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NSF is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Specialist, Internal Communications to help drive employee engagement, organizational alignment, and business growth through impactful internal communications. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, this role will develop and execute communication strategies that inform, inspire, and connect employees around NSF's mission, priorities, and culture. The ideal candidate is an exceptional storyteller, strong project manager, and collaborative business partner who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment.
Responsibilities
Strategic Communications and Content Development
- Develop, write, edit, and deliver high-quality internal communications, including executive emails, organizational announcements, leadership messaging, newsletters, presentations, and other employee-facing content.
- Translate complex business topics into clear, compelling, and engaging communications tailored to diverse employee audiences.
- Ensure consistency, quality, and alignment of messaging across all internal communication channels.
Executive Communications and Employee Engagement
- Support the planning and execution of leadership town halls, all-hands meetings, and other employee engagement events, including content development, messaging, presentation materials, and speaker preparation.
- Partner with senior leaders and subject matter experts to communicate key business initiatives, organizational changes, and strategic priorities.
- Drive communication campaigns from concept through execution, ensuring employees receive timely, relevant information through the most effective channels.
Stakeholder Partnership and Project Leadership
- Serve as a strategic communications partner to leaders, functions, and teams across the organization, building trusted relationships and offering counsel on communication approaches and best practices.
- Collaborate closely with subject matter experts and stakeholders throughout the content development lifecycle, from information gathering and drafting through reviews, approvals, and final publication.
- Manage internal communication projects with strong attention to timelines, stakeholder alignment, and measurable outcomes.
Intranet and Channel Management
- Oversee and guide a network of divisional and functional communications contributors responsible for creating and publishing content on NSF360.
- Lead and support initiatives to enhance internal communication platforms, including serving as project lead for intranet migration and content transition efforts.
- Evaluate channel effectiveness and recommend new approaches, tools, and technologies to improve employee engagement and communication outcomes.
Measurement and Continuous Improvement
- Track and analyze communication metrics and employee engagement data to measure effectiveness and inform strategy.
- Stay current on emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in internal communications and employee engagement to continuously improve communications programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of five years of progressive experience in internal communications, corporate communications, employee engagement, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting executive communications and developing content for senior leadership audiences.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and presentation skills, with a strong command of AP Style.
- Proven ability to develop strategic communications that drive awareness, engagement, and organizational alignment.
- Strong relationship-building and consulting skills, with experience partnering effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated project management experience, including managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, deadlines, and deliverables simultaneously.
- Business acumen and the ability to understand organizational priorities and translate them into effective communication strategies.
- Experience using communication metrics and analytics to evaluate performance and optimize outcomes.
- Understanding of external communications including media, public affairs and digital communication and storytelling.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly to changing business needs, and operate effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex information for broad audiences.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions, cultures, and geographies.
Additional Requirements
- Demonstrated commitment to modeling NSF's core values and maintaining the highest ethical standards.
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment, with a minimum of three days per week on-site.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within the TIC (Testing, Inspection, and Certification) industry or a similarly complex, global organization.
- Experience managing intranet platforms, content governance, or digital employee communication channels.
- Experience supporting change management and organizational transformation communications.
About us
With a legacy spanning more than 80 years, NSF leverages science and innovation to improve human and planet health. We provide science-driven, independent testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services and develop the very standards that drive the food, water, and life sciences industries worldwide. We empower our clients to navigate shifting regulations to improve consumer health, safety, and quality of life. One of our core values is We Are One NSF. This means that while we’re one team, we embrace the cultural, ethnic, language, and demographic diversity that reflects the societies in which we live and work. Come join a team that makes a difference in the world. More information about NSF can be found at nsf.org.
NSF is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that NSF is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies/search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to an NSF employee by a third-party agency without a valid written & signed search agreement between NSF and said third-party agency will become the sole property of NSF. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
About The Team
We build awareness and value in the global NSF brand. Our teams include Standards, Growth Acceleration, Communications, and Government Affairs. We act as NSF’s global ambassadors, championing our integrity, expertise, capabilities and resources, working with our internal partners to deliver real value to our clients and NSF.
Job Description
NSF is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Specialist, Internal Communications to help drive employee engagement, organizational alignment, and business growth through impactful internal communications. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, this role will develop and execute communication strategies that inform, inspire, and connect employees around NSF's mission, priorities, and culture. The ideal candidate is an exceptional storyteller, strong project manager, and collaborative business partner who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment.
Responsibilities
Strategic Communications and Content Development
- Develop, write, edit, and deliver high-quality internal communications, including executive emails, organizational announcements, leadership messaging, newsletters, presentations, and other employee-facing content.
- Translate complex business topics into clear, compelling, and engaging communications tailored to diverse employee audiences.
- Ensure consistency, quality, and alignment of messaging across all internal communication channels.
Executive Communications and Employee Engagement
- Support the planning and execution of leadership town halls, all-hands meetings, and other employee engagement events, including content development, messaging, presentation materials, and speaker preparation.
- Partner with senior leaders and subject matter experts to communicate key business initiatives, organizational changes, and strategic priorities.
- Drive communication campaigns from concept through execution, ensuring employees receive timely, relevant information through the most effective channels.
Stakeholder Partnership and Project Leadership
- Serve as a strategic communications partner to leaders, functions, and teams across the organization, building trusted relationships and offering counsel on communication approaches and best practices.
- Collaborate closely with subject matter experts and stakeholders throughout the content development lifecycle, from information gathering and drafting through reviews, approvals, and final publication.
- Manage internal communication projects with strong attention to timelines, stakeholder alignment, and measurable outcomes.
Intranet and Channel Management
- Oversee and guide a network of divisional and functional communications contributors responsible for creating and publishing content on NSF360.
