Public Outreach Officer

Full Job Description

As a public outreach officer, you'll support executive leadership in advancing ODNI priorities and building trust with stakeholders.

Ideal candidates have a background in public outreach, event planning, and protocol.

You're an excellent communicator, strategic thinker, and thrive under deadlines with impeccable attention to detail, committed to your own professional development.

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question.

By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?

Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?

Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?

Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.

How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements?

Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Thorough knowledge of the ODNI, IC, Congress, and the overall national security apparatus.

Oral and written communication skills sufficient to conduct independent research, filter and synthesize data, and produce clear, logical, and concise products.

Interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with a variety of audiences and convey information to a variety of audiences with different levels of comprehension of ODNI's mission, vision and goals.

Analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically and to develop and produce complex public affairs information and materials.

Ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail; ability to work effectively with ODNI's senior leaders in a high profile and demanding office.

Ability to develop innovative and flexible solutions that result in the identification of new or innovative ways to handle unfamiliar or complex problems, make contributions to group efforts, and take initiative.

Ability to listen to, clarify, and convey understanding of others' ideas, comments, and questions as well as the ability to integrate and build upon various opinions. Major Duties:

Organize public outreach events for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI), and other ODNI senior leadership.

Manage relationships with host organizations, identifying external relation requirements and coordinating with the appropriate ODNI components on the recommendation, planning, and execution of events; ensure principals have necessary information to prepare for events.

Maintain productive working relationships with staff in other communications organizations in the Intelligence Community (IC), and, as appropriate, community leaders, policy groups, and/or concerned constituencies to provide information about ODNI mission, programs, and activities.

Develop and disseminate information to stakeholders using a full range of media and communication methods; based on assignment, methods may include Town Halls, roundtables, ODNI senior principal speeches and Congressional testimony, workforce memorandums, ODNI brochures and publications, press releases, questions and answers (Q&A) and frequently asked questions (FAQs) documents, Internet and web 2.0 communications, and/or video presentations.

Manage and synchronize ODNI public outreach activities with internal communications and media relations activities to ensure comprehensive distribution of key information to relevant audiences and stakeholders.