Strategic Planning Officer Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• You will provide counsel on a wide range of issues related to communication strategy, planning, and performance improvement.
• You will be responsible for supervising a small team of senior civilians.
• You will be responsible for orchestrating and synchronizing DON-level public affairs and engagement programs.
• You will define and redefine the desired strategic outcomes for high-level and/or high-visibility public affairs or strategic engagement efforts.
• You will lead constructive and cooperative interaction to discern and gain agreement on appropriate and realistic courses of action.
• You will be working with others to communicate, execute, and evaluate the relative success of the agreed-upon course of action.

• Conditions of employment
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

• Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
• Experience in and knowledge of public affairs.
• Experience in and having the ability to lead and advise executive-level leadership on public affairs or strategic communication programs.
• Experience in developing, coordinating, and evaluating enterprise-level communication strategies or policies.
• Experience providing functional oversight or guidance across public affairs disciplines such as media relations, strategic messaging, visual information, outreach, workforce development, or performance measurement. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:
  Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

• This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
• During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area.
• Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary.
• Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy.
• If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
• Federal annuitant information:
  The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.
• Policy information may be found at: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ).
• To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade…