Navy Recruiting Public Affairs Specialist

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

Our group, the Joint Defense Support Group within SPA's Sea Land Air (SLA) Division, supports the Surface community and components of the United States Navy by providing program management, requirements management, force development, and readiness support in Washington DC and the Fleet concentration areas. We provide timely, objective, analytic assessments, strategic planning, and expert operational, technical, and acquisition support to the Maritime communities, and related agencies, allies, and partners. We are trusted agents of the senior and operational leadership in the Fleet, OPNAV, NAVSEA, and the Royal Canadian and Royal Australian Navies. We play key roles in providing insights and strategies to address current and emerging challenges to national security and have tremendous impact on our client's success in solving their most important issues.

SPA has an immediate need for a Navy Recruiting Public Affairs Program Specialist in Great Lakes, IL supporting NTAG Great Lakes.CJ #IN123

Contractor support will include: Assisting in the development of strategic communications products; Drafting strategic communications talking points for NTAG leadership; Assisting in Navy team in the development of an integrated communications program including the development of a national advertising campaign consisting of TV, radio, magazine, INTERNET advertising, social networking, cost per lead buys, and job postings; Providing website and social media administration to include social media communication, social media site administration, and information cataloguing with the ability to apply knowledge of social media platform to advance the Navy's recruiting efforts; Performing accessing and manipulating social media sites for the purpose of capturing, respond, and synthesizing pertinent content; Providing photographic support for major Navy recruiting efforts; Writing publishable articles of major Navy recruiting events and efforts; Provide limited event planning to support Navy Recuiting events or collaborative efforts. Traveling to various major Navy recruiting events and provide public affairs support including photographic, strategic communications, social media, and journalism support to Navy recruiting leadership.

Travel is required and a hybrid work schedule, approximately half time, is possible.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree
• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in public affairs related field including social media, journalism, communications
• Ability to travel to various sites providing public affairs support for Naval Recruiting Command events
• Ability to manage multiple projects while adhering to strict deadlines
• Secret clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and maintain throughout time of employment

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with creating and providing work products and communications with executive level leadership.
• Experienced in utilizing Adobe Suite to support graphic design, social media postings, writing news articles.
• Experienced with providing strategic communications support to executive level leadership