DescriptionThe Red Gate Group is seeking a
Strategic Communications Specialist who will provide operational and strategic communications support to a DoD program. This will include supporting communications and outreach campaigns, authoring content, and development of communication products and solutions. Communication with the organization's senior-level staff and collaboration with a broad range of personnel is also required. The position will be located at the Pentagon.
Responsibilities- Conduct research and coordination necessary to draft briefings and presentations.
- Conduct research and coordination to provide talking points with relevant facts, assumptions, recommendations, and strategic messaging supporting engagements by ASW(ND-CBDP), PDASW(ND-CBD), and DASWs at conferences and symposiums.
- Align the ND-CBDP Strategic Plan with the DOW's Strategic Management Plan and Annual Performance Plan and measure and report progress towards completion of goals and lines of effort.
- Provide Strategic Communications support for the ASW, PDASW, and other DASW Senior leaders. Contractor will develop talking points, research topics, coordinate with other subject matter experts to draft, refine and prepare speeches for internal and external audiences by senior ASW leaders.
- Contractor will take notes, collect / take photographs with a Government-supplied camera, and provide a consolidated summary of the events attended by ASW senior leaders. Notes and photographs collected will be for use on internal and external Department websites and social media accounts managed by the Department.
- Collect and coordinate ASW(ND-CBDP) website updates to reflect timely and relevant information.
- Manage ASW(ND-CBDP) social media accounts and post updates after coordinating with the ASW(ND-CBDP) Information Release Authority (IRA)Update and maintain the ASW(ND-CBDP) intranet site to reflect timely and relevant information.
- Respond to Congressional inquiries and track Congressional reports.
- Responsible for publishing and disseminating the weekly ND-CBDP Sitrep.
- Develop a speaking engagement management tracking system.
- Plan and manage projects and events, as necessary.
Qualifications- Active TS/SCI clearance required.
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting executive level DoD leadership with experience writing, editing, preparing briefs, and creating talking points for leadership.
- Significant expertise in communications principles, methods, practices, and techniques, including skill in presenting ideas in speech and in written form to inform and persuade audiences at all levels of the organization.
- Experience designing, developing, and delivering strategic communications through a variety of media, including print and digital.
- Must be able to adapt to changing environments within DoD and be flexible with expectations to communication outreach tasks.
- Exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills, with proficiency in multiple methods of visual communication.
- Proficiency with the use of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Project, Visio, etc.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
- Experience in federal government or federal government consulting.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, and Elements is desired.
- Experience developing and implementing strategic communications plans for complex federal organizations.
- Familiarity with helping to manage large scale virtual meetings utilizing programs such as Microsoft Teams, or a willingness to learn.
- Familiarity with 508 compliance or willingness to undergo CIO-mandated training to ensure public-facing PDFs are tagged accurately and compatible with screen-reader software.
