Director of Communications and Digital Strategy

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the GS-15 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading staff and resources to accomplish short- and long-term organizational goals. Knowledge of U.S. international trade programs, including antidumping/countervailing duty and related trade remedies (laws, regulations, policies and practices), trade agreements negotiations, and the trade policy formulation process. Ability to brief senior level officials on these matters both in oral and written form. Ability to coordinate and participate in briefings, meetings and conference calls between senior agency representatives and Members of Congress and their staff or committees, members of the press, and/or other stakeholders. Ability to prepare senior agency officials to participate in such briefings, meetings, and calls. Ability to draft testimony, briefing papers, information memoranda, etc. to be used by senior E&C, ITA, or Department officials and ensure that materials comport with statutory, regulatory, and precedential intent. Managing programs or projects by use of SharePoint, PowerBI, PowerPoint, and Drupal.
This vacancy is for a Director of Communications and Digital Strategy in the International Trade Administration, Enforcement and Compliance (E&C) within the Department of Commerce.