NOTE: This recruitment is for a TERM position NTE 3 years. It is a time limited position and MAY be extended up to a maximum of FOUR years. For current DOI employees this MAY be a TEMP PROMOTION or TEMP REASSIGNMENT NTE. The position MAY be converted to a permanent, career or career conditional appointment without further competition as long as all requirements are met.
- Serves as a Public Affairs Specialist responsible for the design, implementation, and management of all public information and participation of a variety of projects, programs, and activities or efforts conducted and/or supported by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) California-Great Basin (CGB), Interior Region 10.
- Direct experience with event planning and project management, working with media, Very Important Persons (VIPs), public speaking.
- Responsible for high profile projects that are varied in scope and nature, and require the use of various technology, tools, and platforms (i.e., Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Hootsuite, Flickr, ArcGIS StoryMap, Microsoft 365, OneDrive Adobe, Cision, and other relevant, communication and planning tools, etc.).
- Develops and implements strategic planning initiatives that assist with the prioritization, organization and roll-out of public affairs related materials including, but not limited to, communication plans/strategies, news releases, fact sheets, talking points, presentations, feature articles, speeches, brochures, website and web-based ArcGIS story maps, audiovisual clips/segments, for the purpose of reaching target appropriate audiences.
- Able to report on all project statuses, milestones, next steps, and resource needs while ensuring project details (i.e., project schedules, budgets, changes, etc.) are communicated and confirmed with the subject matter experts.
Starting at $96,148 Per Year (GS 12)