Constituent Affairs and Community Relations Coordinator

Colorado for All

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is committed to building a Colorado For All, a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and live the Colorado way of life. Governor Polis is focused on lowering health care costs for hardworking Coloradans, transitioning the state to renewable energy sources, ensuring every Colorado child gets a quality education, making housing more affordable and available, improving public safety, and building an economy that works for everyone.

The Office of the Governor's staff includes budgeting, communications and outreach, legal counsel, legislative liaison, operations, policy and research, and scheduling.

The announcement is for transparency purposes only to comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

An intended candidate has been identified for this position.

Internal Operations

Constituent Affairs and Community Relations Coordinator

FLSA:
Exempt

Full-time: 40/hours week

This position directly reports to the Deputy Director of Community Engagement.

This position serves as the Constituent Affairs and Community Relations Coordinator for the Governor's Office of Internal Operations and is responsible for supporting the Deputy Director of Community Engagement with the implementation of the Governor's robust community engagement, constituent services, and correspondence plans across the state. These positions work with policy and operations staff within the Governor's Office, as well as with State Agency Advocates to help provide both access and easy navigation for all Coloradans.

• Provide methodology and execution of constituent concern intake and response by phone, written correspondence, or in-person; determine jurisdiction of all casework.
• Arrange correspondence and signature requests between different Colorado State Departments.
• Assist walk-in constituents.
• Track and report weekly, monthly and yearly on constituent contacts.
• Coordinate with Governor's and agency staff to ensure external and internal communications are accurate, consistent, and conform to state brand and office style guide, including copyediting all outgoing products.
• Responsible for maintaining thorough records of all official communication from the office to stakeholders at the local, state and federal level.
• Custodian of Governor's letterhead and signature for internal and external use.
• Assist with the correspondence program--including, but not limited to, drafting proclamations, congratulatory letters, letters of recognition, welcome letters, retirement letters and flags.
• Ensure all external and internal Governor's Office communications are following WCAG accessibility standards.
• Manage application of the Salesforce Constituent Services and Correspondence System in day-to-day activities and office-wide administration.

• Assist the Community Engagement team in executing high-profile events for the Governor's Office, including but not limited to: statewide community meetings and listening sessions ,Holiday Festivities, Cultural Celebrations, etc.
• Maintain a comprehensive community engagement calendar of upcoming community events and meetings that may be of interest to the Administration.
• Maintain and contribute to a community engagement database that includes stakeholders, community members and local elected officials.
• Research and propose community events for the Governor to attend that align with the Administration's Bold Five priorities and the Governor's in-state travel plans.
• Coordinate with internal teams and event organizers to schedule community events for the Governor's attendance, and assists…