Communications Specialist/Manager – Office of Strategic Communications

Role Overview

• Support the Office of Strategic Communication’s executive communications team.
• Gather input from senior leaders in the Director’s Office on integrated communication strategies and deliverables for key institutional priorities.
• Communicate initiatives, programmatic strategies, and highly complex scientific and technical information to a wide range of audiences.
• Develop original content, provide writing and editing services, and help create and coordinate a full spectrum of communication products.
• Collaborate and interact with all levels of administrative, management, scientific and technical staff and team members to understand, define, develop and establish objectives to form editorial requirements for complex projects.
• Partner with managers, team members and peers to define communication strategies, messaging, audiences and key deliverables for a variety of complex and specialized projects to meet programmatic objectives.
• Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of new tools, technologies, and processes; help develop/track metrics and process improvement methods.
• Oversee all aspects of print, multimedia and web-based publishing from concept through scheduling, writing, editing, review, production, printing and distribution, and/or web publishing.

Requirements

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in English, communications or journalism or the equivalent combination of education and experience in an area of scientific or technical communication.
• Experience in executive communications, as well as in planning, developing, organizing, and writing technical content effectively across various types of communication platforms.
• Project management experience leading complex production and technical writing and editing assignments.
• Significant editing/writing experience in multiple scientific or technical areas using broad-based professional technical editing/writing skills including advanced knowledge of and experience using style conventions, professional principles, and technical communication practices and standards including having work edited and integrating editorial feedback.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills; experience collaborating and communicating with all levels of an organization, including senior managers, clients, team members, peers, and stakeholders to meet organizational/ programmatic objectives.
• Ability to handle classified, unclassified, sensitive and confidential issues with tact, diplomacy and discretion.
• Demonstrated self-starter, comfortable multitasking with ability to work to deadlines and respond to tight schedules in a rapidly changing environment and attend to intense details with high consequence of error.
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work independently under minimal direction with significant latitude in determining and planning activities to reach objectives, and ability to work within a team environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Creative Cloud software suite, and familiarity with website design, and content management systems.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)