Public Information Officer 1/2/3Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4707831) ApplyPublic Information Officer 1/2/3Salary $2,602.00 - $4,682.00 MonthlyLocation Baton Rouge, LAJob TypeClassifiedJob NumberDOI-2024-66DepartmentInsurance-Commissioner of InsuranceOpening Date10/25/2024Closing Date11/1/2024 11:59 PM Central
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Supplemental InformationThis vacancy is located in the Office of the Commissioner, Public Affairs Division. As part of a Career Progression Group, this vacancy may be filled from this recruitment as a Public Information Officer 1, 2 or 3 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant. This vacancy is a Job Appointment. The maximum salary of the Public Information Officer 3 is $77,958. Please refer to the “Job Specifications” tab located at the top of the LA Careers “Current Job Opportunities” page of Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.The ideal candidate possesses the following competencies:Core Competencies: -Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.-Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training-Driving Results: The ability to identify important goals and work to achieve them.Preferred Competencies:-Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command. -Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine your actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.-Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance, and decisions.-Demonstrating Innovation: The ability to generate original ideas that create value, improve processes, or provide new products or services.-Displaying Professionalism: The ability to recognize how your actions impact the perceptions of both you and your organization.-Managing Time: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.-Thinking Creatively: The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.For further information about this vacancy contact:Callie RodrigueLouisiana Department of InsuranceP.O. Box 94214Baton Rouge, LA 70804 [email protected] The LA Department of Insurance is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.Minimum QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:A baccalaureate degree.SUBSTITUTIONS:Experience in marketing, public relations, library science, and/or the research, written preparation and dissemination of information to the public or on behalf of an organization to its customers through such medium as publications, broadcasting, Internet web pages, social media, or public speaking will substitute for the required degree on the basis of one year of experience for thirty semester hours of college.NOTE:Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.NOTE:Graphic design, graphic art and technical jobs in radio/TV production will not be considered as qualifying. Some examples of technical radio/TV production jobs include but are not limited to TV camera operators, directors, production technicians, sound technicians, or video technicians.Job ConceptsFunction of Work:To disseminate routine informational material through various media to inform the public about a department's programs or services, inform executive and administrative staff about progress of public relations activities and assist in developing and implementing public relations programs for departmental programs.Level of Work:Entry.Supervision Received:General from Public Information Director, or other higher level personnel.Supervision Exercised:None.Location of Work:May be used by all state agencies.Job Distinctions:Differs from Public Information Officer 2 by the absence of independent and persuasive responsibility for public information/relations initiatives.Examples of WorkGathers, prepares and distributes information about a department, agency, or office to the media and directly to the public on ongoing programs.Assists in program development and implementation.Assists in gathering and entering information on the departmental web page.Assists in responding to electronic commerce from the departmental web page.Researches and assists in writing news releases.Contacts media representatives to inform them of special agency events.Assists in coordinating publicity for agency events; sets up displays, gives tours and audio-visual presentations.Researches and assists in writing materials for and participates in the layout of informational materials such as newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, directories, brochures, billboards, fact sheets, and posters.Assists in developing audio-visual presentations and scripts.Assists in speech writing for executives.Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leaveMore information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspxHolidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the GovernorState employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YourRetirementSystem.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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