Scientific Outreach and Partnerships Specialist

About the role

The Scientific Outreach and Partnerships Specialist supports the NIH Office of the Director (OD) and plays a key role in growing the Journal of Replication and Reproducibility (JRR) program.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement, outreach, recruitment, communications, marketing, and partnership strategies that support program goals.
• Build and maintain relationships with researchers, publishers, academic institutions, advocacy organizations, healthcare organizations, community groups, and other key stakeholders.
• Represent the program at conferences, meetings, workshops, advisory boards, focus groups, and stakeholder forums, delivering presentations and facilitating collaboration.
• Cookout outreach campaigns, community engagement initiatives, social marketing efforts, and digital communications activities to increase awareness, participation, and trust in research programs.
• Support dissemination of program information, research findings, and stakeholder communications through effective messaging and content development.
• Manage stakeholder databases, engagement records, communications materials, performance metrics, partnership activities, and day-to-day program operations.
• Collect, analyze, and report engagement, outreach, and performance data to evaluate effectiveness, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
• Develop and coordinate communications materials, marketing collateral, presentations, reports, and stakeholder-facing content in collaboration with leadership and subject matter experts.
• Serve as a resource on stakeholder engagement, outreach, communications, recruitment, and partnership-building strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Health Communications, Scientific Communications, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, partnership development, outreach, marketing, scientific communications, research administration, or related fields.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships with diverse stakeholder groups, including academic, research, nonprofit, healthcare, publishing, and community organizations.
• Experience planning and facilitating meetings, workshops, conferences, advisory boards, focus groups, or public engagement activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including development of reports, presentations, executive briefings, communication materials, and stakeholder messaging.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and reporting performance metrics to support program evaluation and decision-making.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe applications.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "public trust"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their public trust prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an active public trust or suitability are preferred.

Skills

• Experience supporting NIH, HHS, federal health, biomedical research, scientific, academic, or scholarly publishing programs.
• Background in scientific communications, research dissemination, journal operations, stakeholder engagement, or partnership development.
• Experience building partnerships with publishers, academic institutions, professional societies, advocacy organizations, healthcare systems, or research communities.
• Knowledge of communications planning, community engagement, digital outreach, marketing strategy, and program evaluation methodologies.
• Familiarity with social media platforms, content management systems, digital communications tools, and search engine optimization.
• Experience developing communication campaigns, marketing materials, presentations, reports, and stakeholder engagement resources.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate stakeholder feedback and performance data into actionable recommendations.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $85,000.00-$141,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $85,000.00-$141,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Schedule

This is a full-time remote role based in Bethesda, MD.