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Job Description:

The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has an immediate opening for a Program Information Officer (PIO). Are you up to the challenge? If so, then bring your energy, experience, and management skills to this new position. The PIO is a newly defined project support function within the DOE/NNSA program office. This program is designed to build a sustainable pipeline between DOE/NNSA’s laboratories and production sites with Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics colleges and universities. We are looking for a self-starter for this role to perform the new PIO functions and serve as a key team member for ongoing operations. This function will provide direct support to the Federal Program Manager (FPM) including planning, and responding to routine project information requests, and ad hoc requests. Such information requests may include, but are not limited to: Quarterly Program Reports, Congressional Questions and Answers, and NNSA’s Managing and Operating Contractor Performance Documents.

This is a full-time telework/remote position with some travel required to NNSA offices at the DOE Forrestal Building in Washington, D.C., and other domestic travel.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop project/program information plans
• Manage and develop annual schedules of routine information requests, including reviews, approvals, and distribution lists
• Develop and maintain electronic structure or common files of retrievable draft and final communications
• Ensure message consistency with the mission and vision of the DOE/NNSA program
• Manage annual, quarterly, and other periodic reporting requirements, including program reviews, providing programmatic input, and coordinating NNSA site meetings associated with program deliverables
• Prepare, and/or coordinate the work of others to create requested project deliverables
• Ensure that action items/responses are documented and completed in a professional and timely manner, and in conformance with Defense Programs, NNSA, and DOE policy, procedure, and precedent, including compliance with managing classified information
• Serve as a liaison between the Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) team, Management and Operating partners, and external teams (NNSA Leadership, Congressional Affairs, etc.) to provide program communication support
• Manage electronic filing of key resources and ensure that materials are disseminated
• Respond to ad hoc requests for technical information, including updates to management, addressing information requests, and reviewing presentations
• Participate in external meetings, conferences, and events
• Assist with special projects as needed.
• Draft and/or edit new and existing MSIPP communication materials including fact sheets, press releases, reports, and/or web copy

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Ability to obtain a DOE L (Secret) security clearance in the future
• Ability to track and follow through on multiple often unanticipated daily, weekly, and monthly tasks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with:
• Frequent and extensive use of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and dashboards/business intelligence reports or similar programs
• Demonstrated experience in developing briefings for management
• Strong research, writing, and editing skills; ability to synthesize information into meaningful messages for various audiences
• Ability to integrate data and information from a variety of sources, including inferring trends or anomalies
• Skilled at delivering results on short timelines
• Strong communication skills; ability to handle sensitive information; cultural sensitivity
• Demonstrated experience with web-based research and literature reviews
• Shows initiative; ability to work as a team player and independently
• Careful attention to detail is required, able to multi-task, and strong organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with DOE
• Master’s Degree with 6+ years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro: (ability to create, combine, and protect fillable documents)
• Experience with SharePoint (Can create file structures and manage accesses)

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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