Communications Support Writer/Editor

The Communications Support Writer/Editor role supports federal public health communications across a broad range of scientific and policy-focused initiatives. Key responsibilities include:

• Write, edit, and refine communications materials covering infection control guidelines, recommendations, training resources, web content, policy statements, reports, presentations, and related initiatives.
• Collaborate with communications, policy, scientific, web, media, and other stakeholders to develop educational and promotional materials grounded in science and tailored to specific audiences.
• Create talking points, blog content, public-facing materials, policy communications, and other digital content while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and appropriate tone.
• Cook up major announcements, awareness campaigns, and dissemination efforts in partnership with communications, web, media, and external stakeholders.
• Develop source material, key messages, and calls to action that creative teams can use to produce infographics, videos, posters, and other visual communications.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal staff and external partners to support guideline promotion, recommendations, and coordinated communications, including during outbreaks.
• Ensure communications remain consistent with related recommendations, partner messaging, health education practices, risk-communication principles, plain-language standards, and established communication policies.
• Support formative research and the collection, organization, editing, and interpretation of communications metrics.
• Review data, identify trends, and develop practical solutions or recommendations to strengthen analysis and outreach strategies.
• Create and review compelling content for reports, presentations, websites, social media, policy outreach, partnership communications, and other channels.
• Represent the communications team in meetings, provide clear updates and summaries, and help triage and develop responses to inquiries.
• Proactively identify and resolve communications or workflow issues while contributing ideas to improve outreach and analytical approaches.
• Format and distribute email campaigns using platforms such as Adobe Campaign or similar tools, publish blog content, and moderate blog comments as needed.
• Use SharePoint and related tools for workflow and task management.
• Apply Section 508 accessibility guidelines when preparing electronic documents for online publication or email distribution, using appropriate compliance checklists.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Communications, Journalism, Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, English, Writing/Editing, Public Health, or a related discipline, previous professional experience in communications and editing, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong collaboration skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and the ability to obtain the required government security clearance.

Benefits include a full-time remote position open to candidates anywhere in the United States, exposure to public health communications, risk communication, scientific writing, accessibility, and government programs, equal employment opportunity workplace commitment, and reasonable accommodations available throughout the application process for qualified individuals with disabilities.