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Public Engagement and Communications SpecialistHNTB Corporation • Kansas City, MO, United States
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Public Engagement and Communications Specialist

Public Engagement and Communications Specialist

HNTB Corporation • Kansas City, MO, United States
9 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Opportunity at HNTB

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for supporting the coordination and implementation of public engagement and involvement programs for infrastructure projects. This position assists with the development of communication strategies including materials, and digital and print content, researches and gathers data and creates and provides project messaging resources to educate the community about transportation infrastructure projects. Additionally, this position will assist in recordkeeping and reporting, as appropriate.

What You'll Do:

  • Develops and assists with the implementation of communication and outreach strategies to educate the public and stakeholders on infrastructure projects. This could include research, outreach strategies, and best practices.
  • Conducts routine investigations and collects data needed for effective communications strategies and/or to fulfill federal regulatory outreach requirements, including environmental impact evaluations if applicable.
  • Prepares and coordinates dissemination of outreach materials, facts and information on project messaging to stakeholders according to the public outreach plan including external agencies, associations, and news organizations using print, periodicals, radio, social and/or visual communication media.
  • Tracks and maintains routine records and reports related to public involvement meetings, public hearings and outreach events.
  • Drafts speeches, create and design presentation materials, and/or compose correspondence for use in mailings, meetings, or other public consumption.
  • Responsible for initial fact checking for reports, articles, and other publications.
  • Reports key performance indicators (KPIs) to indicate a campaign's milestones.
  • Helps coordinate community meetings, public forums, working groups and other public meetings including scheduling, determining location, advertising, and ensuring proper setup/tear down and relevant collateral materials according to client expectation and project goals and budget.
  • May interact with clients to coordinate implementation of communication and outreach programs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field and 3 years of relevant experience, or
  • In lieu of education, 7 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

  • Assisting with social media (e.g., monitoring social media, assisting with strategy and content development) with guidance from more experienced staff.
  • Developing materials and documents using Adobe (e.g., Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy) and Microsoft products. Proficient with PowerPoint formatting, consistency, and editing templates.
  • Maintaining and updating stakeholder database by reviewing and fact-checking to ensure edits have been made.
  • Researching with guidance from senior staff.
  • Supporting the logistics of the public outreach plan (e. g. venue coordination, logistics, generating materials, and staffing), developing materials checklist, and providing oversight for event management. Interacting with clients, the public, internal partners, and others.
  • Using basic graphic design skills and following existing style guides with guidance from more-senior staff. Giving direction about complex visuals/materials to Graphic Designers.

What We Prefer:

  • Positive self-starter attitude and ability to be flexible
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Experience with excel and database management
  • Interest and working knowledge of government relations

Locations:

Kansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway)

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