Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Announcement: DEST-13055948-26-EM
Pay grade: GG 14
Closes: Sep 18, 2026
Open to: Open to the public, Competitive service, Excepted service, Veterans, Military spouses, Individuals with disabilities, Special authorities

The successful candidate will perform the full range of the Communications and Correspondence Specialist duties. Such duties include but are not limited to:

• Manages all incoming and outgoing correspondence for the OCIO, including reviewing, analyzing, routing, and tracking to determine required actions and ensure timely responses. Maintains a comprehensive tracking system and establishes procedures, timelines, and quality control processes for accountability and consistency.
• Drafts, reviews, and coordinates responses to correspondence on behalf of the CIO and OCIO leadership, including congressional inquiries and high-priority external communications. Reviews and edits executive-level materials (memoranda, reports, briefings, presentations, correspondence) for accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to agency policies and style guides.
• Provides expert guidance to the CIO and senior leadership on communication strategy and messaging. Advises on translating complex technical and policy information into clear, accessible language for diverse audiences.
• Coordinates with program offices and stakeholders to gather information, reconcile differing inputs, and ensure communication products accurately reflect agency positions. Supports the CIO and senior leadership by preparing for engagements, meetings, and agency-wide communications.
• Oversees processes for routing, reviewing, and finalizing communication products to ensure consistency and timely completion. Serves as a quality assurance checkpoint for CIO-level materials.
• Develops and drafts agency-wide communications, including announcements, policy notifications, newsletters, and leadership messages. Plans and coordinates communications activities, maintaining an editorial calendar aligned with organizational priorities.
• Researches, develops, and prepares speeches, talking points, presentations, and briefing materials for the CIO and senior leadership for internal and external engagements.
• Manages or contributes to OCIO digital communications platforms, including intranet and web content, ensuring information is current, accurate, and aligned with organizational messaging.
• Tracks follow-up actions from meetings, coordinates with offices to ensure completion, and monitors action items, deadlines, and information requests related to executive communications.
• Provides direct support to the Senior Advisor to the CIO, including assistance with special projects, communications, correspondence, and policy-related activities.
• Provides guidance and informal training to OCIO staff on writing, correspondence processes, and communication standards. Develops job aids, templates, and reference materials to improve the quality and consistency of written products across the organization.

Conditions of employment

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position
• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that includes all of the following:

Experience that demonstrates expert knowledge and skill in managing executive-level communications and correspondence within a federal agency or comparable organization. This experience includes drafting, reviewing, analyzing, and coordinating written materials (such as memoranda, reports, briefings, presentations, and congressional responses) for senior leadership; developing and implementing communication strategies and standard operating procedures; ensuring clarity, accuracy, consistency, proper formatting and adherence to agency policies and standards through quality assurance reviews; advising senior officials on messaging approaches and communication strategies; and coordinating information and input from multiple offices and stakeholders to produce high-quality communication products.

Note: Experience must demonstrate the ability to independently perform the full range of duties described above at a level of difficulty comparable to the GG-14 grade level in the Federal service.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Demonstrated experience in managing executive-level correspondence and communications, including reviewing, analyzing, routing, and tracking correspondence; drafting responses for senior leadership; and maintaining tracking systems.
2. Demonstrated experience advising senior leadership on communication strategies; translating technical and policy information for broader audiences; developing agency-wide communications, announcements, and editorial calendars.
3. Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and editing executive-level written materials (e.g., memoranda, reports, briefings, presentations); applying templates and formatting standards; and performing quality assurance reviews for senior leadership communications.
4. Demonstrated experience coordinating information and inputs from multiple offices; engaging with internal and external stakeholders to gather information, reconcile perspectives, and support communication activities.

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.