Communications and Executive Support Specialist

Guidehouse•Bethesda, MD

1d•$98,000 - $163,000

About The Position

As a Communications and Executive Support Specialist, you will support government clients’ executive leadership teams with a range of deliverables as they execute their mission, including financial management and tradecraft solutions for the broader Intelligence Community (IC). The role supports IC decision-making and involves coordinating with internal government partners and external stakeholders across the IC and broader federal government. The position supports high-visibility events and strategic engagements, helps executive government leaders with outreach materials, and contributes to strategic communications planning. It also includes maintaining professional correspondence, activity reports, and taskings, as well as supporting special projects directed by senior government leaders. Travel may be required up to 10%. An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a counterintelligence polygraph is required.

Requirements

Active and maintained TS/SCI federal or DoD security clearance with a counterintelligence (CI) polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree.
Five or more years of experience providing executive-level communications, stakeholder engagement, and administrative support within the federal government and/or Intelligence Community.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Relations, Marketing, or a Communications field.
Prior experience as an Executive Admin or in a Chief of Staff Support role within the IC.
Strong interpersonal, people management, and customer management skills.
Excellent organization, leadership, and functional communication skills.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks across multiple individuals and ensure quality and timely delivery of end products.
Strong writing and editing skills and attention to detail.
Experience engaging with executive points of contact across multiple government agencies.
Knowledge of web content design, development, and management fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Support high-visibility events such as All Hands, senior leader engagements, and executive forums.
Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate strategic engagements with leaders in the IC Community, DOW, OMB, Treasury, and Congress.
Support executive government leaders’ outreach needs, including talking points, briefings, and communication tools.
Support the creation, execution, and maintenance of detailed strategic communication plans.
Review, maintain, and update professional correspondence, activity reports, and taskings.
Support special projects directed by senior government leaders.