Public Sector Strategy Senior Communications Lead

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Job Description

The California State Controller's Office (SCO) is currently implementing a large and complex SaaS solution to support the California State Payroll System (CSPS) project. CSPS is a massive project, and the implementation includes both Personnel and Payroll functionality to support the needs of some 300,000 employees across 160 agencies and 21 bargaining units. With an estimated project budget exceeding $1 billion and staffing approaching 200 IT professionals, this highly complex effort is expected to continue for the next several years.

Senior Communications Lead

The Senior Communications Lead is responsible for assessing needs, defining alternatives, and developing and delivering project and project team communications in the following areas :

• Develop and deliver internal CSPS project team communications strategies that ensure consistent understanding of project components and events across functional, technical, OCM, IV&V and other workstreams.
• Lead / coordinate communication activities with the OCM and PMO Communication specialists.
• Provide public affairs and public relations expertise in assisting with development and delivery of planned communications to external stakeholders and agencies.
• As directed by the CSPS Project Manager, develop and deliver executive level presentations and written reports to communicate major events, risks / issues, alternatives analysis and required decisions, or other items.
• Assist in ongoing evaluation and updating of the CSPS Communications Plan, including providing recommendations and assessing the impact of potential changes in communication strategies and tactics.

Additional Qualifications

The Senior Communications Lead role requires proven project management skills in a highly complex and large-scale IT implementation. The successful candidate will need to work well in a dynamic environment, providing exceptional client service with outstanding professionalism. The role requires direct interaction with client and system integrator staff, as well as :

Other

Candidates will need to complete and pass a background check conducted by SCO prior to beginning work. Remote work is allowed, but staff must be based in the continental United States. With advance notice, project staff will occasionally need to travel to Sacramento for project meetings. Visio experience is desirable, but not required. Normal working hours are 8 : 00 AM to 5 : 00 PM Pacific time. All staff, regardless of location, are required to perform duties within those hours.

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