Communications Support Writer/Editor

Overview

Tanaq Support Services (TSS) delivers professional, scientific, and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in health, agriculture, technology, and other government services. TSS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation, an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders.

About the role

We are seeking a Communications Support Writer/Editor to provide support to our federal client.

This is a remote position that can be based anywhere in the United States.

Responsibilities

Write and edit content, including materials for infection control guideline and recommendation efforts, training resources, web content, policy statements, and reports based on the communications format. Collaborate with communications, policy, and scientific staff to create educational materials, talking points, promotional materials, blog content, policy statements, reports, public presentations, and other online content; ensure that all materials are based in science and are audience appropriate. Coordinate major announcements or awareness efforts; collaborate with key communications, web, and media staff to successfully coordinate with dissemination. Collaborate with partners to create graphics, video, and images to convey information. Develop the source material and messages from which creative partners can develop the appropriate infographics, videos, posters, etc. with key messages and calls to actions identified as appropriate. Coordinates with staff across the agency and external partners to promote guidelines and recommendations; maintains external partner relationships to ensure these connections during an outbreak. Ensure consistency of all messages and materials with other recommendations and recommendations of partners. Ensure that all communications materials follow best practices for health education, risk communication, and plain language by following communication policies and format. Assist with formative research and coordination of gathering, organizing and editing metrics. Analyze and extrapolate solutions after reviewing data. Create, review, or work with graphics staff to create and review compelling content that could be used for reports, presentations, website content, social media outreach, policy and partnership outreach, etc. Participates in meetings as representative of the communications team and provides meeting updates/summary to relevant team members. Assists in triaging and developing responses to inquiries. Proactively identifies, researches, and resolves problems or issues; participates in team strategy session to discuss solutions. Proactively recommends updated strategies to improve analysis tactics and outreach efforts. Format and send Abode Campaign (or other email subscription platform) messages, format and post blog entries, moderate (review/approve/triage and/or respond to) blog comments. Use SharePoint for workflow/task management. Follow Section 508 guidelines when preparing electronic documents that will be posted online or distributed via email. Use checklists to help ensure compliance with the guidelines.

ATS provider: Paylocity.