Public Relations Specialist

Bethesda, MD (On-site)

$10K/yr – $114K/yrMid Level5+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Owns public affairs workflow for Walter Reed, coordinating media relations, drafting releases and talking points, managing interviews and visits, reporting media activity, planning events, and guiding crisis communication planning.

  • Media relations coordination
  • Drafting and briefing materials
  • Crisis communication planning and events

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • coordinate media relations and strategic communication for Walter Reed
  • draft releases, talking points and query responses for Public Affairs Officer approval
  • coordinate interviews and visits
  • report media activity
  • plan events
  • help lead crisis communication planning

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in communications, public relations, project management or related
  • 5+ years in public affairs, project management or both
  • Current PMP certification (verified on the PMI registry)
  • Strong writing and briefing skills
  • Public Trust (Tier 2) background check and CAC required

Preferred

  • Healthcare or military public affairs
  • DHA/MHS familiarity
  • Crisis communication

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • 11 federal holidays
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • 401(k)
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Claxton Logistics Services, LLC

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Claxton Logistics Services (Claxton) provides a full range of logistics support, acquisition management, and technical business solutions to military and civilian customers across a variety of contracting venues.Claxton’s business strategy integrates the disciplines of acquisition and logistics into a cohesive model – providing program expertise to optimize equipment sustainment strategies to meet operational objectives for availability and affordability.Claxton combines technical, business, and acquisition expertise with small business agility to optimize its service delivery model within each of these core competencies. Our technical capacity, represented by the strength of qualifications of our professional staff, illustrates depth in both DAWIA and FAI competencies, further complemented with PMP, CPCM, and CPL credentials. Over 80% of our senior staff have completed post-graduate education programs with ~90% of all Claxton staff possessing Bachelor’s degrees enhanced with military, or civilian professional experience in the enumerated competencies.These disciplines, when brought together, represent the cornerstone of the Dept. of Defense (DOD) life cycle support strategy for equipping and sustaining its Warfighters. We have consciously and coherently recruited staff with expertise and experience in critical disciplines that provide our customers with complementary competencies.

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Salaries

Posted range

$10K/yr – $114K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($62K) is 15% below the median base salary for Public Relations Specialist roles in the United States ($73K).

Public Relations Specialist median pay in the United States

$73K/yr

Most pay falls between $62K and $87K. Based on 60 salaries.

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Public Relations Specialist

Claxton Logistics Services, LLC · Bethesda, MD · On-site