Communications Specialist

The Building People; Washington; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Rx

Dental

Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance/AD&D

Long Term Disability

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Job summary

The Building People, LLC has a full-time Communications Specialist opening on the U.S. Department of Energy's CMEI communications team.

The role supports internal and external stakeholder engagement for CMEI Technology Programs and communicates the office's mission and activities, including for the Federal Energy Management Program. The specialist will lead strategic stakeholder planning, create engagement profiles, and coordinate with leadership and the broader communications team to advance

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience; Master’s Degree may substitute for two years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree considered for substitution.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and strong writing/editing skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Leads stakeholder engagement strategic planning and implementation, identifying priority stakeholders, goals, outreach tactics, and outcomes.
• Creates and maintains a system for tracking agency engagements to help prioritize agencies, regions, sites.
• Develops federal agency profiles showing performance, challenges, use of programs, and opportunities.
• Facilitates senior leadership meetings and strategic planning.
• Supports federal clients in building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities to increase reach to target audiences and analyzes tactics to develop best practices.
• Maintains awareness of CMEI programs and coordinates with communications team on strategic initiatives.
• Prepares briefing summaries for CMEI leadership on stakeholder events and activities.
• Organizes conferences, workshops, interagency meetings, and other program meetings with summary documents.

Skills

Strong writing and editing skills

Strong oral communication skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Detail oriented

Bachelor's Degree

8 years experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Communications Specialist on the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) communications team which supports internal and external stakeholder engagement efforts for CMEI Technology Programs.

The Communications Specialist helps communicate the CMEI office's mission, activities, and goals externally and internally, specifically for the Federal Energy Management Program. Using a variety of tactics and strategies, this person will help convey and elevate the awareness of the office's activities to stakeholders, the public, and Energy Department leadership. The Stakeholder Engagement Specialist will:

• Leads stakeholder engagement strategic planning and implementation activities, including identifying priority stakeholders, goals, outreach tactics, and outcomes.
• Creates and maintains system for FEMP to strategically track agency engagements and help prioritize agencies, regions, sites.
• Develop federal agency "profiles" to show performance, challenges, use of FEMP programs, EPC activity, and opportunities.
• Facilitates Senior leadership meetings and strategic planning.
• Supports federal clients in building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Has strong understanding of the federal and energy landscape. Supports short-term and long-term engagement goals.
• Identifies opportunities to increase reach to target audiences.
• Analyzes tactics and develops best practices and new strategies to support FEMP goals.
• Maintains awareness of CMEI announcements, programs, projects, and activities.
• Coordinates with communications team on strategic initiatives and amplification strategies.
• Perform analysis and develops briefing summaries for high-ranking CMEI staff on stakeholder events they plan to attend.
• Review CMEI
• Organize or participate in (virtual or in-person) conferences, workshops, peer reviews, interagency meetings, and other program meetings and develop summary documents that track action items and/or outcomes.
• Conduct background research and write memos for leadership regarding stakeholder requests and events they plan to attend.
• Monitor stakeholder inbox, track inquires, close out responses, and provide weekly updates to leadership and full stakeholder team.
• Qualifications include the ability to work as part of a team in a diverse group of technical and non-technical staff, to track and manage tasks, and to develop creative strategies to set and achieve goals. The candidate must be a self-starter and will need to manage competing priorities and respond to tight deadlines in a bureaucratic environment.

Required Experience & Skills

• 8 (eight) years' experience. Master's Degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Strong oral communication skills
• Detailed oriented; able to track multiple projects and tasks.
• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Energy industry knowledge a plus

*Salary offered will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualifications, and certifications.

*Our positions may require a background screening and clearance directly from the Government.

*Please note that telework arrangements are subject to change based on customer requirements.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Competitive benefits for eligible employees include:

• Medical & Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance/AD&D
• Long Term Disability and Short-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay

All positions require a background check after acceptance of our offer. The selected candidate will be eligible to begin employment before the background check has been finalized. However, continued employment will be contingent upon the results of your reference/background check from The Building People, LLC. Your position may require special credentialing, clearance, and access as a condition of employment. In the event the government or client does not sponsor or approve your clearance, it may result in termination of your employment.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

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