Health Communications Specialist - Atlanta, GA

Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions (CNOS) provides professional services and innovative products to federal and commercial clients. CNOS helps you make the most of your skills by taking a personalized approach to solving clients' toughest challenges. This approach gives customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from a team that can handle every detail – a team of experts, like you.

Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com .

SUMMARY

This position supports of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Specifically, support will be provided to one or more of the following programs: Suicide Prevention, Adverse Childhood Experiences or other existing or emerging programs in the Division of Injury Prevention. This work will involve extensive writing, developing strategic communications plans, working with a highly scientific/academic multi-disciplinary team, synthesizing scientific information for professional and lay audiences and developing communication materials.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Includes the following:

• Manage Division social media via Hootsuite and provide technical assistance to other team members
  • Creating content for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  • Analyzing social media metrics to share data and promote best practices within the team.
• Maintain the Project Management System; provide monthly progress reports on status of milestones and deliverables
• Effectively use project management best practices, monitoring systems, and software to analyze and interpret data, generate reports, identify potential issues, and manage multiple simultaneous projects
• Communication generalist; experience with:
  • Working with subject matter experts to develop communication material such as website content, social media, brochures, fact sheets, etc.
  • Managing and/or delivering public health messages to intended audiences
  • Providing guidance on planning, conducting and evaluating health communication and marketing projects and activities to internal and external partners
• Drowning and Falls communication support
  • Manage web content and create social media for drowning and falls
    • Both websites have had major overhauls this year and are in maintenance for the time being except for additional data or product releases that are planned for the coming year
  • Support for scientific releases: developing communication plans and social media (approximately 5 per year)
  • Communication plans for observances: approximately 4-5/year – these usually coincide with the scientific releases
  • Assisting with answering CDC INFO requests on drowning and falls – very low volume
  • Managing print requests for drowning and falls (usually happens once a year in the winter)
  • Small scope project management on other communication projects
  • Continue as MS Teams Champion (as time permits)
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  

MANAGEMENT/SUPERISORY AUTHORITY

No management or supervisory authority.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree is preferred in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Advertising, English, or related field.
• 3-5 years' experience developing communication and marketing strategies.
• Previous experience with CDC NCIPC programs, policies and procedures highly desired .
• Experience managing content on various Social Media platforms

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Capability to manage multiple projects
• Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background check and a drug screen
• Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates Covid vaccines for federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently blocked from enforcement pending court proceedings. Therefore, Cherokee Federal is halting the application of the mandate; however, if the injunction is lifted, Cherokee Federal will restore administration of the vaccine requirement.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is conducted in a climate-controlled office environment.

• The environment may require prolonged sitting, prolonged standing, and light lifting up to 20 lbs.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Cherokee Federal is a collective group of subsidiary companies of Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB). CNB is the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.

Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.

Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!

Compliance

Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.

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