Senior Community Engagement Specialist Senior Community Engagement Specialist AECOM In-person

AECOM’s West Region Strategic Communications Group is seeking a bilingual Senior Community Engagement Specialist to join the AECOM team to assist in the delivery of large, complex infrastructure projects on both sides of the Texas/Mexico Border. This communications professional will work collaboratively with AECOM's client and specialist teams and be accountable for leading stakeholder engagement and communications tasks.

• Leading creation and implementation of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Plans/strategies and executing related outreach.
• Identifying and mapping key stakeholders for client projects. Conducting in-depth research and investigation including stakeholder and situational analysis and jurisdictional review.
• Making tactical decisions on and prioritizing stakeholder and community engagement activities based on project and client requirements.
• Collaborating with project teams to strategize on best practices and risk communications.
• Engaging and informing stakeholders, communities, and residents on projects in-person and/or virtually, or through written materials.
• Developing themes, core messages and collateral for multiple audiences in both English and Spanish, including local communities, statutory bodies, technical groups, and elected representatives.
• Managing the drafting of content for stakeholder communication, fact sheets, FAQs, exhibit content, and other materials as needed.
• Planning logistics, execution and facilitation of stakeholder or public meetings, workshops, open houses, focus groups, and other community outreach events, both virtually and in-person.
• Developing presentations for meetings with various stakeholders within a client’s brand guidelines.
• Providing acute attention to detail in the development, management and tracking of stakeholder communications and feedback.
• Managing development of surveys and focus groups and other stakeholder engagement feedback mechanisms.
• Performing work in accordance with agreed objectives, budget and timescale with little/no supervision.
• Exercising sound judgment when communicating with internal and/or external clients or customers and developing relationships with key project contacts.
• Leads project teams and may have direct reports along with coaching entry-level/mid-level staff members.
• Responsible for quality checks and approvals of all client deliverables.
• Manages client communications and develops relationships with key contacts.

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