Position: Engagement Protocol Communications Officer (Mid-Level)

Location: US-OH-Dayton (Onsite)   |   Tentative Start: 1-December 2026

Turn cutting-edge GEOINT research into polished, leadership-ready engagements

Bailey Information Technology, LLC (BIT, LLC), a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, is hiring an Engagement Protocol Communications Officer (Mid-Level). You will provide support for NGA Q’s GEOINT Persistence and Space Division, coordinating meetings and engagements at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) onsite in Dayton, OH.

The Mission

The position shall support NGA GEOINT Innovation & Research’s (NGA Q) mission to be a premier R&D organization with the unique focus of leading GEOINT research. NGA Q is responsible for performing scientific research and transitioning innovative concepts and capabilities to solve NGA, NSG, Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG), IC, and DoD hard problems.
NGA Q requires support staff who can assist in the day-to-day coordination and data management that support these activities.

Responsibilities

The Engagement Protocol Communications Officer will be expected to perform these duties:

• Ability to plan, organize, and logistically support meetings and events for various audiences and purposes.
• Help coordinate events from end-to-end. Tasks will include handling of event registration, agenda, clearances, briefings, technical write-ups and abstracts.

Technical Skills (Must Have)

• Understanding of the community, team, and OPIR (Overhead Persistent Infrared) capabilities, with background / familiarity with OPIR.
• Expert in PowerPoint, with graphics knowledge/skills.
• Extensive knowledge in graphic tools such as Adobe Illustrator.
• Ability to coalesce inputs from diverse technical sources and SMEs to produce high-quality briefs, reports, slide decks, and other communication products for leadership and stakeholder review.
• Coordinate NGA material of Technical Exchanges for engagements to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Communications Support

• Communications activities include briefing support, routine internal communication, and weekly activity reports.
• Create, review, and edit technical narrative to ensure products are accurate, clear, visually coherent and tailored to the intended audience, including senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Desktop publishing and graphic design.
• Must be able to take briefings and content from SMEs and PMs and turn into polished material that can be presented to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Work with graphic artists and other support personnel to develop new visual concepts, refine existing products, and improve the quality and clarity of briefing and communication materials.

Events Management

• Plan, organize, and logistically support internal and external meetings, technical exchanges, and mission events, including agenda development, scheduling, coordination, and production of supporting conference materials.
• Support recurring high-visibility events such as the annual OPIR Tech Forum by helping prepare materials, coordinate logistics, and enable effective engagement among technical and mission stakeholders.

Qualifications (Required)

• BA/BS or MA/MS in communications, psychology, management or equivalent degrees
• Equal to or greater than 10 years of work experience
• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility
• Willingness to sit for a CI Poly
• Prior or current experience working with a research and development organization or government agency

Talent Pipeline

Qualified applicants will be contacted as soon as funding for this position is secured. Tentative start date is 1 December 2026. Apply now.