This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Office of Health Communication and Education (OHCE), Division of Regulatory Communications (DRC) which leads and directs the execution of strategies for Center messaging targeted to the general public and stakeholders, and leads the development, clearance, and execution of messages and the rollout/outreach plans for regulatory communication issues.
Duties
Provide Spanish translation services on key stakeholder tobacco-use prevention and public education communication materials.
Coordinate and conduct the development and implementation of tobacco-use prevention public education programs, projects, and strategies for the general public and other audiences across a variety of platforms.
Contribute to the efficient and effective management of state, regional, or national tobacco-use prevention projects and campaigns.
Plan and participate in stakeholder and interagency meetings and special events.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Citizenship Requirement: You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this advertisement unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Selective Service Registration: All applicants born male, on (or after) 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System OR have an approved exemption. Visit www.SSS.gov for more info.
FDA participates in e-Verify: All new hires must complete the I-9 form; this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine your employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
Background Investigation Requirement: All employees must pass a security investigation. Failing to pass the background check may be grounds for removal or legal action. If hired, you may be subject to additional investigations at a later time.
You must meet ALL requirements by the closing date of this announcement to be considered. Only education, experience, and qualifications attained by this date will be considered. You must continue to meet all requirements through the hiring process.
Certification of Accuracy: All information concerning eligibility and qualification is subject to investigation and verification. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection, or appropriate legal action.
Direct Deposit: You will be required to have all federal salary payments electronically deposited into a bank account with a financial institution of your choice.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy, within the same geographical area, by other organizational elements from within FDA, through shared corporate recruiting activities.
Qualifications
The position of Health Communications Specialist falls under the 1001 occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade GS-13, you must meet all requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 03/16/2023.
Selective Placement Factor This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to and essential for satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume.
The selective placement factor for this position is: Fluency in the Spanish language. You must be able to communicate in Spanish orally and in writing. If you indicate language proficiency, you will need to conduct part of the interview in Spanish and provide a writing sample as part of the hiring process. If you are unable to demonstrate proficiency, you will not be qualified for the position.
Minimum Qualifications: Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience , or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience.) Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations.
GS-13: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12, in the Federal service, which includes: developing stakeholder alliances for tobacco-use and/or public health prevention programs; assisting and liaising with others in the development of public health and/or tobacco-use prevention related education collateral; translating tobacco-use and/or public health prevention related marketing materials from English to Spanish.
The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) oversees the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Some of the Agency’s responsibilities under the law include setting performance standards, reviewing premarket applications for new and modified risk tobacco products, requiring new warning labels, and establishing and enforcing advertising and promotion restrictions.
