Support the Office of Strategic Communication’s executive communications team.
Gather input from senior leaders in the Director’s Office on integrated communication strategies and deliverables for key institutional priorities.
Communicate initiatives, programmatic strategies, and highly complex scientific and technical information to a wide range of audiences.
Develop original content, provide writing and editing services, and help create and coordinate a full spectrum of communication products.
Collaborate and interact with all levels of administrative, management, scientific and technical staff and team members to understand, define, develop and establish objectives to form editorial requirements for complex projects.
Partner with managers, team members and peers to define communication strategies, messaging, audiences and key deliverables for a variety of complex and specialized projects to meet programmatic objectives.
Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of new tools, technologies, and processes; help develop/track metrics and process improvement methods.
Oversee all aspects of print, multimedia and web-based publishing from concept through scheduling, writing, editing, review, production, printing and distribution, and/or web publishing.

Requirements

Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree in English, communications or journalism or the equivalent combination of education and experience in an area of scientific or technical communication.
Experience in executive communications, as well as in planning, developing, organizing, and writing technical content effectively across various types of communication platforms.
Project management experience leading complex production and technical writing and editing assignments.
Significant editing/writing experience in multiple scientific or technical areas using broad-based professional technical editing/writing skills including advanced knowledge of and experience using style conventions, professional principles, and technical communication practices and standards including having work edited and integrating editorial feedback.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills; experience collaborating and communicating with all levels of an organization, including senior managers, clients, team members, peers, and stakeholders to meet organizational/ programmatic objectives.
Ability to handle classified, unclassified, sensitive and confidential issues with tact, diplomacy and discretion.
Demonstrated self-starter, comfortable multitasking with ability to work to deadlines and respond to tight schedules in a rapidly changing environment and attend to intense details with high consequence of error.
Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work independently under minimal direction with significant latitude in determining and planning activities to reach objectives, and ability to work within a team environment.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Creative Cloud software suite, and familiarity with website design, and content management systems.

Benefits

Flexible Benefits Package
401(k)
Relocation Assistance
Education Reimbursement Program
Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

technical writingeditingcontent developmentproject managementcommunication strategiesmetrics developmentprocess improvementscientific communicationmultimedia publishingweb publishing

Soft Skills

advanced written communicationverbal communicationinterpersonal skillsself-startermultitaskingattention to detailtact and diplomacycollaborationindependent workteamwork

Certifications

U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance