Communications Associate, Health

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.

@ ICF Next, we are fearless in finding new ways to solve problems, relentless in making sure it pays off for our clients and committed to making a positive change in the world.

Join our community of mission-driven creatives, communicators, strategists, and technologists to challenge the status quo.

This is a strategic opening to pipeline for future opportunities.

We’re currently hiring for a ​Communications Associate, Health​.

As a Communications Associate, Health you will:

• Support project managers in strategic communications planning, assisting with digital communications, campaign management, materials development, and outreach activities.

• Provide administrative and logistics support across projects including managing project timelines, meetings, deliverables, and work plans, and developing meeting notes and monthly project reports.

• Coordinate communication product development, working with our client creative services and digital services team to write, edit and design educational and promotional materials to support a range of communication efforts.

• Support implementation of communication strategies and tactics to reach and engage audiences to increase visibility of government data, resources, and materials.

• Works with senior team members to provide technical support for digital library of campaign resources, and monthly webinar execution and follow-up.

• Co-lead project support for the development and implementation of public health-focused social media campaigns, working with paid and digital services to develop and launch campaigns on platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.

As a ​Communications Associate, Health​, you will have:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in health communication, public relations, social sciences, public health, or equivalent required.

• 2+ years of health communication, marketing communications, or public relations, experience.

• U.S. Citizenship (required by Federal government for position)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with 2+ years of federal health and/or public relations, creative, or media agency experience.

• Candidates with 2+ years of lived or learned experience working with HIV centered communication or community engagement programs.

• Candidates with experience coordinating the development, launch, and tracking of social media campaigns.

Professional Skills:

• Strong writing skills for various materials and channels; examples include short-form digital content, web content, social media, news releases, fact sheets, and newsletter copy.

• Demonstrated ability to self-start and interface effectively with project team members and clients. 

• Excellent interpersonal, written, …