Communications Specialist, Health

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We’re currently hiring for a Communication Specialist, Health to work with our federal health client on several mission-critical public health projects.

As a ​Communication Specialist, Health​, you will:

• Support our client across a large campaign in key areas of evidence-based health communication and social marketing, including audience-centered strategy, content development, dissemination, copywriting and editing, plain language/clear communication, and digital media channel management.

• Use science-based communication strategies and tactics, including those that best resonate with audiences of focus, to reach and engage audiences to increase visibility of programs, resources, and materials. 

• Incorporate social determinants of health and partnership development principles and best practices into all project work.

• Develop content and communication products using plain-language and health equity standards, working with client and ICF Next teams in research, evaluation, creative, digital, multicultural and media, to write, edit and design compelling content to support a range of communication efforts.

• Lead key project tasks and work with senior and junior staff on the prioritization, coordination, completion, and submission of key project deliverables.

As a ​Communication Specialist, Health​, you will have:

Basic Qualifications:

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

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience with federal, state, tribal or local health agencies, managing and implementing social marketing or health communication projects for public health programs. 

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with 3+ years of federal health and/or public relations, creative, or media agency experience.

• Candidates with 3+ years of lived or learned experience working with HIV centered communication or community engagement programs.

• Candidates with technical health communication or social marketing expertise including audience-centered strategies; writing, testing, and disseminating messages; advising creative teams on communication product development; and outreach recommendations (e.g. web, social media, paid media, earned media, partner engagement).

Professional Skills:

• Ability to think creatively …