Public Relations Specialist

Public Relations Specialist

Organization: Interactive Government Holdings, Inc. (IGH) Location: Bethesda, MD

Established in 2006, Interactive Government Holdings, Inc. (IGH) is a leading professional services and technology provider to the Federal Government. Our mission is to serve uniformed service members globally and their support systems locally. We utilize strategy, data science, and technology to make the programs we execute more efficient for the people our programs serve. IGH has a national and international program staff and a corporate headquarters located in Springfield, Virginia. We are proud of our ability to shape tomorrow while ensuring all active-duty personnel and reservists can carry out their critical missions and tasks today.

Interactive Government Holdings (IGH) is seeking a qualified, trained and capable individual to serve as a Public Relations Specialist to lead strategic communication initiatives and manage high-impact projects. This hybrid role requires a professional who excels in crafting compelling messages, engaging diverse audiences, and ensuring communication projects are planned, executed, and delivered on time. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in public relations, project management with PMP certification, and a deep understanding of healthcare or public sector communications.

Position Requirements Major responsibilities include (not all inclusive):

• Support the Walter Reed Public Affairs
• Develop and execute public affairs strategies to promote Walter Reed's mission, services, and initiatives.
• Write and edit press releases, talking points, newsletters, and other communication materials.
• Coordinate media relations, including responding to inquiries, arranging interviews, and maintaining relationships with media outlets.
• Craft messaging for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring consistency with organizational goals.
• Monitor media coverage and provide analysis on the effectiveness of public affairs campaigns.
• Plan and execute events, such as press conferences, media briefings, and community engagement activities.
• Support leadership with crisis communication strategies and plans.
• Support updates Internal Website and Social Media sites, Participate in Strategic, Access to Care and Emergency Management Communications Meetings
• Compile weekly external communication reports. Submit products to the PAO for review prior to posting on the website and/or intranet.
• Update content on external webpage and social media. Assist with NCR PAO meetings, attend DHA & NCR meetings.
• Generate editorial ideas for articles and discuss/refine ideas with lead PAO.
• Meet daily and weekly deadlines and ADHOC suspense to support the mission.
• Develop news-pegs, angles, and balanced articles from multiple-sources including interviews with market staff members, military and civilian, patients, and visitors for news releases, feature stories and special publications.
• Schedule interviews with Subject-Matter Experts, working closely with other PAO offices with the approval from the Government Lead.
• Write, rewrite, and edit copy based on AP Style, using active sentences, traditional leads, bridges, transitions, and news format.
• Assist Visitors and numerous callers, Take Media Queries, Coordinate/Moderate Press Interviews, Arrange Media Visits Moderate Press Interviews, generate 2-3 editorial ideas a month, deliver social media post week or as needed based upon the mission. Assist an average of 10 callers per day, Assist with 4 DV visits per month: Updated Website and Social Media sites several times a day. Distribute an average of 2 communications reports weekly.
• Performance Element: oversees, researches, plans, writes, executes, and evaluates a wide number of communications plans, operations plans and community relations plans, with an emphasis on plans producing measurable results.
• Develops messaging, communications plans and supporting media and products for target audiences.
• Coordinates with DHA public affairs leaders on the dissemination of critical information and communications services, plans, activities, community relations initiatives and products. Coordinates dissemination of information/communications with the MTFs to ensure the Defense Health Agency messages and information are told to internal audiences to effectively communicate the Military Health System message.
• Formulates strategies for major issues, management and coordinates messages and theme development for the Market office that are executed through the MTFs. Provides strategic counsel to the senior leaders of and the Market MTFs.
• Develops speeches and briefings to effectively communicate key themes and messages to a wide range of audiences. Coordinates on public website content to support the MHS/DHA communica