
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Which of the following web content writing activities have you performed?
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your experience maintaining effective working relationships with representatives of government, members of Congress, civic organizations, and other agencies, and with representatives of the media and stakeholder groups.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your experience responding to inquiries from the public, including issues of a sensitive nature or that may be subject to misunderstanding if not properly explained, or that may draw adverse public attention.