Lead Strategic Communication Specialist

• Lead Strategic Communication Planning: Develop and execute comprehensive communication strategies tailored to diverse internal and external audiences ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Editorial Oversight and Quality Assurance: Edit and produce high-quality narrative and multimedia content in accordance with Associated Press (AP) style guidelines; maintain consistency clarity and accuracy across all deliverables.
• Team Leadership and Performance Management: Direct and mentor a high-performing communication team fostering collaboration accountability and continuous improvement to achieve project goals and deadlines.
• Change Leadership Expertise: Apply change management principles to craft messaging that supports organizational transformation and stakeholder engagement and to develop briefing materials for senior leaders ensuring clarity impact and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Multi-Channel Content Delivery: Manage the design and production of digital print and multimedia communication products ensuring adherence to brand standards tone and visual identity guidelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement Strategy: Develop and implement engagement strategies including events campaigns and partnerships to strengthen relationships and enhance program visibility.
• Technical and Creative Tools Application: Utilize advanced word processing spreadsheets graphic design and scheduling tools to streamline workflows and optimize content development processes.
• Collaborative Review and Approval Process: Coordinate with authors and project teams to review communication materials compile feedback resolve conflicting inputs and deliver final publishable products.
• Complex Information Simplification: Translate technical and scientific concepts into clear accessible language for non-technical audiences ensuring comprehensionand engagement.
• Quality and Compliance Assurance: Ensure all communication products meet industry standards contractual requirements and organizational quality benchmarks for accuracy clarity and professionalism.

• Bachelors degree in Communication Journalism Public Relations or a related field.
• Ten (10) years of experience in communication including at least eight (8) years of managing organizational communication strategy and execution.
• Experience in organizational communication planning AP style editing and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience collaborating with Agile teams and technical leaders in an iterative delivery environment to develop timely accurate communications that reflect evolving scope priorities and outcomes.
• Strong understanding of change leadership and experience supporting enterprise-level initiatives.
• Ability to develop executive communication (key messages speeches talking points briefing materials).
• Expertise in digital print and multimedia content design and delivery ensuring alignment with brand standards.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement strategies including events campaigns and partnerships.
• Proficiency with common word processing spreadsheets graphics and scheduling tools.
• Ability to simplify complex technical or scientific concepts for general audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship.
• Ability to obtain a public trust.

• Masters degree in a related field.
• Experience supporting federal health agencies (e.g. VA/VHA).
• Experience with communications measurement frameworks and analytics.
• Professional certification (e.g. Prosci Change Management).
• Experience managing large-scale campaigns and stakeholder partnerships.

Compensation & Benefits

PFS offers a benefits package that may include health dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; retirement plan; paid time off; and other programs to support employees and their families. Learn more about PFS Benefits.

PFS benefits compensation and bonuses are determined by various factors including but not limited to location the individuals particular combination of education knowledge skills competencies and experience as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex parental status national origin age disability genetic information political affiliation military service or other status protected by law.

Accommodations

PFS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process please contact us at Reasonable accommodations are available to ensure applicants with disabilities have equal access to the hiring process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable laws.

Workplace Health Safety and Compliance

This position may be subject to clientspecific or governmentmandated vaccination health or safety requirements which may change over time.

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