Health Communications Specialist I - Atlanta, GA

Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions (CNOS) provides professional services and innovative products to federal and commercial clients. CNOS helps you make the most of your skills by taking a personalized approach to solving clients' toughest challenges. This approach gives customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from a team that can handle every detail – a team of experts, like you.

Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com .

SUMMARY

The primary objective is to provide health communication support for the Division of Injury Prevention’s Tribal Affairs Team and our Core State Injury and Violence Prevention Program (Core SIPP).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Includes the following:

• Develop communication plans that demonstrate knowledge of appropriate audience segmentation, communication goals, key messages, products development, channels for distribution, and evaluation metrics
• Manage long and short-term communications projects
  • This will involve developing Creative Briefs, Project Plans, Status updates
• Write a variety of health communication material for various audiences, including web content, success stories, and social media
• Clear communication material through CDC’s e-clearance system
• Participate in grantee calls, technical reviews, and annual progress report reviews with Core SIPP project officers to identify communication technical assistance opportunities
• Regularly report project status to the DIP Associate Director for Communications (or their designee); providing status updates as needed during team meetings
• Attend weekly or biweekly Communications Team Meetings
• Attend weekly or biweekly 1:1s with DIP Associate Director for Communications (or their designee)
• Attend other regular meetings with the subject matter team(s)
• Complete other communication tasks as needed.
  

MANAGEMENT/SUPERISORY AUTHORITY

No management or supervisory authority.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree is preferred in Communication, Health Communication, Public Health or a closely related discipline.
• 6-8 years' of health care or public health communication experience
• Previous experience with CDC NCIPC programs, policies and procedures highly desired.
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, technical terminology to people with various backgrounds
• Time Management: Manage time and juggle competing deadlines effectively
• Experience working with American Indians/Alaska Native is preferred

• Able to work with diverse scientific subject matter experts and communication specialists
• Manage time and juggle competing deadlines effectively
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background check and a drug screen
• Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates Covid vaccines for federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently blocked from enforcement pending court proceedings. Therefore, Cherokee Federal is halting the application of the mandate; however, if the injunction is lifted, Cherokee Federal will restore administration of the vaccine requirement.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work is conducted in a climate-controlled office environment.
• The environment may require prolonged sitting, prolonged standing, and light lifting up to 20 lbs.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Cherokee Federal is a collective group of subsidiary companies of Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB). CNB is the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.

Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.

Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!

Compliance

Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.

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