Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other

Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Marketing and Communications

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Collaboration, External Audiences, Marketing Communications (Mar Com)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

GDIT’s Strategy and Performance Group (SPG) is looking for a versatile communications and stakeholder engagement professional to support an array of outreach activities for multiple functional areas of a federal government organization. The successful candidate will work on a team of top-notch professionals to support creation and implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies and associated communications to assist stakeholders in navigating program updates and system upgrades.

Activities include in-person and virtual informational briefings, support call sessions and other engagement with the external stakeholder community. The candidate also will welcome the chance to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, distributed-team environment.

• Support ongoing interaction and collaboration with the key external stakeholder groups.

• Assist with coordination of meetings with key internal and external stakeholder groups

• Create and maintain documentation related to stakeholder engagement strategies and external stakeholder information

• Serve as liaison between business units to support information sharing and coordination of activities for the notification and rollout of program updates and system enhancements

• Plan and facilitate meetings on various platforms (in-person, MS Teams, Webex, etc.) with cross-functional stakeholders

• Conceive and develop print and digital content for internal and external audiences, including in support of outreach events

• Prepare, edit, and revise presentations, talking points, and materials promoting external events that raise stakeholder awareness of program enhancements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., communications, marketing/outreach, etc.)
• Ability to obtain a Level 5 public trust clearance with background investigation
• 4+ years of related experience
• Experience working in government/client space (preferred)
• Knowledge of or experience with the import/export industry (preferred)
• Strong editorial communications abilities (writing, editing, and content development)
• Experience writing and editing on deadline for publication
• Experience conceiving and developing content for print and digital platforms
• Familiarity and experience adhering to common content standards and quality-assurance resources such as style guides, AP Stylebook, and federal plain language requirements
• Ability to coordinate task activities, timelines and communication among various stakeholders during task execution
• Ability to adapt to evolving/changing project requirements
• Ability to problem-solve basic technical issues
• Competency in use of standard office tools (e.g., MS Office suite, SharePoint, etc.)
• Comfortability working on a distributed team while working remotely
• Experience and comfortability working in a fast-paced work environment with rapidly shifting priorities
• Strong attention-to-detail mindset
• Natural team-oriented mindset, including willingness to readily assist colleagues when needed
• Ability to work independently, exhibiting accountability for assignments and work products
• Natural inclination to engage in and contribute to ideating, brainstorming and troubleshooting exchanges

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