ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Research Communications Action Officer (CXO) for NGA Research will assist the Research Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Lead (SPEL) with a full range of communications and administrative responsibilities to ensure efficient and effective operation of the Research organization and ensure mission success. The CXO must be a self-motivated, detail-focused, highly capable, critical thinker to provide oversight to key coordination activities in support of both tactical and strategic communications for the Research organization. Will assist in the design and implementation of communication projects and activities of scientific and technical material that result in effective engagements with NGA Research stakeholders including NGA teammates, Intelligence Community leadership and collaborators, other federal agencies, Congress, industry, academia, the nonprofit sector, and international partners. The CXO will assist with the Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Lead (SPEL) in the following ways. * Develop key messaging and branding for scientific research material and coordinate consistent implementation across all appropriate internal and external communications media and products while adhering to journalism best practices. * Fill strategic communication requirements of NGA executive leaders, including presentation development, interview talking points, speech writing, and Congressional testimony for scientific research material. * Develop and maintain productive relationships with NGA Research technical staff and cogently articulate the value of their research projects to various audiences. * Organize outreach events and activities, including liaison to the NGA Office of Corporate Communications (OCC) to identify and develop opportunities to implement collaborative communications campaigns. * Engage with NGA OCC and other Directorate communications teams to promote awareness of joint endeavors, issues, and accomplishments in support of the NGA mission. * Work with the NGA Office of Counsel on legal, regulatory and ethics issues. * Work with NGA OCC Congressional Affairs on communications with the executive and legislative branches of government. * Manage a team consisting of government employees and contractor support to achieve defined communications and engagement goals and objectives. * Manage a team to perform quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) on all Research communication products, supporting and protecting the NGA and Research corporate brands by ensuring that all communication products follow Associated Press style and NGA corporate style guidelines. * Manage a team to perform QA and QC on all Research communication products, supporting and protecting security classification guidelines for scientific research material. * Anticipate the need for communications collateral and assemble and maintain a library of materials approved for release to audiences with various security clearances. * Coordinate the public release of information from NGA Research with the NGA OCC in accordance with defined procedures. * Provide timely and accurate responses to agency tasking and internal and external requests for information. Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.