Company: EnviroIssues (Seattle, WA)

Job Summary:

Our EnviroIssues team is passionate about supporting communities in having a voice and opportunity to influence the issues impacting their everyday life. As a consulting firm, we work with a wide variety of clients, mainly in the public sector, on community engagement and outreach to bring people’s voices into a variety of projects – whether that’s addressing wastewater discharge into Puget Sound, large infrastructure projects in Seattle, replacing a bridge in Portland, or helping communities plan how they grow. While our largest area of work is transportation and transit, we also work in water utilities, land use, natural resources, climate, cleanup, energy, and other sectors that impact people in our communities.

We believe Black Lives Matter and are committed to a journey toward being a human-centered and antiracist workplace. We have a long way to go to address our structural and institutional racism and come together as a community for mutual support and respect.

The ideal candidate will see themselves in this antiracism journey and bring a passion to outreach, community engagement, or the types of projects we do including transit, transportation, water, environmental cleanup, natural resources, facilitation, planning, design, and construction.

The role

As a Community Engagement Project Manager, you are passionate and find joy in community engagement. You care about developing strategies and processes to gather community feedback on the projects we work on. You understand what’s needed to do meaningful community engagement and value all aspects of the work from developing strategy to entering community feedback into databases. 

As a consultant, you will work with clients to meet expectations, offer strategic advice on community engagement activities. In this role, you will be an advocate for the community engagement process rather than a specific project outcome. You will have the opportunity to work on fast-paced, collaborative, and impactful projects to develop and implement equity-oriented community engagement and public involvement strategies for a variety of public and private clients and audiences. 

In this role, you are the day-to-day project manager or deputy project manager for a variety of projects ranging from transportation, natural resources, research, and infrastructure improvement. In this role, you will:

• Managing implementation for small and/or multiple projects with confidence in decision-making and in partnership with strategic advisors. This includes developing and collaborating on community engagement strategies and activities; offering clear and consistent communication between all project stakeholders; ensuring effective and appropriate internal review coordination of materials and service, while accounting for quality product delivery to clients.
• Actively strive to meet client deadlines, deliver work within project budget constraints, and address emerging project needs by being willing to adjust strategy, timeline, and focus on positive outcomes
• Offer strategic input on community engagement and public engagement approaches to clients, partners, and stakeholders and support successful delivery of project work regardless of your role on project
• Understand client needs and identify opportunities and constraints to further integrate equity into each task/project and work effectively with clients, including being responsive, sharing recommendations, and responding effectively to client feedback
• Take part in, and possibly lead, difficult conversations with clients and partners to address issues and feedback as they emerge.
• Work alongside and manage project teams of various sizes. You will delegate work activities and ensure an understanding of goals, provide clear and consistent communication with all team members, and have difficult conversations amongst the team when appropriate. This includes sharing feedback on team member performance.
• Actively seek opportunities to develop and offer coaching and mentoring to team members. Utilize strategies to understand team members goals, needs, and inspirations to build regular opportunities for learning and reflection for growth.
• Engage in the giving and receiving of growth-minded feedback with team members, clients, and community partners. Be willing and curious about how to continue your own growth and development based on feedback you receive.
• Actively supporting racial equity and anti-racism in the work being done on the project
• Engage in management of the project’s contract, including developing accurate monthly progress reports and invoices, developing scopes and budgets with defined rate structures, and delivering project work within budget while meeting client expectation
• Lead and support project marketing and business development efforts in consultation with the Corporate Communications team, staff members, and senior leadership including, developing specific approaches for winning projects within a given sector, and supporting company business objectives
• Engaging in our company’s commitment to being anti-racist by engaging in individual and collective learning, strategizing, behavior change, and embedding racial equity into your daily practices

Conditions of employment

• A valid driver's license or government issued ID Card is required
• Local travel to sites/events for in-person outreach, sometimes this may occur outside of regular business hours
• Occasional weekend and evening work to meet client needs
• Reside in the state of Washington

Benefits

• Salary to range between $74,880 and $91,520 annually depending on experience
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Ability to work remotely, in an EI office, or a hybrid of remote and in office depending on your preferences
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage for employees and their families (spouses, domestic partners, and children)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
• Voluntary long-term disability and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A pet-friendly environment
• A fully funded transit pass

Closing date: April 14, 2023

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