Mantech

ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Strategic Communications Specialist to join our team in the Chantilly, VA area.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Provide organizational and mass communications consulting to organizational leaders, members, and stakeholders at unclassified and classified levels. Design, develop, produce, and consult on a variety of internal and external communications materials and media. Create and implement communications plans to gain employee buy-in of client initiatives.  Draft and edit internal and enterprise-wide news and information to inform the client's workforce, including regular newsletters, announcements, leadership messages, and articles. Work independently with some guidance and review or guide activities of junior employees.

• Support updates, development and implementation of the Governments Communications Strategy to ensure consistent, relevant, accurate, and tailored, timely communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and implement strategies and plans
• Prepare and submit weekly activity reports
• Facilitate Senior Staff Meetings, Program Review Boards (PRB) and Senior Management Group (SMG) meetings.
• Support planning and facilitation of events to support the Government Communications Strategies and Plans. These events shall include: town hall meetings, all hand meetings, brown bag workshops, off-sites, family day and official outreach events.
• Coordinate with the Government for proper review prior to dissemination of all strategic products.
• Support design, development and implementation of SAO communications products Strategies and Plans. These products include:
  • Presentations, with supporting audiovisual briefing aids. Presentation types may range from project plans and status reports, to survey results, to operations highlights, to all hand presentation to tours for visitors.
  • Government announcements, newsletters, articles, operations highlights
  • Talking points, fact sheets, brochures, posters and other print products
  • Speeches for government seniors
  • New media and multimedia content, including video, video scripts and story boards, digital signage, diversity and inclusion
  • Exhibits and displays.
• Comply with Government Brand Style Guide and other strategic communication products style guides when creating communication products
• Coordinate with stake holders to gather inputs for and ensure information accuracy of strategic communications products
• Assist with educational, awareness, and orientation programs, to ensure messaging is consistent with Government strategies, branding, and quality standards. 
   

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or 7 or more years of relevant experience
• Experience in communications or public relations
• Experience developing and implementing strategic communications plans
• Ability to interact professionally with senior government leaders
• Ability for possible travel up to 25% of the time
• Preferred Master’s Degree

Security Clearance Requirement:

• Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
   

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to be in a stationary position more than 50% of the time
• Must be able to communicate, converse, and exchange information with peers and senior personnel
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery