Senior Communications Analyst

GovCIO is currently hiring for Senior Communications Analyst to support program management, public relations, strategic planning and reporting activities at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This role will be responsible for providing support to the Los Angeles Field Office, on-site, to execute government taskings, strategic communications, Chief of Staff (CoS) support, presentation materials, documentation management and various other programmatic needs. This role will interconnect to a centralized set of communications specialists also providing support from headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership on visual design, marketing material, strategic plan composition and overall externally facing documentation for mission materials.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders, such as mission and field office leadership, external organizations, and other internal program teams to collect and compile information to ensure timely responses to requests and ad hoc assignments.
• Facilitate the needs, issues, and challenges faced by the clients; perform gap analysis and recommend solutions.
• Provide Chief of Staff (CoS) support to reporting and tasking requirements needed from headquarters requirements and requests.
• Create deliverables, including artifacts to ensure adherence to team compliance and quality standards.
• Provide input into creating strategic materials including but not limited to; graphic design, videos, marketing materials, press releases, strategic plans, SOPs, and guidebooks
• Develop, gather and disseminate information and documentation among both customers and external stakeholders in support of the program.
• Work with all team members to analyze changes in requirements and recommend the most expedient solutions in a timely manner.
• Leverage advanced writing skills to translate complicated issues from multiple information sources into a clear point of view to create a compelling, concise, and well-written narrative.
• Leverage excellent presentation development skills to prepare meeting agendas and synthesize complex information into succinct visualizations using tools such as PowerPoint.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelors with 10+ years of work experience (2 years of experience may be removed for a masters degree)

• Clearance Required: Ability to attain and maintain DHS clearance (ship required)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Ability to translate mission needs into tactical execution of visual artifacts, reports, taskings and overall data analytics.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Strong understanding of visual design tools and methodologies to support externally facing presentation materials.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational abilities.
• Ability to work independently in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with other team and external stakeholders.
• Be flexible to change direction on a moment's notice while also tracking/executing tasks in progress.
• Ability to think "outside of the box" while communicating or dealing with a variety of situations.
• Possess clear understanding of the activities, roles, and responsibilities on large scale projects.

Posted Salary Range

USD $95,000.00 - USD $105,000.00 /Yr.