Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain strategic communications plans that support NIH initiatives.
- Create and disseminate internal and external communications products, including press releases, briefing materials, peer-reviewed publications, poster presentations, and meeting presentations.
- Develop and maintain program communications resources, including Confluence spaces, SharePoint sites, and other collaboration platforms, ensuring content remains current, accurate, and engaging.
- Collaborate with technical, scientific, and program teams to identify accomplishments, lessons learned, and success stories, and communicate program impact to internal and external audiences.
- Create visually engaging presentations, infographics, and other communications assets that comply with federal communications standards, plain language principles, accessibility requirements (Section 508), and organizational branding guidelines.
- Coordinate and support a Generative AI Community of Practice (CoP), including developing and managing content calendars, creating communications and promotional materials, facilitating knowledge-sharing activities, and co-facilitating meetings and events.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in communications, strategic communications, public affairs, marketing communications, or related disciplines.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residence required due to federal contract requirements.
Nice to have:
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) and collaboration platforms such as Teams or SharePoint.
- Experience supporting federal government clients, preferably the National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS, or other health-focused agencies.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Self-driven and flexible, with the ability to independently manage tasks and handle multiple priorities.
- Comfortable with graphics and formatting in Microsoft Suite.
- Experience formatting in Confluence classic.
- Knowledge of federal communications standards, Section 508 accessibility requirements, and plain language principles.
- Comfortable facilitating online meetings with groups of at least 30 participants.
- Familiarity with basic artificial intelligence, generative AI, data science, digital transformation, or emerging technology initiatives.
- Familiarity with Mural design and facilitation.