Public Affairs Support

Job Description

Description

We are seeking Public Affairs Support at all levels of experience (Junior thru Senior and SME) to support the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) Task Order (TO). We are currently assembling our team of experienced professionals with a broad range of intelligence, operations, planning, data, training, and logistics solutions on an enterprise scale to advance technical capabilities and maximize the effectiveness of USARPAC programs, operations, and partnerships throughout the USARPAC Area of Responsibility (AOR).

These positions are contingent upon contract award expected Summer 2024 and will be located in Hawaii.

Public Affairs Support plans, develops, manages, and supports communication activities with external and internal audiences as the designated official, public voice of a command, including  the  communication process and activities for public information, command information, crisis communication, visual information, communication synchronization, and community engagement directed toward external and internal audiences with interest in the DoD. Supports PA activities as part of information advantage activities focused on supporting the commander, achieving mission objectives, and achieving conditions where the command holds the initiative in terms of situational understanding, decision making, and relevant actor behavior. Manages PR activities by establishing conditions that lead to trust and confidence in the Army and its readiness to conduct MDO, deter competitors, and defeat adversaries.

Duties:

•  Conducts PA operations while deployed and at home station in support of those objectives.
• Align PA activities and guidance developed, coordinated, approved, and distributed in accordance with published DoD policy and guidance to ensure synchronization with DA, DoD, National Security Council (NSC), and national communication efforts, commanders align and nest PA operations. 
• Provides counsel, training, research, planning, assessment, and evaluation. 
• Develops and disseminates communication products. Communicate with the public and integrate PA and Visual Information (VI) into Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP).  - 
• Produces visual information products (e.g., photo, audio, and video) and/or written communication products that help document and tell the command story of specified operations, exercises, engagements, and activities across the area of operations. 
• Conducts PA activities in support of joint operations, including actions to research, plan, execute, and assess communication programs for a variety of publics using a variety of digital and traditional media; maintains command-sponsored publicly accessible websites, and implements the DoD principles of information. 
• Provides a continuous flow of credible, reliable, timely, and accurate information and VI to internal and external Government, military, public, and foreign audiences.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Requires a Bachelors degree but will accept years of experience in lieu of degree
• Hiring at all levels 0-20+ years

DESIRED:

• Command or joint level experience for Senior or SME hires
• Post graduate degree in associated field of study for Senior or SME hires

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:

• Must have an active TS clearance to start work
• Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Overview

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