Communications Consultant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Develop educational materials that promote and support suicide prevention programs and initiatives, ensuring content is accurate, accessible, and tailored for Veteran audiences.
• Partner closely with senior subject matter experts (SMEs), clinicians, and program leadership to translate complex, clinically sensitive information into messaging that is scientifically sound and emotionally resonant. 
• Create and manage the dissemination of a range of educational products — including toolkits, fact sheets, flyers, infographics, and other digital and print artifacts. 
• Ensure all materials align with health literacy guidelines, current clinical guidance, brand guidelines, and accessibility standards. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (public affairs, digital media, clinical teams) to coordinate timely and consistent messaging across channels. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication, journalism, public affairs, or a related field required 
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience delivering strategic communications support within federal government and/or management consulting environments 
• Demonstrated experience writing about sensitive or complex health topics for a general or specialized audience, ideally within a public health, government, or healthcare communications setting. 
• Strong writing, editing, and content development skills and the ability to simplify technical or clinical information without sacrificing accuracy. 
• Experience collaborating with clinical or technical subject matter experts to co-develop public-facing materials. 
• Familiarity with safe messaging guidelines around suicide prevention (e.g., guidance from SAMHSA, AFSP, or similar organizations) is strongly preferred. 
• Experience producing multi-format content (toolkits, fact sheets, digital graphics, social media assets, etc.). 
• Understanding of or experience working with Veteran or military-connected populations is a plus. 
• Ability to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship
• Ability to obtain a public trust

Compensation & Benefits

PFS offers a benefits package that may include health, dental, and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; a retirement plan; paid time off; and other programs to support employees and their families. Learn more about PFS Benefits.

The posted salary range is the company’s good-faith estimate for this role. PFS benefits and compensation are determined by various factors, including, but not limited to, location; the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience; as well as contract and organizational requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other status protected by law.

Accommodations

PFS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at recruiting@pfs.us. Reasonable accommodations are available to ensure applicants with disabilities have equal access to the hiring process, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable laws.

Workplace Health, Safety, and Compliance

This position may be subject to client‑specific or government‑mandated vaccination, health, or safety requirements, which may change over time.

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