Job Description
The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Office of Communications seeks to hire a Communications Specialist who will serve as the Office’s External Communications Lead. SRNL’s Office of Communications provides strategic and tactical communications counsel and the full spectrum of communication services to support the laboratory’s missions, strategic goals and other initiatives. At SRNL we put science to work to protect the environment, serve our national defense, secure our clean energy future and reduce emerging nuclear threats. We’re looking for a savvy and seasoned communications practitioner who is ready to leverage their storytelling, media relations and social media experiences and expertise to help advance SRNL’s brand by engaging with the media to build understanding of and support for SRNL’s mission. This challenging position offers the ability to help SRNL’s researchers, engineers and other professionals tell their stories to our audiences.
Responsibilities
The external communications lead proactively works across organizational constructs to identify, develop and deliver compelling communications products via multiple channels to support SRNL goals and priorities. Practitioners with a passion for building internal and external relationships, storytelling and developing high quality content will find this position challenging and rewarding.
This position requires fluency in AP Style, newswriting, copyediting, social media content development and management, and the ability to deliver highly effective media relations training for subject matter experts and senior leadership. This position also affords practitioners the opportunity to help shape communication strategies and tactics for long and short term initiatives, collate earned and social media metrics and provide analysis and recommendations based upon communication performance and stated goals. The External Communications Lead position is telework eligible, up to 50 percent.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS/BA in Public Relations, Communications, Mass Communications or Journalism.
- 7 years of directly relevant work experience
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in Public Relations, Strategic Communications or Journalism
- Current holder of, or active candidate for, APR/APR+M (Accreditation in Public Relations)
- Fluency in media monitoring/reporting services such as Meltwater, Muck Rack, Cision, etc.
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite applications.
- Photojournalism experience.
About Us
"We put science to work!"
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.
Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce.
Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:
- Benefits vary based upon employment status
- Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
- Short & Long Term Disability (company paid)
- Life Insurance Non-Contributory 1X salary (company paid)
- AD&D Non-contributory 1x salary (company paid)
- Savings & Investment plan:
- Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
- Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (3 yr. vesting in company match)
- Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
- Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Employee Assistance Plan
BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.
