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Senior Communications Specialist
BLN24Fort Detrick, MD, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jun 2026
About the role
Job Title: Senior Communications Specialist
Company: BLN24
About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.
Position Overview:
BLN24 is seeking a Senior Communications Specialist to join our team. The Senior Communications Specialist will serve as a critical communications resource within the Public Affairs Office, supporting DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters with congressional communications, legislative situational awareness, executive-level messaging, and coordination with legislative liaison stakeholders. The position requires demonstrated experience developing strategic communications for senior leaders, preparing congressional-facing materials, and translating legislative developments into concise, actionable information for executive decision-making within a defense, federal health, military medical, or related federal environment.
The Senior Communications Specialist will work closely with PAO leadership, DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters, Army legislative liaisons, and DHA legislative affairs stakeholders to ensure congressional engagement activities are accurate, timely, coordinated, and aligned with approved organizational priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
Congressional Engagement Support
Legislative Situational Awareness
Coordination with Legislative Liaisons
Company: BLN24
About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.
Position Overview:
BLN24 is seeking a Senior Communications Specialist to join our team. The Senior Communications Specialist will serve as a critical communications resource within the Public Affairs Office, supporting DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters with congressional communications, legislative situational awareness, executive-level messaging, and coordination with legislative liaison stakeholders. The position requires demonstrated experience developing strategic communications for senior leaders, preparing congressional-facing materials, and translating legislative developments into concise, actionable information for executive decision-making within a defense, federal health, military medical, or related federal environment.
The Senior Communications Specialist will work closely with PAO leadership, DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters, Army legislative liaisons, and DHA legislative affairs stakeholders to ensure congressional engagement activities are accurate, timely, coordinated, and aligned with approved organizational priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
Congressional Engagement Support
- Execute congressional communications and engagement activities in support of DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters and the Public Affairs Office.
- Prepare, coordinate, and disseminate congressional communications materials for review and approval by appropriate Government leadership.
- Coordinate and facilitate congressional engagements, including preparation of background materials, talking points, informational content, and engagement summaries.
- Assist in developing timely and accurate responses to congressional inquiries.
- Document engagement outcomes and maintain records of congressional communications activities for DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters leadership review and approval.
Legislative Situational Awareness
- Develop and maintain executive-level communication strategies to keep DHA R&D-MRDC Headquarters informed of relevant legislative activity.
- Prepare concise summaries of published legislative actions, hearings, proposed bills, enacted laws, markups, policy changes, and congressional activities impacting DHA R&D-MRDC interests.
- Develop targeted legislative alerts for urgent or high-impact legislative developments.
- Prepare weekly legislative newsletters highlighting key legislative trends, updates, and upcoming congressional events.
- Maintain legislative tracking reports on priority legislation and congressional inquiries.
- Manage or support content updates on internal communication platforms, including the CACO SharePoint site, to provide leadership with real-time access to legislative updates and resources.
- Provide written updates and briefings to leadership no less than bi-weekly, or as directed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.
- Prepare high quality written products for congressional engagement activities, including information papers, white papers, executive summaries, briefing materials, and talking points for senior leadership.
- Ensure all written products are accurate, professionally formatted, error-free, and compliant with DHA R&D-MRDC editorial standards prior to submission or dissemination.
- Write in an executive leader style appropriate for senior Government audiences, congressional stakeholders, and decision-makers.
Coordination with Legislative Liaisons
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