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Strategic Communications Consultant

Location: Fairfax, VA - Primarily Remote, but may include hybrid

Employment Type: Full Time, Experienced

CGS is seeking a highly motivated, collaborative Strategic Communications Consultant to join our team supporting the US Department of Homeland Security. This Strategic Communications Consultant will deliver client facing writing and consulting services to support the development and implementation of communications plans, templates, and content for organizations within Department of Homeland Security Headquarters (HQ). This office oversees project management support and business management services across multiple DHS programs, business lines, and component organizations. This includes diverse initiatives and the development, implementation, modification, and sustainment enterprise level applications and IT systems.

Skills and attributes for success

• Developing and maintaining communications plan for programs and projects
• Implementing communications campaigns
• Designing and managing outreach programs to improve adoption of changes and increase support
• Development of newsletters, memos, announcements, publications, reports and other written and verbal communications to ensure timely and accurate communication with all project/program stakeholders, contractors, project team and managements
• Content management for program, office, and divisional websites
• Communicating in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats including presenting to senior executives, developing lasting relationships, delivering clear requests for information, and communicating potential conflicts
• Identifying and addressing client needs: building strong relationships with clients; communicating with the client in an organized and knowledgeable manner; delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks.
• Creating, revising, and implementing communications material that delivers consistent key messages to target audiences through appropriate channels that are consistent with branding, messaging, and digital (social media) strategies
• As a team member, understanding personal and team roles; contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; proactively seeking and providing guidance, clarification and, feedback to less experienced staff.
• General consultant support to include project management tasks, meeting facilitation, and ad hoc duties as needed

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in systems analysis and design of information systems programs, and at least five (5) years of experience in information technology
• Experience coordinating communication activities across teams
• Demonstrated analytical skills and excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written)
• Experience facilitating meetings and capturing minutes
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to interact with senior level executives
• Ability to diagram and analyze current (as-is) state of a business operation, and to develop a future template (to-be) business process model
• Ability to successfully work on multiple projects concurrently (e.g. prioritize work as needed, work with multiple teams and stakeholder groups, etc.)

Ideally, you will also have

• Editing, script writing, facilitation, media outreach, public relations, leadership coaching, strategic communications experience
• Experience supporting DHS or other federal agencies
• Experience as a Technical Writer, Communications Strategist, or Content Manager developing, editing, and promoting organizational content and communications standards.

Our commitment

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!

Explore additional job opportunities with CGS on our Job Board:

https://cgsfederal.com/join-our-team/

For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:

Phone: +1 (888) 680-5916
Email: [email protected]

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