Community Engagement Associate

About the role

The Deschutes Land Trust is seeking a Community Engagement Associate to join its dedicated team. Since 1995, the Land Trust has protected over 18,700 acres throughout Central Oregon for future generations. The Land Trust embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and is committed to building a conservation community with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and life experiences.

Responsibilities

• Implement social media content to increase community engagement and visibility for the Land Trust.
• Create, share, and moderate branded content (text, images, video) across various social media channels.
• Aid in the writing and production of communications materials (print and digital).
• Perform data entry (keywording and metadata) for the Land Trust’s digital photo library.
• Track communications analytics.
• Provide administrative support to volunteer programs, including form tracking and volunteer hour tracking.
• Staff and engage with the community at events across Central Oregon, both during the week and on evenings and weekends.
• Set up events in our online registration system and on our website.
• Provide event registration support for Land Trust events, including keeping participant lists accurate and full, updating our website, adding events to online calendars, and helping participants register either online or via phone.
• Provide customer support to participants of Land Trust programs, volunteer opportunities, and other Land Trust events.
• Complete post-event follow-up and list reconciliation for Community Engagement programs and events.
• Provide other support to the Community Engagement team as needed.

Requirements

• Two years’ experience in communications or marketing, including writing and drafting brand-aligned content for digital and print communications, or a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Proven experience communicating effectively, tactfully, and diplomatically in person and in writing with a diverse community.
• Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and time-management skills. Strong ability to set priorities and meet deadlines to complete tasks efficiently and effectively while handling multiple priorities.
• Passion and commitment to the mission, vision, and values of the Deschutes Land Trust.
• Commitment to applying diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and practices within an organization to your work. Commitment to fostering an inclusive Land Trust community, where people of all identities are represented and feel welcome.
• Strong grasp of current office computer applications, including Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and social media platforms (Facebook Business Suite, Later).
• Experience with web-based content management systems (Constant Contact, Eventbrite) and design-based programs (Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, Mediagraph, InDesign, Canva).

Benefits

This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $42,000 to $52,000, plus generous benefits including health insurance, a 403B retirement plan with matched contributions, volunteer time off, 20 paid days off annually to start, and 13 paid holidays annually.

Pay

$42,000-52,000 depending on experience

Schedule

40 hours/week