Public Affairs Specialist

Leading with our people Digital Consultants mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality opportunity and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest trustworthy respectful and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal civilian and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities competitive wages and a full benefits package. Our founding principles Fairness and Common Sense make working here more than a job; its the Digital family.

Digital Consultants seeks a Public Affairs Specialist to support Government public affairs strategic communications stakeholder engagement and industry outreach activities for the DCMA Blue List Program. The positions provide advisory communications and administrative support and will not perform inherently governmental functions serve as official Government spokespersons or release official Government communications without Government approval.

Duties to include:

• Support Government public affairs strategic communications stakeholder engagement and industry outreach activities for the Blue List Program. Provide advisory communications and administrative support to Government public affairs personnel and do not perform inherently governmental functions serve as an official spokesperson or release official Government communications without Government approval.
• Assist the Government in implementing strategic communications public messaging outreach materials industry engagement initiatives digital communications and other communication products supporting the Blue List Program and Government public affairs objectives.
• Develop multimedia products including professional photography videography graphic design presentations digital content technical articles program publications correspondence social media content and other communication materials in support of Government public affairs objectives.
• Assist the Government in planning coordinating and supporting industry days conferences workshops demonstrations training events public engagements and other outreach activities including event planning scheduling logistics coordination promotional materials event registration and post-event communications.
• Prepare briefing materials talking points speeches presentation materials fact sheets newsletters and other communications products to support Government leadership during internal and external engagements as directed by the Government.
• Monitor communication metrics public engagement activities and outreach initiatives and provide recommendations to improve the effectiveness of Government communication strategies and stakeholder engagement efforts.

• Demonstrated experience planning coordinating and supporting conferences industry days workshops trade shows or similar outreach events including event scheduling logistics promotion and coordination.
• Demonstrated experience developing written communications multimedia products digital content presentations and communication materials using industry-standard software applications.
• Clearance: U.S. citizenship required. Personnel shall meet the Tier Three (T3) investigation equivalent (ADP/IT-II) requirement for access to CUI. A completed/current investigation or an investigation in progress is acceptable before commencing work. During onboarding an individual with an initiated Tier 3 investigation may be granted interim authorization to work barring unforeseen issues. This also applies to post-award replacement hires. Personnel must obtain a DoW-issued CAC for access to Government spaces and IT systems.
• Certifications: No specific professional certification identified in the PWS.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Public Affairs Communications Journalism Marketing Public Relations or a related field OR a minimum of five (5) years of verifiable experience supporting public affairs strategic communications multimedia production outreach or related activities.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience supporting public affairs strategic communications multimedia production outreach event coordination written communications digital content and presentations. A minimum of five (5) years of verifiable related experience may be used in lieu of the specified degree.

Physical Requirements: The candidate must be able to travel to other worksites as required and with or without reasonable accommodation be able to sit stand use computers and monitors and perform duties in an office environment for extended periods. The candidate must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. on occasion (e.g. moving a case of paper or similar task) that may occur occasionally.

Compensation and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $depending on experience.

The company offers the following benefits to permanent full-time employees:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Digital Consultants an inclusive and welcoming company is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) genetic information national origin age (40 or older) disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

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