Communications Support at EPA
The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position; Communications Support at EPA with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Salary: $22.91 per hour.
Travel: Occasional overnight travel may be required.
Required Skills:
- Exceptional interpersonal, oral, written communication skills, and presentation skills as evidenced by a writing and a presentation sample;
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook);
- Excellent copywriting and editing skills, and hands-on experience in content management (website, social media, etc);
- Strong time management and organizational skills, including experience handling multiple assignments with competing deadlines;
- Experience conducting internet research; and
- Experience working under pressure and working effectively in a diverse team environment.
Desired Skills:
- Experience involving the management of databases, Microsoft Teams sites, etc.; and
- Experience involving the operation of video teleconferencing (Teams Live, Zoom).
Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years of age and
- Have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, marketing or other closely related disciplines from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
- Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.
What the EPA project is about
The Center for Environmental Solutions & Emergency Response (CESER) - which is one of 4 research Centers in ORD - plans, coordinates and conducts an applied, customer-driven, national research and development program to improve decision making by EPA, federal, state, tribal and local agencies, when faced with challenging environmental problems in the built environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent bachelor’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:
- Write Internal Collaborative Newsletter – work with science leads and communication leads to write stories and distribute newsletter to EPA regions
- Develop and write twitter, Facebook, and Instagram posts for our research
- Writing and laying out promotional flyers & assisting researchers with writing descriptions of their presentation
- Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.
Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org