Senior Public Affairs Specialist

Barbaricum•Fort Detrick, MD

About The Position

Barbaricum is seeking a proficient Public Affairs Specialist to join their dynamic team in support of the Program Executive Office Soldier, focusing on the engineering, building, testing, and deployment of innovative cloud service offerings. Barbaricum is a growing government contractor with over 17 years of experience supporting federal customers, particularly in Defense and National Security. They offer expertise in Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Washington, DC, Barbaricum also has offices in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members nationwide and globally. They foster a vibrant corporate culture focused on collaboration and innovation, tackling complex national challenges.

Requirements

Bachelors in related field.
10 years of experience in public affairs.
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

Develops communication plans, including such factors as specific topics or aspects to emphasize the most effective media to utilize in communicating with target audiences, etc.
Identifies, summarizes and analyzes public comments submitted to the organization.
Prepares articles for publication, and other informational materials and strategies for communicating activities to support the total management efforts.
Develops informational materials, such as news releases, fact sheets, feature stories, and background statements.
Writes articles and speeches for organizational official(s) to specialized publics; prepares and publishes organization publications in keeping al internal personnel informed of programs, activities, and career information.
Writes public involvement plans for informing and involving the public on issue of local, state and federal significance, as appropriate.
Arranges and conducts workshops, seminars, and meetings with various other organizations in stimulating participation in its own organizational activities; and in identifying their concerns.
Advises and assists the supervisor with implementing system(s) to track and address pertinent complaints, concerns and/or issues raised.
Updates organization web-site, brochures, fact sheets, and other organization publications.
Develops communications strategies with short term and long-term goals, and plans for achieving such goals.
Evaluates the impact and effectiveness of communication plans and advises management if efforts should be discontinued, emphasis changed or coverage area expanded, or otherwise modified.
Reviews all public information materials, publications, media productions, and activities for the organization to assure adherence to policies and regulations.
Initiates and prepares responses to inquiries from interested groups, and the general public concerning policies and activities of public involvement.
Prepares web-based contents.
Updates organization web-site, brochure, fact sheets and other publications.
May take photographs or video of internal and external events, and maintains database of images.