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Using the right technical skills, unique methodologies, best practices, and integrated technology, we help clients implement bold solutions. New approaches to emerging and evolving threats. Non-traditional ways to overcome entrenched obstacles. Advantage through opportunity. If you have a serious challenge or problem, we can help you solve it.  The below job description provides details on how this role will help to serve our clients.

The Red Gate Group is seeking a Communications Specialist to support NGA in Springfield, VA. This role involves authoring and reviewing complex communication products, ensuring clarity, consistency, and correctness in support of IPC's assessments, evaluations, and planning activities. You will provide strategic communications and engagement support to enhance IPC's organizational effectiveness. Collaboration with IPC divisions and visual specialists is key to creating compelling content. The ideal candidate excels in multitasking, prioritizing, and adapting to dynamic requirements while maintaining high accuracy.

Responsibilities: 

• Assists IPC Leadership with their strategic communications to NGA stakeholders, Oversight (e.g. ODNI) and the IPC workforce.

  Analyze customer needs; make appropriate recommendations for message/information development, communication method selection, and timing of messages. Tailor messages by target audience.

• Develop and oversee implementation of an IPC strategic communications plan to support its important role in the NGA’s planning and programming processes.

• Coordinates all IPC related themes/talking points related to NGA communications to ensure adherence to agency publication policies and standards.

• Reviews, edits and formats all IPC strategic communications according to established agency publication policies prior to IPC leadership release.

• Review and analyze draft material for clarity, consistency, style, format, logic, and organization, as well as grammar, word usage, spelling and punctuation.

• Communicates with internal staff and external partners using multiple channels (jabber, email, etc.). Reviewing products dealing with complex issues and providing guidance to others regarding logic, clarity, comprehensiveness, relevance and brevity.

• Develops or recommends various communication tools to IPC Leadership to maintain a consistent message theme and improve transparency in IPC Leadership decision making.

• Orchestrates change management activities to assist the IPC leadership in communicating and achieving strategic shifts impacting the IPC and NGA workforce.

• Facilitate/moderate weekly/monthly/quarterly small to large Senior-level Offsite meetings

• Support Office- or Division-level needs for meeting minutes/actions/key takeaways to support or facilitate IPC internal communication processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum eight (8) years of experience and six (6) years of relevant experience.

• Active TS/SCI clearance, CI poly preferred

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Public Affairs, Communications/Broadcasting, Management or at least 6 years of relevant experience in Public Affairs, Communications/Broadcasting, Management or equivalent relevant fields in lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree.

• Demonstrated experience in developing talking points, briefings, official correspondence, and articles for executive level management.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in technical writing.

• Demonstrated experience in researching, writing, editing, and publishing communications products.

• Demonstrated experience in managing tight deadlines, understanding and executing project scope within distinct timelines, managing and monitoring production schedules.

• Demonstrated experience with the intelligence analysis and production process.

• Demonstrated experience of Analysis Directorate mission and vision.

• Demonstrated experience of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community missions, policies, and procedures.

Travel Requirements (if any):

• Travel may be required within the Washington National Capital Region (NCR) on an as-needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.

The Red Gate Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Red Gate Group, Ltd. considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law. Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf)