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About Company

RSI EnTech (RSI) has provided services to major federal clients and Fortune 500 engineering and construction companies since 1996. RSI EnTech has more than two decades of experience in complex, highly regulated markets providing environmental, engineering, energy and project management services while maintaining an excellent safety record. RSI Services was founded in 2017 and is the 8(a) company of RSI EnTech.

RSI is headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and is a wholly owned operating company of ASRC Industrial (AIS). AIS is a wholly owned operating company of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). Through ASRC, we are a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

RSI offers a full range of benefits; a generous PTO plan, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K (100% match up to 4% eligible compensation) and 100% immediate vesting, Basic and Supplemental life insurance, and short- & long-term disability.

Job Title: Public Affairs Specialist

Location: Grand Junction, CO

Status: Full-Time

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $50,000.00 - $84,000.00/yr. (The anticipated starting salary pay range of $50,000.00 - $84,000.00/yr. is based on minimum requirements for this position. Minimum requirements are a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and at least 5 years of relevant experience. The offered salary will be based upon the selected applicant's education, training, and experience.)

Clearance and Health Requirements:

• Criminal Background Check
• Pre-placement Drug Screening
• Fit for Duty Test (if applicable)

RSI Entech (LLC) is recruiting for a Public Affairs Specialist to provide ongoing assistance in communications and community outreach activities that support the US Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management (DOE LM) mission, cultivate relationships within stakeholder communities, create content that informs different audiences about LM activities, and report on outcomes.

This position is required to travel at least 25% of the time.

Primary responsibilities and essential functions:

• Perform and coordinate public affairs support for LM sites with contractor operations staff and federal clients.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement programs and activities that inform and engage the public, industry, and all levels of government about DOE's activities.
• Create community involvement plans, including identification of and targeted outreach to priority audiences, key issues, and recommended messages and communications delivery methods.
• Write and prepare presentations, talking points, backgrounders, fact sheets, press releases, news stories, technical reports, outreach publications, brochures, digital content, and other printed and electronic materials intended for distribution to external audiences.
• Develop, implement, and facilitate meetings and events that inform stakeholders about LM's work, mission, and priorities.
• Plan, coordinate logistics, and produce support for public meetings, tours, open houses, and special events.
• Gather stakeholder input via face-to-face conversations, event surveys, and email input to compile and analyze results.
• Participate in local community events (e.g., cultural activities, STEM gatherings, etc.)
• Other Duties as assigned

Work experience, skills, and capabilities needed:

• Ability to conduct public affairs and community outreach activities.
• Experience writing and implementing communications plans and activities.
• Writing and developing content for owned media.
• Demonstrated customer or client service orientation.
• Experience in event planning and facilitation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information in layperson's terms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organization and project management skills.
• Proven problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation.
• Strong attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to interact and communicate complex information with diverse technical and nontechnical stakeholder groups.
• Organized with ability to prioritize and manage client expectations across multiple competing projects/priorities, with aggressive due dates and quick turn-around times.
• Collaborative work style; flexibility and adaptability.
• Ability to distill complex technical information into understandable and engaging content tailored to audiences.
• Ability to multitask, managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

Technical knowledge, certifications/licenses, and software proficiency required:

• Valid unencumbered driver's license
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Required Education and Years of Experience:
Bachelor's degree with a major in Business, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field with a minimum of 5 years of applicable experience.

Desirable qualifications, experience, or proficiencies of the ideal candidate:

• Previous client-relations experience
• Skilled implementer with strong writing and editing skills highly preferred
• Previous media relations experience
• Experience communicating technical and/or scientific information to non-technical and or non-scientific audiences
• Familiarity with the U.S. Department of Energy
• Familiarity working as a contractor for the U.S. government
• Understanding of uranium-related issues
• Previous photography and videography experience

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
The employee exerts up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to touch or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

EEO Statement:
ASRC Industrial (AIS) and its operating companies affords equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. AIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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