Communication Strategist

Communication Strategist

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated, performance driven individual with strong business and information systems experience to work closely with our Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clients. Successful candidates will have excellent communication, strategic thinking, research, and analytical skills and the ability to principally contribute to several of the largest and most significant studies in Kalman's portfolio. This position will be primarily on-site in Camp Springs, MD. This role is tied to a contract proposal. The proposed salary range for this position is $110K/yr-$140K/year.

A career with Kalman & Company is both rewarding and challenging. Our clients require skilled, hardworking, innovative support that can meet the demands of a dynamic and fast-paced workplace. As a member of Kalman's Business Analytics Team, you will work with military and civilian senior leadership to collect, analyze, and communicate information that will help ensure the success of programs that are critical to the United States and our allies.

Benefits:

• Engage with motivated and highly skilled teammates to solve the Government's most challenging analytical problems by developing decision analyses for military and civilian leaders
• Join a diverse, inclusive, and growing team that fosters a supportive and encouraging environment to explore a variety of unique projects and clients for career success and fulfillment
• Take advantage of a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package and paid opportunities for learning and professional development as well as on-the-job training and growth

Specific Duties:

• Expertise in executive-level communications, messaging frameworks, and stakeholder engagement
• Experience supporting organizational change management initiatives
• Ability to coordinate across functional teams to ensure clear, consistent messaging
• Support the development, execution, and assessment of stakeholder outreach plans and campaigns aligned with program and DHS strategies
• Develop and execute communication strategies with clearly defined target audiences, key messages, and delivery channels in adherence with Plain Language guidelines and 508 compliance standards
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement, awareness campaigns, and training sessions
• Leverage Prosci, lean agile, and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies for change adoption, with focus on aligning agency, division, and program objectives
• Implement feedback and continuous improvement around change management and adoption to ascertain and address stakeholder perception
• Maintain awareness of and communicate the special interests and concerns of both internal and external stakeholders via continual coordination to support the drafting of recommendations to streamline communications, mitigate challenges and minimize miscommunications, and foster support for program efforts

Required Education/Qualifications:

• US Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience developing and executing communication strategies for federal programs
• Strong writing, editing, and presentation skills tailored for diverse audiences
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment

Preferred Education/Qualifications:

• Experience supporting large-scale DoD or DHS IT or ERP programs
• Prosci Change Management Certification of similar professional certification
• Experience supporting decision analyses