Change and Communications Specialist

The Change & Communications Specialist supports enterprise change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications for PMO-led initiatives. This role helps drive adoption of new processes, ensures consistent messaging, and supports organizational readiness across stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Support intake of new requests and assist with prioritization of change and communication activities.
• Develop and execute change management strategies, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement approaches.
• Create communication materials, including briefings, dashboards, status updates, and awareness content.
• Support recurring communication cycles, reporting cadences, and change review processes.
• Assist in developing training, job aids, and awareness materials for PMO processes and initiatives.
• Monitor adoption, gather feedback, and assess the effectiveness of change initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, organizational development, business, human resources, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 0–4 years of experience in change management, communications, organizational transformation, or a related area.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT, PMO, or organizational change initiatives preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable messaging.
• Prosci Change Management Certification, Organizational Change Management credentials, or similar certification preferred.
• Experience supporting federal or public sector environments preferred.
  
  

Salary: $110,000.00 - $115,000.00

Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Wellness Benefit
• Tech Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
  
  

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and standard office equipment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding)
  
  

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Exposure to general office conditions while conducting office duties
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic)
• Ability to work in a confined area
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period
  
  

Working at Edgewater Federal Solutions:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies since 2018.

Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status and/or other status protected by applicable law.