Responsibilities

• Analyze and document the current state of client programmatic strategies and communication approaches across multiple programs and projects, identifying gaps and opportunities for greater integration and consistency.
• Advise senior client leadership, including executive and senior leadership teams, on internal and external communications strategy, positioning, and messaging.
• Support client engagement with external stakeholders, including partner agencies, international statistical or geospatial organizations, and industry or professional associations, on strategic communications matters.
• Develop and deliver written reports, briefings, presentations, and recommendations to client leadership and Reingold program management on a recurring (e.g., biweekly) cadence or as directed.
• Partner with cross-functional creative, research, and digital delivery teams to ensure internal communications strategy aligns with and reinforces broader outreach and communication plans.
• Identify communications-related risks and issues across client programs and recommend mitigation strategies, contributing updates to the program risk register as appropriate.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on internal communications and organizational strategy, mentoring less-experienced consultants supporting the same client engagement.
• Maintain compliance with client confidentiality and data-protection requirements, including completing any required government data-handling or facility-access training.
• Support Reingold business development activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant experience in strategic communications, public affairs, organizational communications, or a related field, or a master’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives or senior leadership teams on internal and/or external communications strategy.
• Experience analyzing and documenting communications practices, programs, or strategies across complex, multi-program organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive-level briefings, reports, and presentations.
• Active U.S. Public Trust determination, or ability to obtain one, and ability to obtain Census Bureau facility access/badging and complete required Title 13 confidentiality training.

Preferred

• Prior experience supporting the U.S. Census Bureau or another federal statistical or economic agency.
• Active membership or experience working with international statistical or geospatial organizations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent program/project management credential.
• Experience in a professional services, consulting, or agency environment supporting government clients.
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement involving international statistical, geospatial, or standards-setting organizations.
• Experience mentoring or providing subject-matter guidance to junior communications staff.

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible for comprehensive health and wellness benefits, 401(k) employer contributions and matching, and other benefits.