AECOM's West Region Strategic Communications Group is looking for a Community Engagement Specialist II to assist with public outreach and communications for projects in Wisconsin and around the country. This will be a hybrid position which requires three days a week in-office at our Milwaukee, WI location.
Job Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with Project Managers on strategies, best practices, and potential risks associated with engaging stakeholders and the public for input on projects.
- Contributes to the development of communications and public outreach plans with innovative strategies to increase community engagement and participation in projects.
- Identifies and maps key stakeholders and community profiles for client projects.
- Develops themes, core messages and collateral for multiple audiences and stakeholders, including digital users, the media, local communities, statutory bodies, technical groups, and elected representatives.
- Works on community engagement and communication activities and implements outreach campaign strategies with little supervision and within budget.
- Coordinates with other staff to prepare graphic displays and layouts for public information.
- Creates presentations for meetings with various stakeholders within a client’s brand guidelines.
- Engages and informs stakeholders, communities, and residents on public or private projects in-person and/or virtually, or through written materials.
- Drafts content for press releases, social media, websites, e-newsletters, stakeholder communications, fact sheets, and other materials for review by the Project Manager.
- Plans and executes in-person and virtual events and public meetings, including overseeing logistics and materials as well as evaluating and selecting venues and vendors.
- Provides acute attention to detail in the development and tracking of stakeholder communications.
- Manages stakeholder and public feedback and monitors communications channels.
- Develops surveys, analyzes feedback, and manages delivery of engagement reports summarizing public outreach efforts.
- Performs a self-check of work prior to submitting to others for review.
- Exercises sound judgment when communicating with internal and/or external clients or customers.
- Completes other tasks as directed by the Project Manager to support public outreach during the planning and design phases for projects underway in the community.