Senior Strategic Communications Consultant

Position Title: Senior Strategic Communications Consultant

Position Type: Full-time (W-2)

Salary: Competitive

Company Description:

Technical Assent is passionate about services in government, business, and not-for-profit. We design exceptional service experiences, engineer them to be robust, and deliver real capability and business outcomes for our clients. You will be working on government programs that have strategic importance to our clients. Your team will work IN and ON the client's core mission-helping them deliver their services day-to-day while simultaneously looking for opportunities to improve. Our work is Driven by Evidence, Grounded in Understanding, and Focused on Impact.

Our consultants combine the creative and pragmatic to deliver the results that matter most to our clients. We see beauty when art and science come together. We seek self-starters, people who are confident in tackling challenges independently and bringing this to high-performing teams. We continually seek feedback from our customers and employees, looking for opportunities to grow. As a small company, our employees have an essential voice in shaping our culture. You help grow our culture and, in turn, grow from the experience.

Job Description:

As a Senior Consultant supporting our Federal government client, you will work as part of an innovative team to research, prepare, and deliver high-quality solutions. You will be trusted to complete tasks independently, begin leading others in completing tasks, and contribute to the overall team effort to solve challenging problems for the benefit of our customers.

The successful candidate will have the ability to:

• Create and implement internal and external communications plans, including strategies for press releases, congressionally mandated reports, and business proposals
• Lead a team to implement communications tactics and strategies for Federal agencies
• Implements change management principles and methodologies to achieve seamless integration of communications across the agency.
• Serve as the primary communications representative to business leaders and clients
• Builds trust and rapport with clients by seeing assigned tasks in the context of broader strategic goals, anticipating risks and needs, and supporting decisions through development and delivery of high quality deliverables.
• Independently manages time to complete assigned tasks, leads others in completing an array of tasks, and contributes to team effort.
• Mentors others in developing and applying knowledge, skills, and abilities with core Capability Area(s) and professional expertise.
• Continuous learning within core Capability Area(s) and professional expertise.
• Leads application of Technical Assent's consulting approaches and methods within scope of project responsibility.
• Builds organizational capability by building reusable process assets, templates, and tools that improve the consistency of our services through the CMMI for Services framework.
• Supports business development by actively researching customer needs, recognizing opportunities and assessing the competitive environment to determine an optimal approach and solutions.
• Maintains professional demeanor that is consistent with Technical Assent core values at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business communications, or related discipline
• 6+ years of relevant, professional experience
• Experience working with a Federal Government agency, specifically the Veterans Affairs
• Experience managing a project or workstream and incorporating change management principles into communications strategies and execution
• Experience leading a team of 3 or more
• Curious and open-minded approach to work
• Thrive in a continuous Build-Measure-Learn cycle
• Engage with technology-with comfort and ease (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, Monday, Slack, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of, or certifications in, Human-Centered Design/Design Thinking, employee experience, customer experience, and/or service design
• Experience consulting for the Federal government

Job Location and Travel Expectations:

• This position is remote. Some travel (
• Some meetings will be conducted on-site with customers in Washington, D.C.

Additional Information:

Come as you are - Technical Assent is committed to a workplace free of discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We offer a highly competitive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes:

• Unlimited PTO
• Healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• FSA and HSA
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with employer contributions, training and wellness allowances, and commuter benefits.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Technical Assent, please call or email [redacted].

For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.technicalassent.com.