Local Hire (Creative Specialist)

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.

Key Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
• Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
• All candidates must be a high school graduate or possess a GED.
• Minimum age of eighteen years of age is required.

Qualifications

To qualify for this Local Hire (Creative Specialist) position, you must possess experience:

• Conducting research to gather and verify facts;
• Drafting written products for external audiences and/or public distribution;
• Providing modes and strategies of communication via social media, news releases, press conferences, town hall meetings, etc.

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

• Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
• Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Are you qualifying based on your work experience?

• Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder.
• Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.
• Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found 'not qualified.'
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the 'requirements' section of this announcement.

Additional Information

• Local hire positions are temporary, intermittent (as-needed) positions. Generally, local hires will work a full-time schedule.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
• DHS uses E-verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
• Travel may be required, based upon agency needs. Travel expectations can vary and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process.
• Lodging and travel from your residence of record to your duty station in Columbia, South Carolina will not be reimbursed.

Local Hire Employees Are Eligible For The Following Benefits

• Health insurance for individual or family coverage. Employer contribution is 75% of premium.
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Ability to earn 4 hours of paid Sick Leave per pay period
• Holiday pay
• Worker's Compensation

About the company

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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