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.

Requirements

Qualifications

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): ECQ #1 - Leading Change: involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, and Vision. ECQ #2-Leading People: involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflict. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, and Team Building. ECQ #3 - Results Driven: involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, and Technical Credibility. ECQ #4 - Business Acumen: involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, and Technology Management. ECQ #5 - Building Coalitions: involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy and Influencing/Negotiating. Fundamental Competencies: These competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning and Public Service Motivation. Professional and Technical Qualifications (PTQs): Demonstrated experience promoting and marketing information which support the needs of a broad range of information users including federal, state, and local governments, public and private universities, researchers, the private and non-profit sectors, the media and the public. Demonstrated experience effectively managing a large communications operation, including directing and integrating large, complex and high profile communications plans across paid-media, earned-media, public relations, the Web, and social media effectively, efficiently, on budget and on time. Demonstrated experience dealing with Congress including preparations for committee hearings, briefings for expert staff, liaison with members and their staff as well as other Executive Branch agencies, and state and local governments, especially written and oral presentation skills explaining complex technical and operational issues for less expert audiences. For detailed guidance on ECQs, applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Executive Qualifications at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/ Example ECQ statements are available at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf

Contacts

• Address Census Executive Resources - All Directorates 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US
• Name: Nakia Oliver
• Phone: 301-763-5622
• Email: [email protected]