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DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE

U.S. Marine Corps · Department of the Navy

Public Affairs

Salary
$199,172–$228,000/year
Grade
00
Work location
Telework eligible · Pentagon, Virginia
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Oct 16, 2026
Apply by
Oct 29, 2026
Category
Public Affairs

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Summary

You will serve as the Director in the Communication Directorate, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. The Director is the key civilian Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) officer within the directorate, providing strategic public affairs advice, counsel, and support to the CMC and other senior military leaders of HQMC and the Department of War (DoW).

Duties

You will lead Service-level planning, coordination, execution, and enterprise oversight of Marine Corps communication strategy and visual information activities.

You will formulate and communicate Marine Corps positions on complex issues to Headquarters Marine Corps, Department of War, combatant commands, and interagency stakeholders.

You will advise senior leaders on communication strategy, the information environment, and campaigns that advance Commandant of the Marine Corps goals and audience engagement.

You will assess political and information environments and integrate communication strategies into Marine Corps programs, plans, policies, and operations.

You will provide Service-wide policy guidance and support for communication research, planning, execution, and evaluation for Marines and civilian employees.

You will advance communication strategy capabilities through contemporary practices from academic, independent, public-sector, and private-sector sources.

You will guide policy, planning, programming, budgeting, and resource management, including personnel, contracts, performance measures, and an approximate $5B annual budget.

How you will be evaluated

Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be conducted. If you meet minimum qualifications, your Application Package will be further reviewed to determine if you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and Technical Qualifications (TQ) listed above. ECQs and TQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume. Separate narratives will not be accepted or reviewed. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualifications certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualifications Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's application will be forwarded to the OPM for review and certification by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive status (i.e., a current SES, OPM QRB certified SESCDP graduate, or SES reinstatement eligible). Upon QRB certification, the selected individual will be required to serve a one-year probationary period. For more information regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

About this listing

U.S. Marine Corps has 27 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in Pentagon, Virginia. See all U.S. Marine Corps listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $199,172 to $228,000 a year.

This announcement is open for 13 days, from Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026. Among currently open Public Affairs postings, the typical advertised window is about 11 days.

Who can apply: the public (U.S. citizens), plus Senior Executive Service candidates. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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