Community Outreach & Event Coordinator/Assoc. at Kearns & West Inc – San Francisco, California
Kearns & West Inc
San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
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Salary:$40.68 - $55.17/hr
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About This Position
The Organization
Kearns & West is a leader in the collaborative communications field, providing services in public involvement, stakeholder facilitation, community outreach, and mediation, for the public and private sector. Founded in 1984, the small, woman-owned business has offices in Portland, Riverside, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Focusing on positive, mutually beneficial results has allowed Kearns & West to maintain long-term relationships with the people and organizations they assist. The firm’s high-stakes projects include work at local, state, and national levels and cover a variety of sectors including land use and community planning, transportation, major public facilities and infrastructure, natural resources, energy, water, and marine resources. At the core of all our projects is finding solutions to advance essential policies and programs.
Kearns & West is recruiting Community Outreach and Event Coordinators/Associates. This is an opportunity for part-time independent contractors to support outreach events and activities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento regions related to transportation, community planning, air quality, and climate projects. Assignments could range from one-day events to longer support for one or more projects spanning several months, depending on project needs.
Additional responsibilities could include the following:
Kearns & West is a leader in the collaborative communications field, providing services in public involvement, stakeholder facilitation, community outreach, and mediation, for the public and private sector. Founded in 1984, the small, woman-owned business has offices in Portland, Riverside, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Focusing on positive, mutually beneficial results has allowed Kearns & West to maintain long-term relationships with the people and organizations they assist. The firm’s high-stakes projects include work at local, state, and national levels and cover a variety of sectors including land use and community planning, transportation, major public facilities and infrastructure, natural resources, energy, water, and marine resources. At the core of all our projects is finding solutions to advance essential policies and programs.
Opportunity Summary
Kearns & West is recruiting Community Outreach and Event Coordinators/Associates. This is an opportunity for part-time independent contractors to support outreach events and activities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento regions related to transportation, community planning, air quality, and climate projects. Assignments could range from one-day events to longer support for one or more projects spanning several months, depending on project needs.
Additional responsibilities could include the following:
- Assist with planning, designing, and implementing public participation meetings
- Attend planning/program and project check-in meetings with staff and/or clients
- Manage logistics and planning for events
- Help facilitate breakout discussions and notetaking exercises
- Staff public events: organize supplies, set up, take down and engage with members of the public in interactive exercises and discussions
- Prepare notes and develop summaries of events
- Assist with survey design, survey implementation, and analysis
- Design informational tools, presentations, forms, fact sheets, and other materials
- Write social media posts
Candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including public policy, urban planning and communications will be considered. An interest in collaborative problem-solving and communications is essential. Preference for candidates who are fluent in Spanish.
Additional desired qualifications include:
- Experienced conducting outreach to Bay Area and/or Central Valley communities
- Familiar with outreach techniques specifically for underserved communities
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently
- An effective and reliable communicator
- Quickly learn key issues, FAQs and important elements of complex projects
- Able to translate technical information for a general audience
- Able to attend meetings during evenings and weekends
Compensation will be $40.68 - $55.17, including travel time.
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