Chief of Staff/Strategic Communications

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level8+ years exp

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and coordinate ACE communications and office-wide workflows, guiding priorities, messaging, and cross-team processes to support senior leadership and cross-office initiatives.

  • Oversees strategic communications and outreach across ACE
  • Manages knowledge sharing, templates, and project coordination

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Executive support and workflow management for the office of over 50 staff.
  • The incumbent guides ACE operations by communicating the Coordinator’s priorities, instructions, and guidance throughout the office.
  • The incumbent ensures that office processes are followed and that tasks are completed in a timely manner.
  • Strategic coordination and planning.
  • Coordinates cross-sectional tasks of the administrative team, follows up on task coordination.
  • Oversees and coordinates ACE office SharePoint and knowledge management architecture.
  • Foreign assistance strategic communications and outreach.
  • Policy analysis and briefing support.
  • Stakeholder coordination and information sharing.
  • Project and process management for ACE-wide initiatives.

Requirements

  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree with over 8 (eight) years’ experience, education, strategic communications, and/or training of administrative and/or managements skills and international affairs.
  • Strong experience in and familiarity with foreign assistance.
  • Experience leading and overseeing strategic communications, internally and externally, for a team or institution.
  • Experience leading, coordinating, and tracking documents/papers and complex processes.
  • Incumbent must adhere to high standards of integrity, dependability, attention to detail, teamwork
  • Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Access or SharePoint, in order to perform tasks assigned and troubleshoot information technology issues.
  • Experience coordinating the work of teams, including providing taskings, editing team member input, and achieving timely submission of team products.
  • Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate multiple activities, act decisively in daily work.
  • Ability to work independently to assess priorities and manage daily coordination of details with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.
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Akima is a global enterprise delivering comprehensive solutions to the federal government in the core areas of information technology; facilities & ground logistics; aerospace solutions; protective services; systems engineering; mission support; furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E); and construction. As a subsidiary of NANA, an Alaska Native Corporation owned by more than 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, Akima’s core mission is to enable superior outcomes for our customers’ missions while simultaneously creating a long-lived asset for NANA consistent with our Iñupiat values. In 2023, Akima ranked #34 on Washington Technology’s Top 100 list and in the top 70 of Bloomberg Government’s BGOV200 list of top federal contractors for the last three years. Akima ensures non-discrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the Project Manager in charge of the worksite or Human Resources at TitleVIcompliance@akima.com or call (571) 353-7050.

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$150K/yr – $155K/yr

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Chief of Staff/Strategic Communications

Akima · District of Columbia, USA · On-site