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Congressional Budget Office

Chief of Media Relations , ES-1035-00


Announcement Number:
24-40
Application Deadline:
09/15/2024
Job Location:
Open Date:
08/30/2024
Salary Range:
$148,000.00
$185,000.00
Location Notes:
Across from Federal Center SW metro stop
Pay Schedule:
Annual
Work Schedule:
Full Time
Time Limit:
Permanent
Promotion Potential:
0
Number of Vacancies:
1




Agency Marketing Statement:

  • The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.

Duties:

  • The Chief of Media Relations will be a part of the Director of Legislative and Public Affairs' team to disseminate its analysis as clearly and accurately as possible and to provide the Congress with objective, nonpartisan analysis. Key responsibilities will include:

    - Proactively engaging with media outlets and responding to external inquiries about CBO analyses in coordination with CBO staff;
    - Serving as CBO's spokesperson for communicating the agency's analytic products, which are often complex, to various media outlets;
    - Working with senior leaders to develop CBO's communications and social media strategies;
    - Preparing CBO's Director and other managers for periodic presentations to various groups and occasional press conferences, radio and TV interviews, and other public-facing events;
    - Working with CBO's website team to manage the agency's digital content; and
    - Facilitating interactions with foreign and domestic delegations interested in learning about CBO's activities.


Contact Information:

CBO Human Resources
000-000-0000
careers@cbo.gov