Community Engagement

**Job Description**:

- Strong written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to distill and simplify complex technical information.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to prioritize and problem solve individually and as part of a team environment.
- Able to work quickly under pressure.
- Ability to build strong working relationships and cooperate with teammates and others.
- Knowledge of current events and local political landscape.
- Political acumen.
- Knowledge of modern communication methods and styles.

What we offer:

- A flexible work environment that allows for a combination of working from home and in the office.
- Competitive salary and benefits, including a fitness allowance, company-matching pension program, and a parental leave top-up program.
- Ongoing support for your growth and development, including a formal Professional Development program, mentoring programs, training opportunities, professional designation support and a Young Professionals Group.
- An active Social Club that promotes social activities in and outside the office.
- An office that is walking distance from Crowfoot Train Station.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Coordinating directly with owners/clients, project managers, engineers, and contractors to prepare public communication material including display boards, newsletters, factsheets, website content, social media content, construction notices, and discussion guides.
- Issue management: proactively identifying issues and suggest resolution strategy.
- Drafting responses to public inquiries; conducting necessary forensic work and following up on contractor/project team resolution.
- Writing key messages, proof points, briefing notes, presentation packages, and information for press releases.
- Keeping issues log, public inquiry log, and key messages log.
- Coordinating site tours with political figures and/or other stakeholders.
- Coordinating and expectation setting with sub-consultants.
- Preparing and implementing communication, engagement, and outreach strategies to promote projects.
- Supporting the development of digital media and website development activities.
- Planning and executing in-person and virtual meetings and presentations.
- Collecting and entering data related to online engagement and surveys.
- Collating and managing community engagement reporting.
- Miscellaneous assignments on an as-needed basis, such as award submissions, project summaries, or internal intranet posts.

**Job Requirements**:
What you will bring:

- University Degree in either Communications, Marketing, Public Relations or equivalent experience in public engagement, communication, or marketing.
- 2+ years of experience in community engagement, communications, or a similar role.
- Professional writing experience including plain language, web-content, internal and external communications.
- Strong analytical, planning, organizational, problem solving and time management skills.
- Interest in infrastructure project delivery or the willingness to learn.
- Knowledge of online and virtual engagement including social media.
- Working knowledge of public sector infrastructure projects is an asset.
- Experience with government relations, risk identification, media relations, public relations, stakeholder analysis and facilitation are an asset.
- Experience with Indigenous community engagement and socio-economic studies is an asset.
- Knowledge of various software, including Adobe Suite, WordPress, Survey Monkey, Hootsuite, Google Analytics, Engagement HQ, Social Pinpoint, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx is an asset.
- Experience working in a project management software.
- Knowledge in graphic design, photography and/or videography is an asset.
- IAP2, CPRS, IABC, IAF membership or certification is an asset.