Job Description
Assistant Director for Communications
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Summary
The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking a highly-motivated and capable executive to serve as the Assistant Director for Communications.
This position is a Senior Executive Service (SES) career-reserved position. Positions in the SES are not graded. SES pay is commensurate with qualifications. SES employees are eligible for bonuses and awards based on performance. Veteran's preference is not applicable to SES.
Duties
The Assistant Director for Communications is responsible for the following activities:
Leads the Census Bureau's programs related to media relations, stakeholder engagement, legislative and intergovernmental affairs, and relationships with other non-governmental organizations, as well as the communications campaigns for censuses and surveys.
Responsible for the Census Bureau's "brand management" efforts and for establishing and managing an integrated communications operation to detect, respond and measure social intelligence related to the Census Bureau and the decennial census based on historic and real-time response and communications data to proactively improve the perception of Census Bureau operations and its reputation.
Represents the agency as a high-level official in a variety of governmental and public forums, including Congress, meetings of State Data Center and Census Information Center directors, national governmental and non-governmental organizations, private technology sector companies, the National Academy of Sciences, the Office of the Inspector General, the General Accounting Office, and other organizations.
Manages the administrative, staffing and budget functions for the Communications Directorate, and oversees ongoing functional area operations and coordination with the Census Bureau program directorates.
Travel Required: Occasional Travel
Description: Travel may be required to attend or present at meetings and conferences on topics relevant to the U.S. Census Bureau's mission.