Communications Specialist 4

HukariAscendent Inc.; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

HukariAscendent Inc. is seeking a Communications Specialist 4 with a focus on Business Systems Communications Lead in Santa Fe, NM, in a hybrid role.

You’ll guide strategic and tactical communications for a multiyear ERP transformation to SAP S/4HANA, coordinating with leadership and partners across workstreams for clear, timely messaging. You will oversee multimedia content and ensure messaging consistency, engaging employees organization-wide as the program progresses, and you’ll work with the

Qualifications

• Advanced editing/writing skills with English grammar proficiency.
• Experience planning and executing enterprise communications campaigns.
• Ability to capture an executive voice for materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-channel communications for a major transformation.
• Collaborate with leadership, workstreams, and partners on messaging.
• Develop content across internal audiences and channels.
• Maintain consistent messaging and prepare staff for transition to new system.

Skills

Editing & writing

MS Word

AI content eval

Communication planning

Executive communication

Multimedia strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, or communications

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Content management systems

Job description

Job Title: Communications Specialist 4 (Business Systems Communications Lead)

Duration: Long-term

Location: Hybrid – Majority in Santa Fe with occasional trips to Los Alamos.

NO 3rd party candidates/vendors. Direct applicants only.

Short Summary about Job:

Here’s an exciting opportunity to develop and manage communications that will guide one of the nation’s premier national security laboratories through a major, multiyear transformation. This organization’s Business Management Directorate encompasses essential financial and administrative functions and is central to accomplishing its national security mission. As a Business Systems Communications Lead, you will oversee and develop strategic and tactical communications for an important organizational change management component of the effort to replace a legacy ERP business system with a modern enterprise platform. This transformation will improve workflows and unify processes and data under SAP S/4HANA, including integrating customized applications across organizations, and support more efficient, data-driven operations.

Working in tandem with the Program Change Manager, this role serves as a key communications advisor to project leadership, workstream leads, system integrator partners, and engagement teams. You will lead communications planning across multiple workstreams and execute and deploy implementation strategies, helping teams anticipate communications needs and engage employees organization-wide throughout the transition. The Communications Lead will also collaborate with critical internal partner organizations and external stakeholders throughout the project’s implementation.

You will coordinate the efforts of multi-media staff, contribute to content development for internal audiences—including employees, managers, and other stakeholders—across a variety of channels, and maintain communication protocols across the program team. Functional team members and organizational business communications will look to you for collaboration and support.

In this role, you will help maintain consistent messaging and manage key communications vehicles, ensuring employees receive clear, timely information about upcoming changes, how staff may be affected, and how they will be supported and prepared for the transition to the new system.

Required Qualifications

• Technical knowledge and tools: Thorough knowledge of English grammar and punctuation and extensive experience in editing and writing; advanced proficiency using Microsoft Word; and a baseline understanding of generative AI tools, prompt engineering, evaluating AI-generated content for accuracy and quality, and applying AI responsibly within organizational policies.
• Communication planning & execution: Strong communication skills and project-management experience with large, enterprise-wide initiatives; excellent writing and editing ability with sound judgment; and proficiency assessing challenges and creating and executing multi-channel communication campaigns that achieve specific, measurable goals.
• Executive communication: Experience working with executive-level leaders on a wide variety of projects and products, including the ability to capture an executive’s “voice” and create successful communication materials — such as quotes or correspondence — without significant oversight.
• Web-based & multimedia strategy: A track record of strategically integrating multimedia content (photos, video, and graphics) into campaigns that reach any audience and drive results.
• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or a physical, life, or social science, and a minimum of twelve years of relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience); experience leading and coordinating cross-functional teams with diverse skillsets and organizational backgrounds is helpful.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry Knowledge: Experience working in a national laboratory or other large government organization would be nice to have, but more importantly having the enterprise, business systems, transformation experience.
• Change management communications expertise: Understanding of, and some experience in, organizational change management principles and how to craft communications (including newsletters) that support employee adoption and engagement. Preference will be given to candidates who have previously worked on a multi-functional, large-scale business transformation project, particularly one involving SAP S/4HANA.
• Work Schedule: This position is hybrid, located in Santa Fe and Los Alamos, NM. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite/partially offsite but within a 2-hour ground commute of this location. All work locations are at the discretion of management and can change at any time with appropriate notice.

HukariAscendent offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

Opportunities with HukariAscendent change frequently. For a complete listing of our current openings, please visit our website at https://www.hukari.com.

HukariAscendent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran or military status including disabled veterans and Vietnam era veterans, or other protected status.

HukariAscendent maintains a drug-free workplace.