Public Affairs Specialist-Full Performance

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

The position serves as a Public Affairs Specialist in the Office of Public Affairs (OPA). OPA is part of the Office of Congressional & Public Affairs (OCPA) within the Business Plans and Operations (BPO) directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The position serves as a key member of the NRO's strategic messaging team.

OPA is responsible for internal and external corporate communications, providing tailored messaging products to communicate the NRO mission and its contributions to national security to the NRO global workforce, Congress, industry, academia, news media, and public, as appropriate.

Communications functions include public affairs planning, media engagement, writing and editing, multimedia design and production, web and social media content development and curation, speech writing and speaker support, event planning and implementation, and public outreach.

The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for Non-Supervisor, Public Affairs Specialist, GG-13, occupational series 1035. More information on the occupational series can be viewed on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.

Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.

This is a full-time position that is open from  to .

• This position is open to the public.
• Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
• Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
• The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.
• This position MAY qualify for the appointment of a reemployed federal annuitant IAW DoDI 1400.25 Volume 300.

As an experienced Public Affairs Specialist, the employee is expected to have considerable knowledge of a variety of communications strategies, techniques, and dissemination methods; sound communication skills; and knowledge and experience with public affairs tradecraft. This position is responsible for developing and executing strategic communication and public affairs initiatives at the NRO, performing duties in a diverse range of public affairs functional areas, including internal and external communications, public and media relations, and social media engagement to promote awareness, understanding, and advocacy of the NRO and its mission.

Specifically:

• Using a variety of communication methods, the position develops and executes strategic communication plans and media products that are disseminated to multiple audiences through various media.
• Researching topics, conducting interviews, writing news, feature and explanatory articles for NRO publications, websites and blogs to facilitate understanding of the agency’s mission, goals, and strategies to the NRO workforce and other key audiences.
• Serving as a communications consultant to NRO senior leadership to provide substantive advice and counsel on communications development.
• Identifying opportunities for leadership to speak either virtually or in-person for events internally and externally across the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of War (DoW).
• Preparing…