Chief, Strategic Planning, Performance, and Communications
Montgomery County, MD Government
Department of General Services
Rockville, MD, US
Salary Range - $102,572 - $181,149
The Department of General Services (DGS) is comprised of many and diverse functions sharing a common and critical mission: providing service to Montgomery County departments and offices that enables them to serve the public. Our success is measured by how we help others succeed. The Director’s office provides overall leadership for the department, including policy development, planning, performance measures, accountability, service integration and customer service. The Director’s office also administers day-to-day operations of the department, including operating and capital budget preparation and administration, training, contract management logistics, facilities support and human resources. We are one department, with one mission: Delivering Great Service.
Roles & Responsibilities
The Department of General Services is seeking a Manager II to develop and lead the implementation of the Department of General Service’s Strategic Plan. This position functions as a senior advisor for the DGS Director’s Office and facilitates the department’s strategic plan for departmental priorities. The position evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of departmental operations, directs organizational change, and departmental performance.
This position oversees all aspects of the department’s strategic communications for internal and external audiences. The position will develop and lead the implementation of short-term and long-term strategic communications plans and further refine DGS’s brand, messaging, marketing, and public information. The incumbent proactively promotes DGS’ accomplishments in a variety of ways, proactively advises senior managers and officials on high profile and sensitive issues, and manages communications responses with the media, social media, and the public. The incumbent coordinates all DGS grant initiatives and coordinates such efforts with other County departments and agencies.
Duties
It is expected the ideal candidate possess experience commensurate with the following duties, which will include, but are not limited to:
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in the communications sector or related fields and experience developing and implementing successful communications strategies; have excellent written, verbal, social media and website content communication skills; and demonstrated public relations, community, strategic and media communications success in a complex and dynamic environment. The candidate also should have experience presenting policies and rationales for action, including high-profile, politically sensitive issues, to stakeholders, community leaders, business groups, the general public, elected officials and others.
As a manager/supervisor of unionized employees, this position has a responsibility for fostering a positive labor relations environment based on mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.
This position requires the ability to attend meetings or perform work at locations outside the office, which occasionally occur on weeknights or weekends.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience: Seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in executive level management in strategic planning and policy, three years of which were in a supervisory or executive capacity. Note: The term “executive” is further defined as a high echelon or high-level position in an organization that is assigned technical research, management advisory services responsibilities, or policy-making duties and responsibilities that exerts considerable influence on organizational policy, plans, and operations through technical research, management advisory services, and/or policy-making duties and responsibilities (e.g., County positions at Grade 30 or above).
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
PREFERRED CRITERIA:
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications will be rated “Qualified” and placed on the Eligible List for consideration. Selection for interviews will be based on the following preferred criteria:
If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide a portfolio of writing samples, including strategic communications plans, press releases, social media posts, annual reports, policy statements, responses to inquiries on controversial topics, marketing campaign plans and/or materials and other appropriate work samples.
Montgomery County Government offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits.
To view the complete job announcement and to apply, please visit our website at
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Recruitment/MCGCareers.html
and click on the “Search Jobs and Apply” button.
Read the full job description under the “Managerial Executive” Job Category.
The requisition number is IRC62840.
Interested candidates must create an online account in order to apply.
This Recruitment Will Remain Open Till Position is Filled
All resume submissions must address the preferred criteria for the position,
which are listed in the full advertisement, preferably in a separate section of the resume.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Resume Preparation Tips
listed under the “Resources” tab on the Office of Human Resource’s MCG Careers webpage.
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