Job Description
The Community Engagement Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and coordinating a robust community relations strategy, with a particular focus on building relationships with community partners, civic engagement, community outreach, and engaging Jefferson County residents. The Community Engagement Coordinator will work to develop and implement initiatives that engage and mobilize community members. Will work to build the community with equitable practices that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion. Position must protect privacy and confidentiality.
Cover Letter and Resume Required - Upload cover letter document alongside resume during the 'attachments' step in the application.
Hiring Range: $54,978.32 - $70,097.36
- Establishes and develops strong relationships and alliances with government, education, corporate, nonprofit entities, and other key stakeholders to be a key partner in the civic life of Jefferson County community members. This includes strengthening existing relationships with partners to identify new ways of working together.
- Consults with leadership and staff to plan, design, implement, and evaluate strategic partnerships and participate in equitable community building initiatives, projects, and events.
- Facilitates equitable community events, meetings, and initiatives to foster relationship building, collaboration, and promote engagement.
- Coordinates formal gathering of community input and individual feedback that is used for developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving policies, programs, and services. Ensure that barriers to participation for culturally and economically diverse communities are identified and removed.
- Develop and maintain relationships with community leaders, Jefferson County residents and other key stakeholders to build and enhance equitable community engagement. Maintains contact information and lists, assisting with email correspondence, coordinating, and participating in public meetings.
- Provide ongoing input, information, and materials regarding engagement efforts. Support communications and public information initiatives with various methods, including digital platforms and creating printed materials.
- Collect, analyze, and maintain data to evaluate the effectiveness of engagement initiatives and inform future program development. Share and present reports and findings to community partners and key stakeholders.
- Help to manage and maintain social media accounts.
- Help maintain media relationships to include press relations, press kits and press releases.
- Other duties as assigned.
Cover Letter and Resume Required.
Required - 3-5 years related work experience.
Required - Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations, Business Management or relevant field.
Preferred - 7-10 years work experience conducting community relations and collaborating with partners to engage a targeted audience.
Preferred - Bilingual (English/Spanish).
*Candidates with diverse backgrounds strongly encourage to apply.
*Candidates that meet required but not preferred skills/experience encouraged to apply.
Benefits & Additional Compensation Info
Our mission at Jefferson County includes providing exceptional service to the members of our community, and we believe that we can empower our employees to provide that service by providing excellent benefits, including: generous paid time off in addition to paid holidays, flexible schedules to encourage work/life balance, wellness opportunities to encourage maintaining a healthy lifestyle, tuition reimbursement programs, trainings for personal and professional growth, retirement savings plans with company match, and Medical/Vision/Dental plans customizable to your budget for individuals and families.
The Community
Jefferson County Public Library is committed to providing an inclusive workplace. We seek individuals with the same passion and commitment to providing equal access to information and opportunities for our community. We value diversity and strive to incorporate our values: innovation, accountability and excellence in all our work and interactions.
OUR PROMISE
Jefferson County Public Library will always be here to connect you to the people, ideas and inspiration for whatever's next in life. Define your destination, and we'll help you get there. So you can always be learning. Always be creating. And always be discovering something new.
MISSION
We help to build an educated and vibrant community by providing equal access to information and opportunities.
VISION
We will be the essential destination where all generations connect, discover, and create.
VALUES
We serve with care; everyone is welcome here. We meet you where you are, give you our full attention, and strive to exceed your expectations.
Our core values are Innovation, Accountability, and Excellence.