McKing Consulting Corporation is a veteran-owned professional services corporation offering innovative management consulting support to the Federal and state government and private industries. McKing operates full-service project offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Rockville, Maryland. Currently, McKing provides a wide range of technical assistance to multiple federal agencies, non-profit organizations and private companies. More corporate information can be found at www.mcking.com.

The Senior Health Communication Specialist II will work on a team providing communication support to CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm). As part of the content development team, the Sr Health Communication Specialist II will use an array of skills to develop communication products and tools; coordinate, review and edit content; and support content reviews in the Digital First Editor (DFE).

Responsibilities include:

• Revise NCHS content and create new content for the NCHS website to support organization and promotion of data and features
• Proofread, edit and improve health communication content for NCHS website and digital communication channels
• Support the content editing and review in the Digital First Editor (DFE)
• Help provide user-focused recommendations about content organization and style
• Support NCHS representatives with managing and curating all NCHS content; applying usability, user experience, user interface expertise to optimize content; and making and implementing recommendations based on web metrics
• Attend internal customer meetings to stay abreast of the latest Digital Modernization Efforts developments

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience implementing digital strategies and developing web content
• Knowledge of and experience working in public health or health-related field
• Experience with the Digital First Editor (DFE)
• Excellent communication (oral and written)
• Outstanding organizational and planning abilities
• BS degree in public health/related field AND 7+ years of experience, master’s degree preferred
• Experience supporting communication projects for US Government clients and past experience working on communication projects for CDC is a major plus but not required