Public Relations Specialist

As a consultant at Partner Forces, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients’ day in and day out. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, our partners, and our clients to ideate, initiate and complete tasks, projects, and initiatives. You will work on mission-oriented projects, where you will bring forward actionable insights, solve complex problems, and thrive on delivering meaningful solutions.

Partner Forces is grounded in our core values of integrity, excellence, positivity, candor, determination, and teamwork. Our culture is a reflection of this, ensuring that we:

• Apply solution-oriented thinking to challenges and opportunities.
• Thrive by remaining agile and embracing change.
• Work to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued as teammates and contributors.Bring out the best in others by applying sound judgment and exuding principled genuineness.
• Embrace a continuous learning and growth mindset.
• Encourage an open dialogue even when it is hard.
• Continuously promoting teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and teams

As an employee at Partner Forces, you’ll join a team of consultants who share a passion for prioritizing collaboration, crafting solutions to mitigate risk, protecting critical infrastructure and helping our national security and industry partner tackle their most pressing challenges. At Partner Forces, we take our employees’ well-being and growth as seriously as we do our mission. You will be challenged every day, but we know that business and individual growth go hand-in-hand, so we offer a wide array of benefits that support the well-being and personal and professional development of our employees.

What We're Looking for:

Partner Forces is seeking a Consultant to support a Department of Homeland Security client focused on strengthening the security and resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, helping translate complex initiatives into clear, compelling communications that engage stakeholders, drive awareness, and support mission outcomes.

You will develop and execute strategic communications products and campaigns, support stakeholder engagement efforts, and coordinate across federal partners to ensure consistent messaging. This role is ideal for a communications professional who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and execute strategic communications plans, campaigns, and outreach initiatives aligned with client priorities.
• Draft, edit, and coordinate a variety of communications products including talking points, briefings, newsletters, reports, website content, emails, articles, and presentations.
• Advise senior leaders on messaging, communications strategies, and stakeholder engagement approaches.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and disseminate clear, consistent, and effective communications.
• Support planning and execution of virtual and in-person meetings, events, webinars, and conferences.
• Manage communications calendars, taskers, stakeholder distribution lists, and recurring communications processes.
• Develop visual communications products including infographics, social media graphics, and branded materials.
• Analyze website and communications performance metrics and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Maintain and update digital communications platforms, including Drupal-based websites.
• Contribute to process improvement efforts through the development of communication-related standard operating procedures and guidance.

• US Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 5–7 years of professional experience in strategic communications, public affairs, public relations, outreach, or a related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Political Science, Journalism, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience creating visual communications products using tools such as Canva, Adobe InDesign, or similar design platforms.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DHS suitability; current suitability preferred.
• Experience with Drupal, web content management, Google Analytics, and Section 508 compliance is preferred.

The Company

Partner Forces, LLC., is a WOSB focused on helping homeland security partners with their most pressing and complex challenges and opportunities. The company provides management consulting services for the homeland security and national security enterprise. We offer clients holistic and integrated solutions to their current and emerging homeland security requirements related to program development and analysis, stakeholder engagement and outreach, strategic planning, technology implementation, security and preparedness assessment, and business process design and improvement.

Partner Forces values a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is the policy of Partner Forces to comply with all federal and state laws concerning the employment of persons with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state agencies. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at recruiting@partnerforces.com.