Communications Support Specialist

• Lead development and oversee maintenance of overarching communication products for the organization to include, but not limited to, an organization-wide strategic vision communications plan, a stakeholder map, a living timeline of organization-wide programmatic milestones, updates to the organizational charter, and distributing communication product templates to include, but not limited to, talking papers, bullet background papers, and event preparation memoranda. Coordinate with the director of communications, or other designated government representatives, to receive organizational leadership inputs to overarching communication products and to ensure products are in-line with organizational priorities and direction.
• Work in concert with director of communications: manage all leadership public speaking engagement invitations; research Department of Defense and Air Force Instructions relevant to public affairs and ethics to advise leadership of regulations; research speaking engagements and recommend event attendance; work with program managers to recommend to leadership talking points related to event themes, or if applicable, write speeches, and/or coordinate with leadership speaking engagement details and plans; and produce post-event summaries of any media coverage of speaking engagements.
• Engage with individual program managers to understand the external communications environment (challenges, opportunities, and upcoming milestones) relevant to the acquisition program. Supply information to the director of communications or other designated government representative to synchronize communications across the organization and fold into the overarching communication products.
• Provide periodic research and analysis of relevant past and current public events to program managers, director of communication, and/or other government designated representatives. Responsible for working with program security officers to receive documented approval on research plans related to programs interest areas.
• At the direction of the program managers, organizational leadership, director of communications, or other designated government representative, develop communications and messaging guidance (CMG) at appropriate classification levels as necessary to support executive-level external communications on programmatic milestones, intentional or potential public events, and other engagements as tasked. Assist program managers with coordinating the approval and execution of CMGs with organizational leadership, external stakeholders, or other designated government representatives.
• At the direction of program managers and in-line with applicable acquisition program security classification guides, draft publicly releasable responses to media inquires, press releases, and executive-level talking points. Assist program managers coordinate the approval of products with organizational leadership, external stakeholders, and other designated government representatives.
• Maintain a database, at the appropriate security classification, of approved external communications.

• 15+ years of experience working DoD/DoW acquisition programs.
• Strong organizational, documentation, and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing presentation materials for leadership audiences.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field - Required
• Master's Degree - Desired

• TS/SCI with previous SAP experience required.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com