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Illuminate seeks an exceptionally qualified Public Affairs & Outreach Specialist to support an ongoing government customer.

Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it.  We combine decades of intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.

• Provides support to facilitate the end-to-end lifecycle for all communications, outreach, and public affairs requirements with internal and external partners and customers, as well as public audiences
• Utilizes request management tools such as NarQuest to provide swift, high quality customer support for communications requests
• Utilizes the Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tool to manage all engagement and outreach information
• Assists with development, implementation, and evaluation of engagement strategies
• Tracks relevant media and summarizes media coverage
• Provides interview and event preparation to senior leadership
• Manages speaker and outreach engagements; schedules, advertises, markets, coordinates attendance
• Responds to inquiries from congressional staff, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, or the public
• Coordinates arrangements with external stakeholders for meetings and briefings
• Prepares briefing materials including background, talking points, and presentation material
• Manages news media coverage including responding to requests from various news sources about area office programs and operations
• Plans and executes periodic events and information sessions for the workforce, including identifying the topics, handling event logistics such as room reservation and set-up, preparing presentation materials, and marketing the event internally
• Manages news media coverage including responding to requests from various news sources about area office programs and operations

• Clearance: Top Secret//SCI
• Polygraph: current Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph
• Bachelors’ degree and 3 years’ relevant experience OR No Degree and 9 years’ relevant experience.
• Experience facilitating the end-to-end lifecycle for communications, outreach, and public affairs requirements with internal and external partners and customers, as well as public audiences
• Experience using request management tools
• Expereince using a Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tool to manage all engagement and outreach information
• Ability to assists with development, implementation, and evaluation of engagement strategies
• Experience tracking relevant media and summarizing media coverage

Equal employment opportunity employer:
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Illuminate is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, as a condition of employment, Illuminate requires all employees to be fully vaccinated. An employee is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or one week after receiving a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. All newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of vaccination on their first day of employment.