Manage Announcement Templates

Manage Announcement Templates is where you create, edit and delete announcement templates independent of a vacancy. A list of all announcement templates associated with the office(s) to which you have access is displayed. The number to the right indicates how many templates are available. This number updates based on what is selected from the Tags drop-down list. You can sort any of the columns in this table in ascending or descending order. To access this section, click Admin on the Dashboard, the Admin Home tab displays, click the Manage Announcement Templates link in the Templates section to open the Templates tab, and the Announcement Templates page displays. The following elements are displayed:

• Create Template. This button allows you to create a new announcement template. For instructions, see Creating an announcement template.
• Type. This drop-down list allows you to filter templates based on selected Type, such as Agency Marketing, Announcement, Position Requirements, or Summary & Duties.
• Tags. This drop-down list allows you to filter templates based on selected Tags, such as Occupational Family, Appointing Authority or Office. For additional information, see Tags.
• Statuses. This drop-down allows you to filter templates based on selected Statues, such as Draft or Published.
• Template Name or Template Description search field. This field allows you to search announcement templates by template name or template description. The system will automatically perform a partial search as you type and display the results under the field.
• Template Name. This column displays the template name. Access an announcement template by clicking on the link.
• Type. This column displays the template type.
• Template Description. This column displays a description of the template.
• Status. This column displays the status of the template.
• Last Modified Date. This column displays the the date of last modification for the template.

Note: Administrators may exceed the character limits enforced by USAJOBS on the release of an announcement when creating announcement templates. This 3X increase in character limits will allow agencies to add more content to the template that may be removed prior to release. The announcement text must adhere to USAJOBS character limits before it can be successfully released.