NRO Strategic Communications Specialist

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Strategic Communications Specialist in Chantilly, VA to provide direct strategic communication support to an NRO Program Office Director. The role involves connecting with IC, DoD, and civilian agencies to convey mission goals and capabilities, and advocating for the program to intelligence users across multiple media types.

The selected candidate will lead writing efforts for newsletters, articles, scripts, and testimony, while coordinating with public affairs and leadership to

Qualifications

• BA in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or similar discipline with 15 years or more experience, Masters and 13 or PhD and five-ten or more years in strategic communications.
• Experience developing communication products (presentations, graphics, videos, articles and fact sheets).
• Experience interfacing with senior leaders to develop internal and external communication strategies, messaging approaches, branding campaigns, engagement plans, etc.

Responsibilities

• Expand awareness of customer priorities across stakeholder audiences by preparing and delivering a wide range of internal and external products and documents, including high-level intelligence briefings, intelligence summaries, articles, website content, video scripts and speeches.
• Fulfill the role of liaison between customer and Office of Public Affairs via regular communication to coordinate initiatives, receive feedback, and seek opportunities for external engagements.
• Produce content based on program office needs for internal and external publication, including program advocacy and user engagement improvements.
• Identify and build connections with communicators across IC, DoD, and civilian agencies for meaningful content impact.
• Establish standardization and consistency between leadership, program offices, and outreach teams to relay the mission cohesively.
• Serve as lead writer for newsletters, articles, scripts, congressional testimony, and more.
• Develop tailored briefs and talking points for leadership on request.
• Assist in planning and content creation for customer mission-related events and conferences.
• Learn and brief customer material where user outreach support is needed.

Skills

Strategic communications

Public affairs

Media relations

Written communication

Briefings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or similar discipline

Master's degree

PhD in related field

Job description

Description

SAIC has an opportunity for a Strategic Communications Specialist in Chantilly, VA to provide direct strategic communication support to an NRO Program Office Director. The selected individual will identify and create connections with fellow communicators across IC, DoD and civilian agencies to communicate the mission, goals, and strategies. Additionally, the individual will provide program advocacy to agencies and intelligence users via multiple media types to increase awareness of satellite capabilities and the data they provide. Qualified candidates must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph.

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Expand awareness of customer priorities across stakeholder audiences by preparing and delivering a wide-range of internal and external products and documents including high-level intelligence briefings, intelligence summaries, news articles, website content, video scripts, speeches and more.
• Fulfill the role of liaison between customer and its larger Office of Public Affairs via regular communication to ensure coordination of communications initiatives, receive feedback in the development and approval for communication products, and seek opportunities for customer participation in external engagements.
• Work closely with customer program offices to produce content based on specific program office needs (e.g. program advocacy, increased user engagement, and increase awareness of new capability) for internal and external publication.
• Identify, build and maintain connections with communicators across IC, DoD, and civilian agencies where customer publications would have meaningful impact, and regularly submit content to those outlets.
• Establish standardization and consistency between customer leadership, program offices and outreach teams to relay the customer mission in a cohesive manner.
• Serve as lead writer responsible for developing content for newsletter, articles, scripts, congressional testimony and more.
• Develop tailored briefs and talking points for leadership upon request.
• Assist in the planning, coordination, marketing and content creation for all customer mission-related events/conferences.
• Learn and brief customer material when necessary, where user outreach support is needed.

Qualifications

• BA in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or similar discipline with 15 years or more experience; Masters and 13 or PhD and five10 or more years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, or media relations.
• Experience developing communication products (presentations, graphics, videos, articles and fact sheets).
• Experience interfacing with Senior leaders to develop internal and external communication strategies, messaging approaches, branding campaigns, engagement plans, etc.
• Exceptional written, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• MA in Broadcast Journalism, Public Affairs, Communications, or similar discipline.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.