Bilingual Communications Specialist

📢 WE’RE HIRING | BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (ENGLISH/SPANISH)
📍 Location: Remote, United States
🏢 Work Arrangement: Remote (Occasional travel to Baltimore, MD required)
📄 Employment Type: Part-Time Contract
💼 Engagement: W-2 or 1099
⏱️ Estimated Hours: Approximately 360 hours
📅 Duration: December 2026 – June 30, 2027
🕒 Schedule: Approximately 10–12 hours per week, with additional hours around communication releases
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain communications calendars and messaging frameworks.
Create bilingual English and Spanish FAQs, fact sheets, web content, presentations, and other public-facing materials.
Ensure communications meet plain-language and Section 508 accessibility requirements.
Contribute to quarterly stakeholder feedback summaries and the annual stakeholder experience report.
Coordinate with agency communications teams and third-party vendors.
Communicate program changes, data-informed reforms, and fiscal initiatives clearly to different stakeholder groups.
Mandatory Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Marketing, or a related field.
5+ years of professional communications experience.
At least 3 years of experience in government, Medicaid, healthcare, or human services communications.
Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish, including the ability to create original Spanish-language content.
Demonstrated Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA remediation experience for Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and web content.
Strong plain-language writing skills and a portfolio or writing samples.
Experience developing communications strategies and calendars for a public agency or large program.
U.S. work authorization required. Sponsorship is not available.
Must be independent of direct service providers funded by the client agency.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience communicating with people with disabilities and their families.
Maryland state agency experience.
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