Communications Specialist (Ft. Detrick, MD

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Communications Specialist Company: BLN
24

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BLN
24 is an award‑winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end‑state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.

Legislative Communications, Congressional Tasker Support, Science and Medical Research Writing, ETMS2 Coordination

The Communications Specialist will provide full‑time legislative information, written communications, research translation, and tasker coordination support within the Public Affairs Office. The position will execute day‑to‑day congressional communication functions and work in close coordination with the Senior Communications Specialist, PAO staff, DHA R&D‑MRDC stakeholders, subordinate laboratories, and other Government personnel.

• Support legislative communication activities that advance DHA R&D‑MRDC congressional engagement priorities.
• Monitor legislative developments, relevant committee activities, congressional updates, and published information related to DHA R&D‑MRDC interests.
• Draft summaries of legislative communication activities for internal distribution.
• Coordinate with the Senior Communications Specialist and PAO staff to ensure legislative communications are timely, accurate, and aligned with approved messaging.

• Draft, edit, and finalize congressional communication products, including white papers, information papers, executive summaries, briefing materials, slide presentations, congressional taskings, and formal responses.
• Ensure written products are clear, concise, professionally formatted, easy to read, and error‑free.
• Apply DHA R&D‑MRDC and PAO standards for tone, formatting, quality, and editorial consistency.
• Incorporate input from technical staff, leadership, laboratories, and other stakeholders into cohesive final products.

• Synopsize published complex medical, biomedical, and scientific research into clear, accessible formats suitable for non‑technical audiences.
• Develop executive‑level written products that explain research relevance, outcomes, operational impact, and value to the warfighter.
• Ensure technical information is communicated accurately while remaining understandable to congressional staff, decision‑makers, and leadership audiences.
• Support leadership decision‑making by clearly communicating the impact and significance of DHA R&D‑MRDC programs and research activities.

• Coordinate Government‑approved communications related to taskings originating from congressional or legislative sources.
• Collaborate with subordinate laboratories, DHA R&D‑MRDC staff sections, and other stakeholders to collect accurate and timely information.
• Consolidate and edit stakeholder input into cohesive, professionally written final communication products.
• Communicate tasker suspense dates, status updates, and coordination requirements to relevant stakeholders.
• Notify the Contracting Officer’s Representative of at‑risk items, delayed inputs, or potential schedule impacts as appropriate.
• Ensure approved responses are submitted on time and in the required format.

• Support data entry and administrative tracking within the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution, ETMS
  2.
• Track congressional data requests, legislative taskings, status updates, and completion milestones.
• Maintain accurate records of congressional engagements, responses, and related communications activities within the system.
• Support reporting and accountability for tasker completion, suspense management, and response coordination.

• Experience drafting, editing, and coordinating formal communications products for Government, defense, federal health, medical, science, or research‑related audiences.
• Familiarity with legislative communications, congressional…