Strategic Communications and Technical Advisor

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? Do you continually improve products and processes and get ahead of problems rather than waiting for them to occur? What if you could find a position that leverages your openness to change, technical, and communication skills?  That's why we need you, an experienced senior advisor with strong leadership, management, technical, and program skills, to provide strategic communications and outreach support to senior level government directors for ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD. 

 

• Our Chief of Staff team is responsible for providing strategic, management, and business operations support to senior level government directors. 
• Responsibilities include developing, facilitating and managing communications strategies, plans and forums for a large organization.  This includes developing and crafting a broad range of communication products and translating deep programmatic or technical information into understandable concepts.
• The candidate will support the development and execution of the customer’s communication and engagement strategy, ensuring consistency in clear, concise and relevant messages for all stakeholder communications.  This includes internal/external Congressional communications, strategic outreach, Weekly Activity Reports, executive-level briefings for Congressional Staffers and VIP visitors, and All-Hands meetings.
• The candidate will work with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products.
• The candidate will also help with customer’s social and morale building events.
• The selected candidate will have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices.
• The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors, and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle.
• Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Experience:  BS w/ 10-12 years, MS w/ 8-10 years, or PhD w/ 5-7 years
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance - and must be able to obtain a fully adjudicated Poly
• BS in engineering, physics, intelligence or policy related degree
• More than 2 years’ experience developing, facilitating and managing communications strategies and plans for a large organization
• Experience leading a team toward a common goal
• Experience working within a highly functional staff with a diverse set of responsibilities and activities united by a common vision
• Experience using creative interpretation; skilled at working with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products
• Basic understanding of modern software development processes (e.g., Agile development, GRD, DevSecOps)
• Skilled in a variety of Microsoft Office and other communication tools
• Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Possession of a current and active TS/CI clearance with a fully adjudicated poly
• Knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include GEOINT, SIGINT and Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.