About the role
Duties
As a Health Communication Specialist you will:
- Lead the development, implementation, management, and evaluation of major national or international communication and marketing programs, projects, and strategies for the lay and professional audiences, including innovative demonstration projects.
- Direct and guide the development, testing, and timely dissemination of science and audience based products, tools, and messages to different audiences in a variety of formats.
- Provide expert consultation and technical expertise in the creation of strategic and integrated plans and strategies for public health communication and marketing programs, campaigns, and activities.
- Lead and conduct research and evaluation activities related to health communication and marketing.
- Work with management to ensure that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are integrated into the health communication or marketing program or project's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans, and work products, and services.
- Serve as a liaison between agency and other communication and marketing staff on agency-wide issues and networks with a variety of external stakeholders.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level of difficulty and responsibility in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph.
Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position to include experience leading, planning, implementing and managing tobacco control and prevention communication and marketing resources and programs.
Documenting experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.
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