Outreach & Engagement Task Lead Washington, DC

Barbaricum, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Barbaricum, LLC is seeking an experienced Outreach & Engagement Task Lead to drive day-to-day outreach, engagement, communications, and stakeholder coordination under the MC&FP MODES contract. You will ensure integrated delivery, continuity of operations, and alignment with DoD objectives to inform and support the global military community.

The role requires 10+ years in outreach/communications, leadership of teams, and DoD security clearance, with a track record in digital campaigns and event

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Social Work, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Community Engagement, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in outreach, engagement, strategic communications, public relations, marketing, community relations, stakeholder coordination, or related roles.
• 5+ years of experience leading outreach teams, engagement programs, communications campaigns, or multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution across outreach, engagement, communications, stakeholder engagement, content, digital, and community initiatives.
• Develop and implement comprehensive outreach strategies aligned with MC&FP goals and audience needs.
• Coordinate tasking, schedules, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and issue escalation for integrated delivery.
• Build and maintain relationships with community leaders, partner organizations, stakeholders, and relevant entities.
• Oversee creation, review, and distribution of outreach materials, including digital content and presentations.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute events, workshops, briefings, and community engagement activities.
• Manage outreach team performance, training, workload alignment, and evaluation against program standards.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on outreach effectiveness using data and metrics.

Skills

Strategic communications

Stakeholder engagement

Digital engagement

Campaign execution

Relationship building

Written and verbal communication

Social media

Team leadership

Data analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 17 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join our team.

Barbaricum is seeking an experienced Outreach & Engagement Task Lead to lead day-to-day outreach, engagement, communications, stakeholder coordination, content, digital, and community initiatives under the Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) Outreach and Digital Enterprise Services (MODES) contract. You will ensure integrated delivery, continuity of operations, and alignment with MC&FP objectives, enhancing the DoD’s ability to inform and support the global military community

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution across outreach, engagement, communications, stakeholder engagement, content, digital, and community initiatives.
• Develop and implement comprehensive outreach strategies aligned with MC&FP goals, mission priorities, audience needs, and engagement objectives.
• Coordinate tasking, schedules, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and issue escalation to ensure continuity and integrated delivery.
• Build and maintain relationships with community leaders, partner organizations, stakeholders, and relevant entities to support collaboration and partnership.
• Oversee creation, review, and distribution of outreach materials, including digital content, presentations, and other mission communication products.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute events, workshops, briefings, presentations, and community engagement activities that promote MC&FP programs and objectives.
• Manage outreach team performance, including staff coordination, training, workload alignment, and evaluation against program standards and goals.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on outreach effectiveness using data, engagement metrics, stakeholder feedback, and performance indicators to improve future efforts.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, community outreach, digital engagement, and integrated campaign execution.
• Ability to develop outreach strategies that connect mission objectives, audience needs, communication channels, and measurable engagement outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple outreach initiatives, schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.
• Strong relationship-building skills with community leaders, partner organizations, government stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including briefing leadership, developing outreach messaging, and translating program objectives into audience-centered materials.
• Experience using social media, digital platforms, events, presentations, and community engagement methods to increase participation, awareness, and stakeholder connection.
• Ability to lead, train, motivate, and evaluate outreach personnel while fostering accountability, collaboration, and high-quality execution.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to assess performance, interpret engagement data, and recommend improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Social Work, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Community Engagement, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in outreach, engagement, strategic communications, public relations, marketing, community relations, stakeholder coordination, or related roles.
• 5+ years of experience leading outreach teams, engagement programs, communications campaigns, or multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Demonstrated track record of successful outreach campaigns using digital platforms, social media, events, stakeholder partnerships, and community engagement channels.
• Experience managing regional, national, federal, defense, military community, public-sector, or large-scale stakeholder engagement responsibilities is preferred.
• Experience developing outreach plans, engagement materials, briefing products, campaign schedules, performance reports, and executive-level updates.
• DoD Secret Security Clearance.

EEO Commitment

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Barbaricum's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.