Senior Public Affairs Specialist

Astrion•San Antonio/JBSA Lackland, Texas

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Astrion is seeking a Senior Public Affairs Specialist to directly support the Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (HNC) within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. The role involves ongoing media monitoring and analysis, communication effects assessment, strategic communication planning, and professional engagement in support of Department of the Air Force communication efforts. The specialist also performs periodic after-hours alert duty as the public affairs on-call representative for news media and other inquiries. Limited travel may be required as needed.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, marketing, or a related field.
Disclose political appointments.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite software.
Knowledge of office automation technologies, software, and systems.
Familiarity with the DVIDS (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) platform.
Strong military writing skills.
Strong virtual collaboration skills, including use of Teams.
Mastery of media content analysis principles, methods, and techniques.
Data-gathering and analytical skills sufficient to accumulate, organize, evaluate, and interpret data and develop conclusions and recommendations.
Knowledge of defense policy and plans development, including recent and historical Air Force planning, programming, and budget issues relevant to deliberate communication activities.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships and communicate complex information in writing and orally.

Responsibilities

Conduct continuous, multi-source analysis of media content to inform senior leader decision-making.
Identify and assess relevant print, broadcast, and online coverage of the Department of the Air Force using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate its immediacy, salience, and potential impact.
Apply media content analysis methods, including defining analytic terms and measurement units, ensuring intercoder reliability, identifying media frames and their sources, and explaining their relevance to Air Force issues.
Gather, organize, evaluate, and interpret data; identify relevant issues; reach valid conclusions; and provide meaningful recommendations and resolutions.
Integrate social science research findings from opinion surveys, focus groups, and related instruments with media assessments to produce evidence-based communication effects assessments.
Develop long-range communication strategies and deliberate communication plans based on identified target audiences and desired communication effects.
Participate in meetings, conferences, briefings, and seminars on program planning, emerging and advanced technologies, and support system concepts, applying insights to organizational communication practice.
Maintain effective working relationships with groups interested in or affected by public affairs programs and policies.
Produce written products that communicate complex information to audiences with differing levels of expertise and present information orally in a logical, clear, and concise manner.
Perform periodic after-hours alert duty as the public affairs on-call representative to respond to news media and other inquiries.
Support office automation, virtual collaboration using tools such as Teams, and tasks associated with setting up the Senior Staff Meeting.
Provide backup support for the technical writer, using strong military writing skills.
Perform other duties as assigned.