Senior Communications Specialist

Job Title: Senior Communications Specialist

Company: BLN
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24 is seeking a Senior Communications Specialist to join our team. The Senior Communications Specialist will serve as a critical communications resource within the Public Affairs Office, supporting DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters with congressional communications, legislative situational awareness, executive-level messaging, and coordination with legislative liaison stakeholders. The position requires demonstrated experience developing strategic communications for senior leaders, preparing congressional-facing materials, and translating legislative developments into concise, actionable information for executive decision-making within a defense, federal health, military medical, or related federal environment.

The Senior Communications Specialist will work closely with PAO leadership, DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters, Army legislative liaisons, and DHA legislative affairs stakeholders to ensure congressional engagement activities are accurate, timely, coordinated, and aligned with approved organizational priorities.

• Execute congressional communications and engagement activities in support of DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters and the Public Affairs Office.
• Prepare, coordinate, and disseminate congressional communications materials for review and approval by appropriate Government leadership.
• Coordinate and facilitate congressional engagements, including preparation of background materials, talking points, informational content, and engagement summaries.
• Assist in developing timely and accurate responses to congressional inquiries.
• Document engagement outcomes and maintain records of congressional communications activities for DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters leadership review and approval.

• Develop and maintain executive-level communication strategies to keep DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters informed of relevant legislative activity.
• Prepare concise summaries of published legislative actions, hearings, proposed bills, enacted laws, markups, policy changes, and congressional activities impacting DHA R&D-MRDC interests.
• Develop targeted legislative alerts for urgent or high-impact legislative developments.
• Prepare weekly legislative newsletters highlighting key legislative trends, updates, and upcoming congressional events.
• Maintain legislative tracking reports on priority legislation and congressional inquiries.
• Manage or support content updates on internal communication platforms, including the CACO SharePoint site, to provide leadership with real-time access to legislative updates and resources.
• Provide written updates and briefings to leadership no less than bi-weekly, or as directed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.
• Preparehighqualitywrittenproductsforcongressional engagement activities, including information papers, white papers, executive summaries, briefing materials, and talking points for senior leadership.

• Ensure all written products are accurate, professionally formatted, error-free, and compliant with DHA R&D-MRDC editorial standards prior to submission or dissemination.
• Write in an executive leader style appropriate for senior Government audiences, congressional stakeholders, and decision-makers.

• Coordinate communications activities with Army legislative liaisons and the DHA legislative affairs office to support accurate communication of DHA R&D-MRDC equities.
• Prepare messaging materials for approval and transmission to support testimony, hearings, legislative engagements, and higher-echelon communications.
• Draft and coordinate the exchange of information between legislative liaisons, PAO leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Dissem…