Outreach Program Manager

Title: Outreach Program Manager

State Role Title: Prog Admin Manager II

Hiring Range: Up to $85,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: JAMES MONROE BUILDING

Agency Website: www.dvs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Outreach Program Manager will oversee and lead the agency’s outreach efforts, managing and executing strategies to build and maintain relationships with specific veteran-centric target audiences, primarily within the community, to promote and advance the agency's programs, services, and initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Budget management, responsible for developing and managing outreach budgets.
• Strategic planning skills; responsible for analyzing internal and external factors, identifying opportunities and challenges, and creating strategies to guide the outreach direction for DVS -with the ultimate goal of increasing awareness of agency services and initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills are required to engage with a range of diverse audiences.
• Relationship building skills. The ability to connect with people from different backgrounds and build trust.
• Program management skills. Organization, planning and executing outreach programs requires strong leadership and project management abilities.
• Analytical Skills. Ability to analyze data and identify solutions.
• Problem solving skills. Need to be able to adapt to changing situations and find creative solutions to challenges.
• Technical Skills. Working knowledge of social media platforms, website management, videography and photography skills required.

Additional Considerations

This position will also support the Director of Transformation. This position is the first of its kind for the agency and affords the opportunity to build an agency-wide outreach program from the ground up.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDVS accepts submissions of on-line applications only. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:59 P.M. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which includes your specific qualifications for the position you are seeking.

The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from either the electronic applications and/or resume. RMS provides a confirmation or receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application.

It is the policy of VDVS to provide equal opportunity for all applications and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, gender, identify or expression, disability, veterans status or political affiliation, or against otherwise qualified person with disabilities.

Commonwealth of Virginia State agencies must provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring accommodations should direct inquiries to the human resource contact directly. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or resume.

Contact Information

Name: DVS HR Team

Phone: N/A

Email: recruitment@dvs.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.