Census Bureau hiring Charleston office managers

The government giveth; the government taketh away.

The U.S. Census Bureau will pay managers for a new Charleston office up to $26 an hour, but the jobs are good only through the 2010 census.

The bureau is taking applications for six managers for the Charleston office, who would start to work in late September of early October, Charlotte Regional Census Center Media Specialist Steve Rutherford said Wednesday.

The office manager, of course, will make the most money at $26 an hour. The assistant manager for field operations will make $21.50 an hour. The assistant managers for recruiting, quality assurance, administration and technology will each make $18.25 an hour.

Officials have been scouting out sites and may have already chose one, but it's not been announced yet, Rutherford said.

The managers will oversee 10 to 15 supervisors and 400 to 600 crew leaders and surveyors, who will be hired later.

The deadline for submitting an application is Aug. 1. The bureau expects about 1,000 applications, Rutherford said, so competition will be stiff.

Charleston office managers: www.census.gov/rocha/www/charleston2010j... >Field representatives: www.census.gov/rocha/www/4321.html