Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Department of State - Agency Wide

Summary

This position is located in the Office of Strategy, Communication, and Health Equity, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD/SCE). The office serves as an intersection for policy and strategy coordination on issues that span GHSD, including its communications, legislative agenda and partnership agenda, and is responsible to ensure health equity considerations are integrated into the Bureau's strategy and communication.

Duties

Serves as the authoritative technical consultant and subject matter expert on all GHSD matters relating to communications and global health public affairs and performs work of broad scope and a high degree of cross-functional complexity.

Develops new methods and approaches in planning, integrating, and evaluating the overall global health public affairs program for the Department; counsels agency management on the formulation and articulation of an overall approach to global health.

Independently prepares, reviews, edits, and approves certain technical and non-technical documents to include speeches, press releases, and articles for external magazines, newspapers, and newsletters published by technical organizations

Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with individuals and groups interested in or affected by programs, creating meaningful dialogue, and interchanges to increase understanding and acceptance of GHSD’s policies and programs.

Exercises significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank; makes or approves selections for subordinate nonsupervisory positions.