Community Outreach Lead – New Orleans

About the role

Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co‑workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so. Where it’s a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family. Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world‑class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.

Responsibilities

• Lead large teams of communications experts; ensure communications tasks are executed.
• Facilitate discussions within respective programs and create plans to promote better organizational coordination and management.
• Create and implement communication plans to ensure stakeholders receive information needed appropriately when being asked to make a decision.
• Write and edit documents to specific reading levels while ensuring they meet brand and style guidance.
• Translate highly technical textual information into a visual story that the audience can relate to and make decisions about.
• Provide highly detailed quality control and readability reviews.
• Manage and mentor junior staff working on project communications.
• Teach technical staff communications best practices.
• Interact with the public, especially disadvantaged communities, via virtual and on‑the‑ground community forums.
• Facilitate community engagement forums, such as public meetings, hearings, and listening sessions.
• Work with social media and electronic methods of survey and data collection; analyze that data efficiently.
• Create forums to brainstorm and act on ideas to improve communication best practices, and/or creatively address specific client challenges.
• Contribute to proposals to win more work, including writing public‑engagement related scope, building up a team, and estimating cost.
• Lead vast community engagement teams comprised of different firms working towards a unified goal and approach.
• Plan and facilitate internal and high‑stakes public meetings.
• Develop presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Help develop guidance and communication strategies for a variety of programs.
• Review communications deliverables for consistency and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 7 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required (frequency contingent on duties).
• An appropriate and valid driver's license is required.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of corporate governance practices, organization design principles, accounting principles, finance, supply chain management, and organization management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to understand highly complex technical, professional and business materials.

Pay

Pay range: USD $91,478.00 – USD $160,118.00.

Schedule

Some weekend and evening hours will be required to attend project public engagement events.