[Hiring] Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

GDIT’s Strategy and Performance Group (SPG) is looking for a versatile communications and stakeholder engagement professional to support an array of outreach activities for multiple functional areas of a federal government organization. The successful candidate will work on a team of top-notch professionals to support creation and implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies and associated communications to assist stakeholders in navigating program updates and system upgrades. Activities include in-person and virtual informational briefings, support call sessions and other engagement with the external stakeholder community. The candidate also will welcome the chance to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, distributed-team environment.

• Support ongoing interaction and collaboration with the key external stakeholder groups.
• Assist with coordination of meetings with key internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Create and maintain documentation related to stakeholder engagement strategies and external stakeholder information.
• Serve as liaison between business units to support information sharing and coordination of activities for the notification and rollout of program updates and system enhancements.
• Plan and facilitate meetings on various platforms (in-person, MS Teams, Webex, etc.) with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Conceive and develop print and digital content for internal and external audiences, including in support of outreach events.
• Prepare, edit, and revise presentations, talking points, and materials promoting external events that raise stakeholder awareness of program enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., communications, marketing/outreach, etc.).
• Ability to obtain a Level 5 public trust clearance with background investigation.
• 4+ years of related experience.
• Experience working in government/client space (preferred).
• Knowledge of or experience with the import/export industry (preferred).
• Strong editorial communications abilities (writing, editing, and content development).
• Experience writing and editing on deadline for publication.
• Experience conceiving and developing content for print and digital platforms.
• Familiarity and experience adhering to common content standards and quality-assurance resources such as style guides, AP Stylebook, and federal plain language requirements.
• Ability to coordinate task activities, timelines and communication among various stakeholders during task execution.
• Ability to adapt to evolving/changing project requirements.
• Ability to problem-solve basic technical issues.
• Competency in use of standard office tools (e.g., MS Office suite, SharePoint, etc.).
• Comfortability working on a distributed team while working remotely.
• Experience and comfortability working in a fast-paced work environment with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Strong attention-to-detail mindset.
• Natural team-oriented mindset, including willingness to readily assist colleagues when needed.
• Ability to work independently, exhibiting accountability for assignments and work products.
• Natural inclination to engage in and contribute to ideating, brainstorming and troubleshooting exchanges.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
• 401K with company match.
• Competitive pay and paid time off.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.