Senior Media and Communications Consultant

H-CORE, Office of Supply, Production, and Distribution Support

Overview

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is a public health preparedness and emergency response organization in the Office of the Secretary at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. ASPR was created under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to lead the nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters.

Aveshka, Inc. a Softtek Company is in search for multiple Senior Media and Communications Consultant candidates.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing end-to-end supply chain resilience including inventory management, maintenance, and distribution operations in federal government and industrial base organizations with a focus on supporting medical counter measures and public health.

• Analyze and provide recommendations for improvement to processes using data on existing end-to-end system-support supply chains at enterprise, wholesale, and retail levels in government organizations.

• Provide support to government organizations for inventory management, provisioning, distribution, and packaging principles, concepts, policies and processes to ensure enterprise wide efficient, cost-effective end-to-end logistics performance.

• Provide administrative and technical writing support for the successful maintenance and update of DoD and other government agency supply chain issuances and policies to include:
• Work collaboratively with the appropriate government stakeholders to capture and articulate information for DoD and other government agency issuances maintenance and updates and;
• Work with appropriate DoD and other government agency personnel to identify and capture current and changes in supply chain business processes for policy and procedures in issuances; incorporate policy and procedures changes into issuances based on guidance and recommendations from GAO, OIG Audits, and directive memorandums.
• Assist in preparing operating requirements for the logistics programs based on immediate and long-term operating plans to provide consistent, timely and adequate support of ASPR program elements based on projected requirements.
• Identify logistical issues that must be accommodated to meet production to user logistical requirements.
• Coordinate and work closely with logistical support agencies to identify logistical needs and to develop plans when product reaches FDA approval.
• The contractor shall support the responses to requests for information from the White

• House, recipient jurisdiction, organization and country, other federal agencies (CDC, BARDA, FDA, NIH, DoS, DOJ), and industry partners to ensure the efficient international distribution of vaccines and ancillary kits to fill orders.

• Support coordination across entities, with the single goal of providing actionable information and knowledge to enable decision-making by leaders.
• Analyze and evaluate projects, proposals and plans, and metrics for technical and programmatic merit, as well as to identify risks, mitigation strategies and potential areas of improvements.
• Analyze supply data analytics to assist leadership with decision-making.

• Support the coordination with the Supply Chain organization to combine efforts and avoid duplication.

• Support the coordinate with vaccine distributor's liaison(s) to coordinate inventory levels, and such items as order-to-ship time, and delivery confirmation.
• Support the coordination of the delivery and receipt of necessary packing and shipping documentation to ASPR, supporting shipping organization, freight forwarder and recipient organizations.
• Draft Transportation Notifications (notifications related to itineraries, risks to cold-chain management, departure and arrival status, changes to distribution schedule)
• Support the tracking of ongoing requirements against supply and distribution, analyze data and inform the Distribution Officer of any necessary changes.

• The contractor shall attend ASPR staff, administration, and management meetings as directed
• The contractor shall conduct briefings and present program study findings.
• The contractor shall provide daily updates to the Executive Domestic and International Distribution Dashboard.

• The contractor shall produce, update, and forward, as needed, documentation to support the distribution and delivery of vaccines and therapeutics both domestic and international.
• Track donation invoices
• Track timeline updates and distribution schedules

Qualifications

Required Education

Required Experience

• Seven (7) years of relevant experience in stakeholder engagement outreach, or related fields.
• The contractor shall possess proficiency in written and oral communications including stakeholder-oriented materials in plain language.
• The contractor shall possess proficiency in developing stakeholder communications plans including key messaging appropriate for specific stakeholders, talking points, presentations, fact sheets, web content social media and assessing the outreach effectiveness.
• The contractor shall possess knowledge of health care, health systems, and health care advocacy groups.
• The contractor shall possess experience with public health and/or medical outreach campaigns.
• The contractor shall possess strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• The contractor shall possess working knowledge of remote/virtual meeting environments such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• The contractor shall possess strong organizational skills (e.g., time management, communication, setting goals, delegation, working under pressure, self-motivation, analytical thinking, and attention to detail).

About Aveshka:

Aveshka is a professional services firm focused on addressing our nation's most complex threats and challenges. As a small business we're committed to supporting our clients' missions with services delivered by our diverse and experienced staff. With expertise in cybersecurity, emergency preparedness, and public health, our experience base spans federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector entities.

Aveshka encourages collaborative communication and ongoing learning. Some of our benefits include:

• Extensive training programs
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Education reimbursement
• Technology benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous paid time off and much more!

Aveshka is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)