Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

Public Affairs Specialist

Asheville, North Carolina · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$97kDetected 1 day ago
PhotographyCommunication

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About the role

  • This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Asheville VA Health Care System.
  • Organizationally, the position falls under the Executive Office, reporting to the Assistant Director.
  • In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Requirements

  • To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal service.
  • REQUIRED) OR Combination:
  • If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. (TRANSCRIPTS
  • For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.
  • The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.
  • An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.
  • If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

Nice to have

  • Public Affairs Experience in Writing for Events, Speeches, Emails, and Social Media, plus Photography Experience.

Compensation

  • $75k-$97k

This listing is sourced directly from Department of Veterans Affairs's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.