- Position Title
- Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist
- Agency
- Small Business Administration
- Announcement Number
- IMP-25-FOCE-12732728 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, May 9, 2025 to Thursday, May 22, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
2.
Merit Promotion and VEOA Candidates: You may be eligible to be considered competitively if you meet any of the following: You are a current, permanent (non-temporary) civilian employee on a competitive service appointment in a Federal agency or a former civilian Federal employee who achieved Career or Career-Conditional status with reinstatement eligibility, or a VEOA eligible; (YOU MUST SUBMIT ADEQUATE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, SUCH AS SF-50s SHOWING TENURE, GRADE, FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL, TIME-IN-GRADE; INTERCHANGE AGREEMENT; DD-214 OR OTHER PROOF OF MILITARY SERVICE; ETC.).
Do you meet one of the following Competitive Merit Promotion Eligibilities listed below: (THIS IS A MANDATORY QUESTION: You must answer "Yes" or "No" below in order to receive proper consideration).
I am a current Federal employee with career or career-conditional status.
I am a former Federal employee with career status.
I am a former Federal employee with career-conditional status who left Federal service within the past three years.
I am a former Federal employee with career-conditional status AND I am entitled to Veterans' Preference.
I am eligible to apply under the Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA).
Do you meet one of the following Competitive Merit Promotion Eligibilities listed below: (THIS IS A MANDATORY QUESTION: You must answer "Yes" or "No" below in order to receive proper consideration).
I am a current Federal employee with career or career-conditional status.
I am a former Federal employee with career status.
I am a former Federal employee with career-conditional status who left Federal service within the past three years.
I am a former Federal employee with career-conditional status AND I am entitled to Veterans' Preference.
I am eligible to apply under the Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA).
3.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Current SBA/Disaster Employee
1.
Are you a current SBA/Disaster employee?
Prior SBA/Disaster Employee
1.
Have you previously worked for SBA/Disaster?
Assessment 1
WARNING STATEMENT: Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume, and other relevant documents you submit, as well as through verification of references as appropriate. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from the position following acceptance. The following questions will be used to determine your minimum qualifications for this position.
1.
Carefully read the following description of experiences. Select the one that best describes your qualifications for the GS-13 Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist. Make sure your resume supports the response that you select. Mark only 1 response.
2.
To receive proper credit, please indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Did you include month and year as well as average hours worked per week in your resume/application for each position stated? Please answer below:
For each task in the following Competencies, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Please select only one letter for each item.
3.
Communicates guidance to team members, the organization's plan, mission, vision and values.
4.
Integrates the organization's plan, mission, vision and values into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, and work plans.
5.
Provides departmental continuity and leadership as principal point of contact during the manager's absence.
6.
Provides guidance in making work assignments to team members, or a team, with tight deadlines and time frames for completion.
7.
To support the responses you provided to questions 3-6, please indicate the position(s) in your resume that demonstrates your experience related to Leadership and the tasks listed above (provide position title, company, and dates only).
8.
Identifies, distributes, and balances workload among employees to make adjustments to ensure timely accomplishment of team tasks.
9.
Monitors and reviews work of subordinate staff to ensure priorities, deadlines and quality have been met.
10.
Coordinates overtime use.
11.
Ensures that information for use in evaluating quarterly and annual performance is provided to the manager in a timely manner.
12.
Recommends awards, training, and selection of new team members.
13.
To support the responses you provided to questions 8-12, please indicate the position(s) in your resume that demonstrates your experience related to Managing Human Resources and the tasks listed above (provide position title, company and dates only).
14.
Develops written or oral communications (e.g., press releases, photos, flyers, presentations, social media content) to explain/promote an organization's programs.
15.
Uses word processing and presentation software to develop presentations or other communications.
16.
Conducts internet research of news, media releases, elected officials, federal, state and local agencies/programs, social media and other pertinent disaster related information.
17.
Uses video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovies, or Final Cut Pro to create engaging video content for social media.
18.
Creates engaging content (text, image, video) that can be shared across social media channels to drive engagement and build brand awareness.
19.
To support the responses you provided to questions 14-18, please indicate the position(s) in your resume that demonstrates your experience related to Communications and Media and the tasks listed above (provide position title, company and dates only)
20.
Performs media relation outreach conducting pitches of agency storylines.
21.
Explains an organization's programs in layman's terms to elected officials and/or senior officials in public or private organizations.
22.
Explains an organization's programs in layman's terms to the media (radio, television, print and social media).
23.
Explains an organization's programs in layman's terms to members of the general public.
24.
To support the responses you provided to questions 20-23, please indicate the position(s) in your resume that demonstrates your experience related to Organizational Awareness and the tasks listed above (provide position title, company, and dates only)
25.
Serves as a senior Public Affairs Officer to members of Congress and their staff and other elected officials.
26.
Serves as a senior Public Affairs Officer to Federal, State and local public officials or senior officials in public or private organizations.
27.
Represents an organization's programs by addressing large audiences on various topics or as a media representative.
28.
Serves as a spokesperson in in-depth interviews with national media (Such as CNN, CBS, FOX, New York Times, USA Today, etc.) or in major metropolitan media markets, either as the interviewer or interviewee, on radio, television, social media and/or in print media.
29.
Using social media marketing tools to create and maintain an organization's brand.
30.
Analyzing an organization's digital marketing plan and social media strategy and identifying strategic weaknesses and making recommendations for improvements.
31.
Researching social media trends and informing management of changes that are relevant to the organization's outreach activities.
32.
To support the responses you provided to questions 25-31, please indicate the position(s) in your resume that demonstrates your experience related to Public Service Motivation and the tasks listed above (provide position title, company, and dates only).
As previously explained, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probation period. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) Understand this warning; 2) Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and 3) Verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
33.
Are you a current SBA Employee?
34.
Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for the position.