- Lead and support initiatives to enhance internal communication platforms, including serving as project lead for intranet migration and content transition efforts.
- Evaluate channel effectiveness and recommend new approaches, tools, and technologies to improve employee engagement and communication outcomes.
Measurement and Continuous Improvement
- Track and analyze communication metrics and employee engagement data to measure effectiveness and inform strategy.
- Stay current on emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in internal communications and employee engagement to continuously improve communications programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of five years of progressive experience in internal communications, corporate communications, employee engagement, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting executive communications and developing content for senior leadership audiences.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and presentation skills, with a strong command of AP Style.
- Proven ability to develop strategic communications that drive awareness, engagement, and organizational alignment.
- Strong relationship-building and consulting skills, with experience partnering effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated project management experience, including managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, deadlines, and deliverables simultaneously.
- Business acumen and the ability to understand organizational priorities and translate them into effective communication strategies.
- Experience using communication metrics and analytics to evaluate performance and optimize outcomes.
- Understanding of external communications including media, public affairs and digital communication and storytelling.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly to changing business needs, and operate effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex information for broad audiences.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions, cultures, and geographies.
Additional Requirements
- Demonstrated commitment to modeling NSF's core values and maintaining the highest ethical standards.
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment, with a minimum of three days per week on-site.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within the TIC (Testing, Inspection, and Certification) industry or a similarly complex, global organization.
- Experience managing intranet platforms, content governance, or digital employee communication channels.
- Experience supporting change management and organizational transformation communications.
About us
With a legacy spanning more than 80 years, NSF leverages science and innovation to improve human and planet health. We provide science-driven, independent testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services and develop the very standards that drive the food, water, and life sciences industries worldwide. We empower our clients to navigate shifting regulations to improve consumer health, safety, and quality of life. One of our core values is We Are One NSF. This means that while we’re one team, we embrace the cultural, ethnic, language, and demographic diversity that reflects the societies in which we live and work. Come join a team that makes a difference in the world. More information about NSF can be found at nsf.org.
NSF is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that NSF is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies/search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to an NSF employee by a third-party agency without a valid written & signed search agreement between NSF and said third-party agency will become the sole property of NSF. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
About The Team
We build awareness and value in the global NSF brand. Our teams include Standards, Growth Acceleration, Communications, and Government Affairs. We act as NSF’s global ambassadors, championing our integrity, expertise, capabilities and resources, working with our internal partners to deliver real value to our clients and NSF.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as an Internal Communications Specialist
Document your specialized communications credentials early
PERM requires your employer to define minimum qualifications before advertising the role. Gather transcripts, writing portfolios, and employer letters now that confirm your degree field and any progressive experience, so the job description matches your actual background at filing.
Target organizations with dedicated internal comms functions
Corporate headquarters, hospital systems, federal contractors, and large universities regularly sponsor Internal Communications Specialists because these roles are specialized enough to pass PERM's recruitment test. Organizations with one-person comms teams rarely have the HR infrastructure to run a compliant PERM process.
Search employer green card filing history on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers who have filed PERM applications for communications roles. Seeing verified green card sponsorship history by occupation tells you which employers have already built the process infrastructure rather than guessing from job postings alone.
Align your O*NET occupation code with the job description
PERM filings reference Standard Occupational Classification codes. Confirm that your target role maps to the correct O*NET profile for Internal Communications Specialists so your employer's prevailing wage determination and recruitment steps match what you actually do.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
DOL sets four wage levels for each occupation and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your role and metro area. If the offer falls below the applicable level, the PERM application cannot proceed until your employer adjusts the offered salary.
Understand priority date backlogs before you file
EB-2 and EB-3 both carry per-country annual limits. Nationals of India and China routinely face multi-year priority date backlogs regardless of which category their employer files under. Check the USCIS Visa Bulletin monthly to track your expected wait after I-140 approval.
Green Card Internal Communications Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Internal Communications Specialist role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Internal Communications Specialist positions qualify under EB-3 when the role requires a bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, or a related field. If your employer can document that the position requires an advanced degree or that you hold a bachelor's plus five years of progressive specialized experience, EB-2 may apply. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the correct category based on the actual job requirements, not your personal credentials alone.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa grants temporary nonimmigrant status for up to six years without changing your immigration category. Green card sponsorship through PERM is a multi-step permanent residence process: your employer first obtains a prevailing wage determination from DOL, conducts a formal recruitment test to confirm no qualified U.S. worker is available, files the PERM application, then files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. Approval leads to lawful permanent residence, not a renewable temporary status. Priority date backlogs can extend the total timeline significantly for nationals of high-demand countries.
What does the PERM recruitment process look like for an Internal Communications Specialist?
Your employer must run a government-mandated recruitment effort before filing the PERM application with DOL. This includes mandatory job posting steps such as print advertisements, internal job postings, and additional recruitment steps specified by DOL regulations. The employer must document that no qualified, available U.S. worker applied for the position. The process typically spans several months before the actual PERM application is submitted, and DOL then reviews the filing for compliance.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for Internal Communications roles?
Start your search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces U.S. employers with verified PERM filing history searchable by occupation and location. Prioritizing employers who have already run a compliant PERM process for communications roles dramatically increases your odds of reaching an offer that actually proceeds to green card filing, rather than employers who express willingness but lack the HR infrastructure to execute it.
Can I change employers after my green card process has started?
AC21 job portability lets you change to a same or similar occupation once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more. If you change employers before that threshold, your pending I-485 is typically abandoned and the PERM process must restart. A previously approved I-140 may allow your priority date to carry over to a new employer's petition, which can shorten the restart timeline, but you'll need to confirm this with an immigration attorney before making any move.