Recruitment Marketing Strategist/Communications Specialist (Communications Specialist 3)

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a senior communications professional to lead recruitment marketing communications aligned with institutional hiring priorities. The role works closely with Talent Acquisition to build audience-focused strategies, campaigns, and content, including paid media, CRM management, and performance measurement to strengthen recruiting outcomes.

Core Responsibilities

• Advise Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, and hiring organizations on communications strategies for priority occupations, hard-to-fill roles, hiring initiatives, and recruiting events.
• Develop integrated communications plans defining target audiences, core messages, calls to action, distribution channels, and measures of success.
• Create candidate-focused content for career landing pages, email, advertising, job boards, recruiting platforms, event materials, and other channels.
• Coordinate with social media, web, design, multimedia, and other Communications and External Affairs teams to deliver cohesive campaigns that meet institutional standards.
• Manage the Talent Acquisition group’s CRM tool.
• Plan and manage paid recruitment advertising across search, display, streaming, and other suitable channels.
• Manage campaign budgets, schedules, agencies, media vendors, contracts, and deliverables.
• Support candidate-facing recruiting platforms and tools, including managing contracts, training, and implementation.
• Establish campaign measures tied to recruiting goals, including reach, engagement, careers website traffic, conversions, and applications.
• Analyze results, brief stakeholders, and recommend updates to content, audience targeting, channel mix, and spending.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated exceptional writing and editing skills, including the ability to translate complex workforce or business needs into clear, audience-focused content.
• Experience working within editorial, institutional brand, accessibility, and approval requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of English grammar and punctuation.
• Advanced proficiency using Microsoft Word.
• Baseline understanding of generative AI tools, including prompt engineering, evaluating AI-generated content for accuracy and quality, and applying AI responsibly under organizational policies.
• Advanced experience developing and executing marketing strategies and leading integrated campaigns for defined audiences and organizational priorities.
• Ideally, experience planning and managing multichannel campaigns across web, email, paid and organic digital media, social media, events, or other communications channels.
• Experience advising executives and customers, managing competing priorities, and independently leading complex projects.
• Experience working with writers, designers, digital teams, vendors, or agencies to deliver communications plans, products, and campaigns.
• Demonstrated understanding of analytics and campaign results to evaluate performance success, brief stakeholders, and recommend improvements.
• Some experience managing budgets, schedules, contracts, or vendor deliverables.
• Desired qualifications: Direct experience in recruitment marketing or talent acquisition communications.
• Desired qualifications: Experience supporting recruitment for STEM, skilled trades, national security, or other specialized occupations.
• Desired qualifications: Familiarity with career websites, job boards, recruiting platforms, candidate relationship management systems, or applicant tracking systems.
• Desired qualifications: Experience working in a national laboratory, matrixed environment, or other large government organization.

Technologies

• Microsoft Word

Work Location and Schedule

The position is hybrid and located in Santa Fe, NM. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite and partially offsite within a 2-hour ground commute of this location. Work locations can change at management discretion with appropriate notice. The work location for this position is also noted as Santa Fe and Los Alamos.

Compensation

USD 96,600 - 158,000 per year.

Position Commitment and Appointment Information

• Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory.
• If the required time has not been served, employees may apply only with documented approval of their Division Leader.
• Position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Required Clearance and Eligibility Requirements

• Directive 206.2: Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating the employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. This requirement applies only to U.S. citizens. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.
• Clearance: Q clearance. Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.
• Obtaining a Q clearance requires U.S. citizenship, except in extremely rare circumstances.
• Additional access authorization may be required depending on position needs, and it may or may not be available to dual citizens based on federal determinations.
• To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age, and U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances.

Drug Testing

• Successful applicants must complete a new-employment drug test and comply with a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Although marijuana use is legalized in New Mexico and some other states, use and possession remain illegal under federal law.
• A positive marijuana drug test will result in termination of employment even if use occurred pre-offer.

Benefits

• PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
• Dental and vision insurance
• Free basic life and disability insurance
• Paid childbirth and parental leave
• Award-winning 401(k) with 6% matching plus 3.5% annually
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
• Onsite gyms and wellness programs
• Extensive relocation packages for moves outside a 50 mile radius

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. Workplace accessibility commitment and reasonable accommodations are available upon request for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process (request via [email protected] or call (505)-664-6947).

Additional Eligibility Notice

Citizens of the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau), as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders), are prohibited from accessing facilities supporting the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Employment Status Information

Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.