Communications Specialist

Description

As a Communications Specialist, you will have an opportunity to address the most pressing health and wellness needs in Native American communities. You will create whitepapers, mass emails, presentation materials, and other work products to encourage behavioral wellness habits, promote clinical services, and report on Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Behavioral Health and Wellness Program (BHWP) communications activities. You will work alongside senior leadership, BIE, Tribal leaders, and educators to create a lasting impact on the mental health and wellness of Native American students.

The BIE BHWP provides culturally relevant, evidence-based, and trauma-informed behavioral health and wellness services for school staff, students, and families at all Bureau-funded institutions, including Bureau-operated schools, Tribally Controlled Schools, post-secondary institutions, and Tribal colleges and universities.

Who We Are: Tribal Tech is a Native American, Woman-Owned Small Business providing professional services to federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector clients. Our mission is to empower communities and individuals with the knowledge and resources to achieve better health, security, and well-being. Tribal Tech was founded in 2010 to serve Native American communities, though over the past couple of years, we have expanded our reach into the National Security and Defense sectors. Tribal Tech is named on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies Hall of Fame.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Produce and disseminate whitepapers, mass emails, presentations, and other work products to report on BHWP communications activities.
• Support the production of culturally appropriate work products, including brochures, flyers, presentations, and fact sheets, to promote behavioral health and wellness habits and BHWP clinical services.
• Send out all communications to grantees/team.
• Collaborate with the communications team to develop the BHWP brand identity.
• Support all quality assurance and quality control requirements and processes.
• Support reporting efforts, including the development and submission of monthly and annual performance reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Effective listening and communication skills across multiple teams and mediums.
• High-quality written work that demonstrates attention to detail and a grasp of large conceptual frameworks.
• Ability to summarize and convey information to a variety of audiences.
• Proven ability to form positive and effective relationships for results.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Office; photo and video-editing software is an asset.
• Will be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a background clearance.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications or relevant field with 2-5 years related experience.
• Previous work in Native American and Alaska Native communities highly desired.

DISCLAIMER: The above position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing needs and conditions. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
 

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