The Role
Lead strategic communications and external media support for DHS leadership. Manage executive correspondence, speeches, talking points, briefing materials, media responses, and public-facing content. Coordinate communications teams, stakeholders, and subject-matter experts while overseeing planning, workload prioritization, quality assurance, content governance, and correspondence tracking. Translate complex economic and performance data into executive-ready and public-facing communications, provide strategic counsel, and ensure accuracy, consistency, policy alignment, and timely delivery.
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Communications Manager
The Position:
We are seeking driven, thoughtful candidates with experience in communications, policy, and publications to support impactful initiatives for our Federal clients at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
As a Communications Specialist with Censeo, you will support external communications and media outreach for the DHS procurement office.
Key Responsibilities:
The Company:
Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions.At Censeo, our award-winning culture means you’ll join a tight-knit community of 75 brilliant and passionate colleagues. We are advocates for a better functioning public sector, and we’re also good friends who know the names of each other’s dogs. Our philosophy is horizontal, not hierarchical, and our open-door policy encourages a culture of entrepreneurship at all levels. We share successes, make decisions together, and foster an environment for those with passion and initiative to lead. Our colleagues bring their own unique personalities to work every day and use them to help shape our growing firm in ways that reach far beyond client projects.
The Location:
Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. We work in a hybrid setting with flexibility to work from home and work in our office conveniently located in the heart of downtown, just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.
The Fine Print:
Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.
Join Our Award-Winning Culture!
Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us…
#LI-Hybrid
The Position:
We are seeking driven, thoughtful candidates with experience in communications, policy, and publications to support impactful initiatives for our Federal clients at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
As a Communications Specialist with Censeo, you will support external communications and media outreach for the DHS procurement office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery of executive correspondence and external communications support services for DHS leadership.
- Serve as the primary communications lead responsible for task planning, quality management, workload prioritization, and stakeholder coordination.
- Oversee development of executive correspondence, speeches, talking points, briefing materials, media responses, and public-facing communications products.
- Provide strategic communications counsel to government leadership and support high-visibility communications initiatives.
- Establish and manage correspondence tracking processes, content governance frameworks, and quality assurance procedures.
- Coordinate activities across communications, correspondence, and digital content teams to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Monitor risks, priorities, and emerging communications requirements while ensuring consistent quality across all deliverables
The Ideal Candidate:
At Censeo, we value unique perspectives and a passion for solving complex problems. Our team thrives on innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to public service. We’re looking for candidates who bring curiosity, initiative, and a desire to make a meaningful impact.
At Censeo, we value unique perspectives and a passion for solving complex problems. Our team thrives on innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to public service. We’re looking for candidates who bring curiosity, initiative, and a desire to make a meaningful impact.
- BA/BS required in Communications, Political Science, Economics, Public Policy, or a closely related field
- 6+ years of experience with strategic communications, performance reporting, policy communications, or federal program support
- Demonstrated experience supporting or working with Federal agencies
- Experience managing communications and reporting for complex, data‑driven programs
- Strong ability to translate complex economic and performance data into clear, concise briefings, executive‑ready presentations, and public‑facing digital content
- Experience working across organizational boundaries to develop realistic, innovative solutions to complex policy and operational challenges
- Ability to position findings effectively for public visibility while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and policy alignment
- Comfort coordinating with communications teams, leadership, and subject‑matter experts on external messaging
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to synthesize complex information
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
The Company:
Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions.
The Location:
Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. We work in a hybrid setting with flexibility to work from home and work in our office conveniently located in the heart of downtown, just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.
The Fine Print:
- The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000 depending on experience
- Expected travel 0-10%; may increase based on business needs
- This is an exempt, full-time position
- This role is subject to a hybrid work schedule
- Essential Physical Functions
- Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
- Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another
Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.
Join Our Award-Winning Culture!
Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us…
- 2024 Vault #41 Consulting 50 North America
- 2024 Vault #7 Best Consulting Firm for Hours in the Office
- 2023 Vault #9 Best Consulting Firm for Work/Life Balance
- 2023 Vault #23 Best Consulting Firm for Overall Diversity
- 2023 Management Consulted #3 Best Boutique Firms in Washington DC
- 2022 Vault #41 Best Overall Consulting Firm to Work For
- 2020 Vault #21 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2019 Ivy Exec #7 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2018 Consulting Magazine Best Small Firms to Work For
- 2017 Vault #12 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2016 Forbes Best Management Consulting Firms in America
- 2015 Washington Business Journal’s Philanthropy List
#LI-Hybrid
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Political Science, Economics, Public Policy, or a closely related field
- 6 or more years of experience in strategic communications, performance reporting, policy communications, or federal program support
- Experience supporting or working with federal agencies
- Experience managing communications and reporting for complex, data-driven programs
- Ability to translate complex economic and performance data into concise briefings, executive-ready presentations, and public-facing digital content
- Experience developing solutions to complex policy and operational challenges across organizational boundaries
- Ability to position findings for public visibility while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and policy alignment
- Ability to coordinate with communications teams, leadership, and subject-matter experts on external messaging
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including synthesizing complex information
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
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The Company
What We Do
Running an organization and executing plans is hard work. Our proven approach to operational excellence and delivering results combines a focus on outcomes, data-driven insights, and ongoing collaboration. Censeo is recognized for its focus on its people and unique business model by the world’s leading business newspapers and the most respected industry magazines: • 2020 Fortune America's Best Consulting Firms • 2019 Top Consulting Firm by Ivy Exec • 2015 Top Workplaces by Washington Post • 2015 Top 5 Best Consulting Firms to Work For by IvyExec • 2010-2015 Top 25 Consulting Firms by Vault (No. 2 in work/life balance!) • 2014 "Best Small Firms to Work For" by Consulting Magazine • 2014 "Excellence in Social & Community Investment" by Consulting Magazine • 2012 “Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100” • 2009 “Top Small Workplaces” by The Wall Street Journal • 2009 “Best Small Firms to Work For” by Consulting magazine • 2008 “Small Jewel” by Consulting Magazine
