Communications Coordinator

Requirements

The Communications Coordinator will support the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) program by developing and delivering clear, accurate, and engaging communications for diverse stakeholder audiences. This position is contingent upon Maximus' successful award of the OPTN contract, with award notification anticipated in early July.

• Translate complex healthcare, policy, and operational information into accessible communications that advance OPTN's mission, foster stakeholder engagement, and support organizational objectives.
• Create a broad range of communication products, including newsletters, web content, social media posts, reports, presentations, executive communications, and visual information materials.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, leadership, and cross-functional teams to create consistent, accurate, and aligned communication products.
• Write, coordinate, and upload stories, videos, and pictures to government websites and social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.
• Develop and explain data visualization materials on climate-related topics using leading-edge technologies to present information in a scientifically accurate, easy-to-use, and understandable medium for use by the targeted public.
• Locate high-quality sources of imagery, photos, and visualization templates for use in formatting assets.
• Routine image preparation tasks include cropping, subsetting, color correction, and other tasks, as needed, to provide the best quality image for the desired medium.
• Communicate scientific data and information through visual means, including designing, producing, and displaying photographs, graphics, data visualizations, videos, physical displays, slides, and charts for the Internet, infographics, pamphlets, exhibits, live or video-recorded speeches or lectures, and other means of communicating.
• Explain and organize scientific and technical information in a popular style that is easily understandable and usable by non-scientists.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience is required; advanced degree or professional designation is preferred. Must develop solutions to a variety of complex problems, exert considerable judgment and initiative, and influence the overall objectives and long-range goals of the organization.

Skills

Must have the ability to research, gather, and synthesize scientific and policy information, understand, interpret, identify, and select appropriate and scientifically accurate and understandable images and graphics, write, coordinate, and upload stories, videos, and pictures to government websites and social media sites, develop and explain data visualization materials, locate high-quality sources of imagery, photos, and visualization templates, routine image preparation tasks, communicate scientific data and information through visual means, explain and organize scientific and technical information in a popular style, and collaborate with subject matter experts, leadership, and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off.

Pay

Minimum Salary: $55,100.00
Maximum Salary: $95,000.00