Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
***This role is contingent upon the successful award of a government contract. Compensation will be determined based on industry standards, candidate experience, and salary expectations to ensure fairness and transparency
The Customs and Border Protection (CPB) Office of Facilities and Asset Management (OFAM) Senior Communications Specialist shall serve as the lead for providing intra-governmental partners with the information necessary to champion the planning, construction, and maintenance of various physical components designed to help the USBP and AMO fulfill its primary homeland security mission.
Essential Functions:
- Equips intra-governmental partners with the information necessary to champion the planning, construction, and maintenance of various physical components designed to support the USBP and AMO in fulfilling their primary homeland security mission.
- Supports the development and implementation of communications strategy and outreach plans, and coordinates information dissemination and stakeholder outreach.
- Oversees and ensures accurate content of the PMO SharePoint homepage and identifies opportunities to inform key internal and external stakeholders of the PMO's accomplishments. Provides strategic support for communication and outreach activities, highlighting the PMO's programs and achievements, and ensures that timely and accurate information is disseminated to and responses are made to CBP and PMO stakeholders.
- Drafts, edits, and disseminates timely and accurate information and materials relating to PMO activities, program successes, project inaugurations, and significant developments.
- Oversees the timely production and distribution of the PMO's weekly highlights. Consolidates PMO-wide communications items by gathering information and updates on various projects and initiatives from a variety of sources. The contractor shall update and maintain an ongoing list of past and potential communication items.
- Drafts speeches, remarks, talking points, award justifications, statements, graphics, and other related documents for the PMO Director and Division Directors. Writes and edits public affairs guidance, news and feature articles, and fact sheets about program initiatives promoting the PMO as a leader in government construction, steward of environmental and fiscal resources, and sustainability. Develops talking points, question and answer forums, quarterly Town Halls, PowerPoint presentations, white papers, fact sheets, issue papers, etc. in support of various PMO projects, and creates, reviews, and provides feedback on presentations, taskers, Congressional and media inquiries. Develops content for written and oral presentations for senior leadership for hearings with Congressional committees and assists in drafting and editing portions of the annual expenditure plan.
- Functions as the outreach liaison to the CBP Office of Public Affairs (OPA), Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA), Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), State, Local, and Tribal (SLT), the USBP Public Affairs Officers, and the PMO's key service providers - the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Serves as a resource, attends appropriate meetings, creates and recommends materials and responses to media, public, and congressional inquiries for management action, and coordinates high-profile events such as groundbreaking and ribbon-cutting ceremonies for facilities and public outreach meetings. Develops and maintains a standard operating procedure (SOP) for these events. Participates in meetings and conversations regarding PMO projects to ensure a thorough understanding of the PMO's initiatives while identifying communication and outreach needs. Support various public outreach meetings by developing material and presentations, providing onsite support services, and participating and contributing to Program Information Sharing meetings and PMO project Integrated Project Teams (IPTs).
- Works closely with CBP Office of Public Affairs to develop recommended responses for management action to ad-hoc inquiries from the general public, media, and other sources about PMO Facilities
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Disclaimer "The responsibilities and duties outlined in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. However, they are not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification at any time to meet the evolving needs of the organization.
Requirements:
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in communications or equivalent.
- Eight (8) or more years of experience is required.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills.
- Must have/or be able to obtain a CBP Public Trust.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal