Social Media Specialist

Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons?

You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

Qualifications:

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

OR

Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. Experience must have equipped the applicant with the 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.

Some examples of the qualifying specialized experience are:

• Experience planning and executing an organization’s social media program.
• Experience editing video and adding elements to engage the intended audience.
• Experience developing marketing and branding materials for an organization.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

A combination of education and experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

AND

Selective Factor:

Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factor. In the event you do not possess the Selective Factor, you will be found ineligible for the position.

• Applicants must have at least 2 years of professional experience with digital communication media (i.e., social media, website/mobile applications, video production/editing, digital marketing) within the past 5 years.

NOTE: Applicants must clearly address this experience within their resumes to be found qualified.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Responsibilities:

Plans website and social media strategies and content requirements to address the Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) focus areas, priorities and missions.

Manages the overall planning and execution of the Bureau’s social media program covering Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media platforms as they arise, as well as advertising on platforms such as Indeed, LinkedIn and Google.

Responsible for the digital strategy and campaign planning, design and execution in conjunction with staff from the Information, Policy and Public Affairs (IPPA), and other staff to inform and educate general and specialized audiences, both external and internal, about BOP operations and activities.

Responsible for conducting periodic analysis of the digital market.

Responsible for the design and organic posting of the Bureau’s recruitment digital content.

Digitally edits video and generates on-screen text and graphics, as required, that engage the audience or that help enhance audience understanding of the intended message.