Assistant Police Director of Communications

Pay Range: $57.69/hr. - $74.52/hr. | $120,000 - $155,000 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, January 23, 2026 📅

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

An Assistant Police Director of Communications job is available with the City of Fort Worth within the Police Chief’s Office of the Fort Worth Police department. Under the direction of the Police Chief’s Office, the Assistant Police Director will assist in the planning, developing, implementing, and managing the dissemination of news and information (verbal and written) to the public, Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) employees, and the media regarding departmental and/or Citywide programs.

The Assistant Police Director supports crisis responses and manages crisis communications, media relations for critical incidents and helps build community trust. This position also develops and ensures a consistent messaging and branded presentation of content on various FWPD platforms, including but not limited to the website, social media, printed and electronic publications and news releases. This position also works closely with the Chief Communications Officer position in the City Manager’s Office to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent messaging on various print and media related content as well as critical incident situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Business Administration, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Social Sciences, Marketing or a related field

• Five (5) years of increasingly related responsible experience with a proven track record with traditional, digital and crisis communication

• At least two (2) years in a manager or supervisory role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leading, managing and developing strategic relationships with key points of contact in a complex organization

• Managing integrated communications and marketing campaigns via multiple platforms

• Designing and delivering multiple programs, projects and tasks in a dynamic environment

The Assistant Police Director of Communications job responsibilities include:

• Works directly with the Chief of Police to establish strategic departmental messaging

• Oversees the PIO team to ensure cohesive communication and effective and efficient media outreach

• Directs the daily operations of a public information, including overseeing staff responsible for research and compilation of statistical and historical data

• Sets and develops FWPD messaging and communications strategies in alignment with department and citywide framework

• Manages responses to breaking news, critical incidents, and helps keeps the public abreast of major department announcements

• Assists in researching issues and drafting communications for the Chief of Police and develops talking points for public information officers and community engagement

• Plans, reviews, edits, writes, produces and manages content for internal/external communications, marketing, promotional materials, website and social media, monitoring effectiveness and impact

• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with the local media and civic organizations and serves as a spokesperson and representative for the department to the media and external organizations including community, schools, and government groups when necessary

Working Conditions and Physical Demand as stated on official City job description

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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Working Conditions

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.