Communications Specialist, Mid

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Job Number: R0224441

Communications Specialist, Mid

The Opportunity:

Key to an organization’s growth is strong stakeholder support for leaders to help an organization achieve its mission, values, and objectives. As a communications specialist, you know how to inform and engage key audiences and help promote an organization’s desired reputation. We’re looking for an experienced team members like you, who are ready to grow and willing to win for the client and live our mission every day.

Here, you’ll advance your advising skills to design, develop, produce, and advise on a variety of internal and external communication materials and congressional affairs support for a DoD client office.

As a specialist on our team, you’ll closely impact the development of creative solutions to complex problems. Your self-guided yet collaborative spirit will shape and nurture relationships with team members, stakeholders, and clients to bring in-depth understanding and expertise to one or more aspects of military service or joint missions, processes, and culture.

As a communications specialist, you will provide operations support to a team that collaborates on all aspects of oral and written communications.

You’ll track the status and prioritization of clients’ external affairs, including those for media articles, defense legislation, and congressional hearings, legislative markups, and congressional floor action.

Once you appropriately support progress oversight and task management on daily operations, tasks, projects and more, you may help develop communications on sensitive subject matter of significant congressional interest.

You will coordinate with appropriate government officials to obtain review and approval of time-sensitive deliverables and translate technical DoD policy and program efforts into consumable messaging for consumption by media.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 1+ years of experience in communications, people management, or client relationships
• Experience with researching issues, developing expertise, and drafting concise messaging or talking points to accurately convey key messages and manage risks
• Experience with research and analysis of federal topics
• Experience with preparing leaders or managers engagements with their key constituents or stakeholders
• Experience with researching and writing papers, talking points, and verbal and written statements
• Experience with working on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer in a communication or press role
• Ability to be a self-starter in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment with aggressive project timelines and continual client delivery
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with the DoD and its senior leadership offices
• Experience with DoD personnel and readiness (P&R) organizations and offices
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Public Trust
• Master’s degree in Political Science, Communications, Public Relations, or Journalism

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs.

Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage…