Health Communications Specialist I - 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

Provides support that will aid in producing a SharePoint site for the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Includes the following (other duties may be assigned):

• Design, implement, manage, and evaluate a variety of communication, training and education materials and products such as posters, fact sheets, social media, training materials, and web content for the general public and specific audiences
• Develop strategies and messages for different audiences.
• Develop, test, and disseminate science- and audience-based products, tools, and messages to different audiences in a variety of formats.
• Design, develop, and produce non‐instructional support materials such as references, job aids, toolkits, glossaries, web portals, SharePoint sites, podcasts, video casts.
• Provide creative layout and design expertise such as developing storyboard/script/layout for videos productions.
• Provide consultation for design layout of the CDC website content management system, development of training and educational materials, and graphic design for materials and documents
• Provide technical editorial services by appropriately, correctly, independently and accurately edit scientific documents for English and grammar.
• Provide editorial, writing, and formatting support for a variety of documents such as materials for publication, presentation for both internal and external audiences, and award submissions.
• Compile, prepare, and disseminate the weekly public health reports.
• Prepare abstracts and presentations for, attend, and present at international, national, state and local level public health meetings and scientific meetings.
• Provide support to the division for the clearance of materials to include assurance that all creative materials meet CDC branding and clearance criteria;; tracking the movement of materials with clearance of materials through clearance systems to ensure none of the materials are moved through without undue delay
• Provide guidance and advice on the implementation of public health communication projects and education programs, and other activities related to communications using expert knowledge of health communications and health promotion methodologies.
• Serve on the DGMQ task force during a public health emergency response developing communication materials.
• Provide logistical work, communications expertise, and emergency response communication to support communication efforts for CDC-wide emergency responses. Perform outreach to state and local partners in response to a public health response which may change based on the type of response.
• This outreach can be in the form of developing guidance documents or communication products, setting up meetings, planning meetings, or other notifications whether electronic, paper, or verbal.
• Track website or other communication product metrics on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis.
• Liaise with other communicators, subject matter experts, and CDC staff.
• Establish the layout and provide customer service from beginning to end of the communication product or website development process.
  

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

• No supervisory/management authority.
  

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Advertising, English, or related field
• 5+ years' experience developing communication and marketing strategies
• Previous experience with CDC DGMQ programs, policies and procedures highly desired
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Preferred knowledge of CDC/DGMQ’s programs objective and goals
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications ( Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent level of attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments
• Possess excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to multitask, set priorities, and meet deadlines
• 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.
  

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

• Must be able to pass a NACI/Tier I background investigation
  

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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