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Senior Advisor - Census Consultant


The National Urban League seeks an individual to serve as Senior Advisor - Census Consultant. He or she will support the work of the Equitable Justice Division in representing the interests of the National Urban League and its affiliates before policy and decision makers. Additionally, the Senior Advisor will also have an active role in community outreach and strategically shape the League’s census activities and advocacy. The ideal consultant should have 7- 10 years of progressively responsible experience in census related work, along with demonstrated ability to build strategic relationships, as well as conceptualizing, planning implementing and managing projects from conceptualization through implementation.

The role requires strong communication (written and oral), policy & analytical, digital, and technological skills. The consultant must be able to use these skills to convey ideas and positions to diverse group that may consist of technical and non-technical audiences. Additionally, the Senior Advisor must be able to prioritize a wide range of duties and responsibilities, organize tasks, produce under tight deadlines, and remain flexible to changing and multiple requests.

Scope of Work:

  • Work with national census stakeholder coalition organizations (i.e., Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and others), to keep abreast of census developments and status and advocate on behalf of National Urban League and Black Roundtable concerns and interests.
  • Attend National Advisory Committee or other Census Advisory Committee meetings where the Urban League is seated and make recommendations reflecting National Urban League and Black Roundtable interests.
  • Provide updates to NUL affiliates on Census developments and status.
  • Provide social media content, messaging and updates for NUL’s Make Black Count website.
  • Assess implications regarding the Black undercount related to 2020 Census data, and regularly brief the Census Black Roundtable and National Urban League executive team.
  • Speak and/or present on Census topics at events, webinars, National Urban League annual conferences, etc. 
  • Provide insight on Census public policy issues tied to related grant opportunities (i.e., Census legacies, etc.).
  • Engage the Census Quality Reinforcement Working Group, including, but not limited to:

(1) engaging the Census Quality Reinforcement Working Group on research and advocacy efforts.

(2) actively participating in at least one of the working groups; and

(3) ensuring National Urban League messaging and advocacy efforts are coordinated and aligned with the overall outcomes of the Census Quality Reinforcement Working Group as it pertains to data accuracy for the Black population and communities of color.  

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