Remote Senior Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership Mentor

National Experienced Workforce Solutions

Washington (District of Columbia)

Remote

USD 93,000 - 133,000

Part time

5 days ago

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Job summary

NEW Solutions, doing business as National Experienced Workforce Solutions, seeks a Stakeholder Outreach & Leadership Mentoring Specialist 1 (Remote) to support the USDA ARS from Washington. The role focuses on engaging diverse stakeholders, designing outreach materials, and coordinating high-visibility events.

The position offers remote work with a 20-hour workweek and targets experienced professionals aged 55+.

Qualifications

Minimum of 25 year(s) of experience in federal service in agricultural stakeholder outreach, communications, or public relations.
BA/BS Degree in a relevant field.
Demonstrated experience mentoring and coaching leaders in a scientific or agricultural setting
Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
Experience required with Windows, MS Word

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Engagement – Develops and recommends outreach strategies to ARS leadership to engage current and potential ARS stakeholders, including industry partners, academic institutions, society groups and non-profits, community organizations, farmers/ranchers/producers, other governmental agencies, and others.
Special Events Strategy – Develops and recommends a comprehensive agency-wide special events strategy that advances the ARS mission and priorities, coordinating high-visibility events and outreach initiatives.
Leadership Mentoring – Mentors ARS location leadership in stakeholder engagement techniques, providing training and coaching to Center Directors/Research Leaders on outreach best practices.
Program Coordination & Evaluation – Collaborates with ARS offices to integrate stakeholder engagement into initiatives and tracks outreach activities and stakeholder satisfaction.