Public Involvement Specialist
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Excellent grammatical skills, excellent written and spoken English.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Project Management skills to coordinate multiple projects and competing demands.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local zoning regulations and procedures.
- Knowledge of risk communication principles.
- Ability to work independently or as a team, with strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent MS Office skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Adobe.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license with good record.
- Drug screen is required for this position.
Education and Experience
- Candidate should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience and be able to manage work products with minimum oversight.
- Experience in community outreach initiatives.
- Experience in risk communication.
- Bachelor's degree in communications, public health, urban planning, geography, public administration, or related field.
- Experience with similar work for the U.S. Department of Defense is highly preferred, but not required.
- Experience in local government, zoning, development, or land use planning is desirable.
- AICP, IAP2, or other professional certification is desired.
Travel
This position may require travel locally and abroad to Stantec project locations. Travel would be infrequent, such as one week per quarter, but could be more. There would also be evening or weekend public meetings on occasion which would be the responsibility of the candidate to coordinate and attend (along with supporting teammates).
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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