Communications Officer, Bethesda

Responsibilities:
High visibility impact on an enduring and evolving mission that requires a self-motivated, creative individual to serve as a Communications Officer in a Front Office environment. The Communications Officer is responsible for developing communications products in support of a customer Front Office staff. The Communications Officer will work with the Chief and the team to develop communications products in multiple formats of a broad audience. Key responsibilities include: 

 

Pulling together the weekly communications

Editing and smoothing draft notes to the workforce

Drafting vacation and commemorative event notes for Front Office review

Reviewing content for positing to web pages for consistency, language and accessibility

Helping promote events by drafting messages before and after captioning videos, creating transcripts and doing quality control on all of that

Ensuring submissions to news use language relevant and accessible to the broader audience

Post content, working with AcyMailing, Edge Experience writing articles

Developing employee communications content that supports the overall communications strategy and reflects key corporate messaging 

Strong storytelling and writing/editing skills

Finding and developing stories the publicize employees, innovation and relevant programs sharing the corporate culture and vision

Working with the Communications Chief to manage employee communications, delivering content to support employee engagement and adhering to established time-lines

Tracking the status of workforce notes

Pro-actively engaging with stakeholders to understand communications requirements and shape communication plans

Ability to use Edge to send senior leadership messages

Developing multiple communications products, including but not limited to: newsletters, presentations, digital content, letters, brochures, training materials and video scripts

Proactive seek opportunities and solicit feedback from team members to enhance programs, events and communications

Writing and/or proofreading communications provided from stakeholders for dissemination to the workforce

Ensuring all editorial content utilizes correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and organizational style

Qualifications:
Must have current/active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

BA/BS and 8+ years of experience; Masters and 6+ years of experience; an additional four years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree

Superb written communication skills

Ability to work in a fast paced and high performance environment

Must have an adaptable work style and be comfortable interacting with all level of officers and all communications styles

Demonstrated exceptional verbal and written communications skills to develop and generate content for meetings, briefings, documents, blogs and/or websites

Experience with Microsoft Office products, especially Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel

Must have experience with publishing content, especially Joomla and Edge

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview:
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range:
$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO:
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.