Communications Specialist
Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Overview
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies state and local government and commercial clients in health care technology andfinancial services industries.
The three letters of our name DRT stand for Driving Resolution Together which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.
Project Description:
This opportunity supports a national public health program within the Department of Veterans Affairs focused on disease surveillance and rapid response to emerging health events across the VA system. The work involves epidemiologic investigations large-scale patient lookback and notification efforts and specialized public health laboratory testing in support of clinical care and outbreak response. Personnel collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians epidemiologists laboratory scientists data analysts and communications staff to investigate potential exposure events and deliver timely accurate findings. This is an onsite role based in Northern California with occasional travel to affiliated medical facilities in the surrounding region. Ideal candidates bring prior experience in a federal health public health or clinical research setting and are comfortable handling sensitive patient information in a fast-paced mission-driven environment.
Job Summary:
Oversees all investigational communications activities including communication plans media relations and the writing/editing/proofreading of internal and external materials across print and electronic formats on behalf of the program.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee all investigational communications activities including the development of communication plans.
- Manage media relations and both internal and external communications.
- Write edit and proofread materials in print and electronic formats including reports schedules catalogs brochures direct mail emails newsletters press releases articles web content presentations posters and exhibits.
- Draft planning documents correspondence briefing materials speeches talking points and introductory remarks on behalf of the program.
- Prepare and compile comprehensive reports and presentations that communicate outcomes and recommendations from analytical studies.
- Tailor messaging for diverse high-stakes audiences including community members leadership and oversight stakeholders.
- Experience developing communication plans and writing/editing planning documents correspondence briefing materials speeches talking points and introductory remarks.
- Experience drafting messages for diverse high-stakes audiences; community members Congress and agency/VHA leadership.
- Experience preparing compiling and designing comprehensive reports and presentations that communicate outcomes and recommendations from analytical studies.
- Demonstrated writing editing and proofreading across formats: reports newsletters press releases articles web content presentations posters exhibits direct mail and email.
- Experience managing media relations and internal/external communications.
- Prior communications work on a VA/VHA contract with VHA central-office communications or with a VA medical center public affairs office.
- Experience in health risk or crisis communications particularly patient-notification or public health emergency messaging.
- Experience coordinating with a central office communications directorate to drive recognition of key events and press releases.
- Strong portfolio of published or produced communications materials.
- Bachelors degree in communications public relations journalism English public health or a related field required; advanced degree a plus.
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance. Due to contract requirements candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) to be eligible.
- No agencies third parties or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
- $60000 - $75000
- Salary commensurate with experience.
DRT Strategies Inc. (DRT) follows the guidelines outlined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide all employees and qualified applicants employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related conditions transgender status and sexual orientation) national origin age genetic information disability protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal state or local law.
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