Overview:
Please note that this position is contingent upon the successful award of a contract currently under bid.
Goldbelt Professional Services specializes in providing expert resources for Public Health missions including scientific, technical, and administrative support from junior staff to high-level subject matter experts. Research and data driven, Goldbelt Professional Services’ experts create solutions customized to the client’s needs.
Summary:
The Health Communications Specialist IV will write messages and materials related to public health topics. Materials should employ plain language and risk communications principles. These materials could include: website content, fact sheets, FAQs, talking points for clinicians, infographics, social media messaging, video storyboards and content for patients and their families.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions:
- Coordinate web or social media content on various CDC websites, including: CDC’s antibiotic stewardship webpages, CDC’s antibiotic resistance webpages, CDC’s infectious disease websites, and other topic-specific webpages, and agency and center social media profiles. Ensure that all CDC guidelines for social media and clearance are followed.
- Create content for clinicians and develop materials to provide to patients or their family members to educate them about public health topics.
- Coordinate with subject matter experts, as well as communications professionals from other Divisions and Centers to share information and ensure effective efforts and successful collaboration. Maintain those partnerships.
- Work with CDC graphics staff to create compelling images (infographics) that could be used for presentations, reports, website content, social media outreach, etc.
- Assure the accuracy and consistency of CDC’s messages and materials.
- Coordinate major announcements or awareness efforts; collaborate with key communications, web, and media staff to successfully coordinate the dissemination.
- Proactively identify, research, and resolve problems or issues; participate in team strategy session to discuss solutions. Proactively recommend updated strategies to improve analysis tactics and outreach efforts.
- Participate in meetings as representative of the DHQP communications team and provides meeting updates/summary to relevant team members.
- Assist with communications-related research and coordination of gathering, organizing and editing metrics. Analyze and extrapolate solutions after reviewing data.
Qualifications:
Necessary Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based public health environment.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 6-7 years of professional experience developing visual or health communication materials.
- Experience supporting or coordinating video production efforts, including editing and captioning.
- Proficiency with industry-standard design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in a related field.
Pay and Benefits
The annual salary range for this position is $105,000 to $125,000.
At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.
