Role description:
Arcadis is seeking a Community Relations Specialist to join our team to support our power business across the United States. The successful candidate will design and manage stakeholder engagement for project and program teams. The position will require a candidate to work collaboratively with a diverse team of specialists and have the capacity to balance varying priorities. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure, which allows for a combination of both in-office and remote work. Periodic travel will be required (up to 25%).
Role accountabilities:
As a Community Relations Specialist, you will lead all facets of stakeholder engagement, including preparing community involvement plans per regulatory and client requirements, preparing public outreach materials (factsheets, posters, presentations, etc.), facilitating public meetings and community events (in-person and virtual), tracking engagement and adapting methods to help achieve client and project objectives, and working to prevent escalation of issues and, as needed, manage crisis communications. This position will require experience in environmental issues management, public relations, environmental justice, technical writing, and public outreach. You will interface with clients, regulatory agencies, and the public, and be responsible for designing/managing project communications. As such, this position will require excellent written, verbal, and visual communications skills.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in relevant field such as environmental science, environmental policy, public relations, community planning, communications, or related
7 years of applicable experience. Associated experience with regulatory agencies and departmental roles with commercial entities may be considered equivalent.
Experience developing and implementing community involvement or public outreach programs
Experience in the environmental field, primarily environmental permitting and/or remediation
Proficiency in writing with technical content and for non-technical public audiences
Preferred qualifications:
• Experience with utilizing digital tools as part of public outreach, including social media, website development, and video experience
• Visual communications capability and experience in developing visual content as part of public outreach tools
• Experience in risk communications, crisis communications, and/or public health communication
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $79,920 - $153,180.
Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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