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USAJOBS · 3 months ago

Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist (Deputy Assistant Director)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$150K/yr - $226K/yr

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice focused on protecting communities from various criminal activities. The Deputy Assistant Director will serve as the Bureau's principal spokesperson and oversee public liaison activities, while managing staff and representing the Bureau in high-level policy discussions.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Initiates, formulates, executes, and coordinates the Bureau's public liaison activities

Provides supervision for the staff in the Office of Public and Governmental Affairs

Represents the Director and Deputy Director on various inter-agency groups and in other high-level law enforcement and regulatory-based policy assignments

Administers the requests for records, Privacy Impact Assessments, Systems of Records Notices and accounting for information pursuant to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) overall responsibility for the digital, print and visual media presence; intergovernmental affairs; public affairs and legislative affairs and all Bureau involved Congressional activity

Qualification

Public/media relationsOralLegislative process knowledgeWritten communicationLeadership experienceStrategic planningResource managementTeam management

Required

You must be a United States Citizen or National

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service

Selective Service registration is required for males born on, or after, December 31st, 1959. Those not registered should have an approved exemption on file

You will be required to complete a pre-employment security investigation and background check for the security level designated for this position

You may also be subject to post-employment conflict of interest restrictions under 18 USC 207 (c)

You will be required to undergo a drug screening and obtain favorable results prior to being appointed

You may be subject to a one-year probationary period effective from the date in which you are appointed

This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) upon entry, and annually thereafter in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines

You must meet all minimum qualifications to be deemed eligible. Only experience obtained by closing date of this announcement will be considered

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications

The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME-ONLY. Applicants must show clear evidence of their demonstrated leadership ability by addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) embedded within their resume

ECQ1- Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding: Involves demonstrating knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people

ECQ2- Driving Efficiency: Involves demonstrating the ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades

ECQ3- Merit and Competence: Involves demonstrating knowledge, ability, and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality

ECQ4- Leading People: Involves demonstrating the ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable

ECQ5- Achieving Results: Involves demonstrating the ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors

MTQ1: Demonstrated experience in the application of advanced public/media relations principles, trends and generally accepted practices and techniques to plan and direct public relations programs and legislative affairs activities for a large, complex law enforcement organization of nationwide scope

MTQ2: Demonstrates experience and expertise in delivering oral and written communication on extremely sensitive and controversial issues to a wide variety of audiences, such as the organization head and Executive Staff members, Members of Congress and their staffs, counterparts in other agencies, Departmental officials, industry groups, the media, and members of the public requesting documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and/or the Privacy Act

MTQ3: Demonstrates applied knowledge of the legislative process, including Congressional procedures, practices, and guidelines for proposing and monitoring new legislation and communicating legislative goals