Community Engagement Specialist

Arcadis • Philadelphia, PA

3d • $80,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Arcadis is seeking a Public Involvement Specialist to support public involvement planning and implementation across Arcadis projects. We’re looking for a public outreach and communications professional with 5 to 10 years of applicable experience who can design and manage stakeholder engagement for water, engineering and design, and environmental projects. These projects may include environmental remediation, energy transition, built asset design and construction, and utility program management. This position requires an engaging, creative, and collaborative person who has an interest and hands-on experience in issues management, public relations, environmental justice, technical writing, and public outreach within a fast-paced and deadline-oriented workplace. In this role, you need to listen to clients, regulators, and colleagues to clearly understand objectives and then design and manage communications for technical, public, and other audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field such as environmental science, environmental policy, public relations, community planning, communications, or related
• Experience developing and implementing community involvement or public outreach programs
• Experience leading teams and working in collaboration with scientists, engineers, archaeologists, and other specialists
• Proficiency in developing communications tools and translation of technical content and for non-technical public audiences
• Experience as a facilitator and working in consulting or as a consultant
• Detail oriented, proactive, and collaborative communications
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and ability to work within diverse teams of communications and technical colleagues in person and virtually across the country
• Ability to respond positively to changing priorities and with high standards of service and excellence

Nice To Haves

• Digital skills in the field, including social media, website development, video experience, and related
• Visual communications capability and/or design sense to suggest and develop visual content when an illustration, chart, figure, map, or similar would enhance a public outreach tool
• Experience in risk communications, crisis communications, and/or public health communications
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communications skills, applied with clarity and confidence

Responsibilities

• Design and manage stakeholder engagement and public involvement with programs.
• Infuse equity into engagement programs and manage environmental justice considerations as well as work to prevent escalation of issues and, as needed, manage crisis communications.
• Track engagement and adapt methods to help achieve client and project objectives along with managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Scope of work and writing community involvement plans per regulatory and client requirements; this may include the design and or creation of public outreach materials (factsheets, posters, presentations, etc.)
• Designing and facilitating public meetings and community events (in-person and virtual).
• Interface with clients, agencies, organizations, and community members during construction projects.

Benefits

• 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 $80,000 - $130,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level