Public Community Engagement & Partnership Manager

University of Washington Medical Center • Seattle, WA

2d • $63,816 - $77,484

About The Position

The Public Community Engagement & Partnership Manager will help the Taskar Center TDEI develop a robust cooperative partners program. The role calls for knowledge of disability and advocacy and curiosity about access to mobility and transit. In coordination with researchers, the manager will help unify services and communications for partners, engage interested community members, and expand the Transportation Data Equity Consortium network.

The manager will develop consortium participation and partner pathways, maintain relationships with stakeholders in accessible transportation, coordinate accessible events, and support outreach communications and website and social media content. The role also gathers and summarizes evaluation data from consortium and TDEI events and engagements. The position is regular, 100% FTE, and first shift. The annual pay range is $63,816 to $77,484.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Marketing, Hospitality, or a related field, and two years of relevant experience in disability/accessibility advocacy, with additional coordinator experience; equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications.
• Knowledge of disability and advocacy and interest in access to mobility and transit.
• Demonstrated integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, work ethic, and compassion.

Nice To Haves

• Strong transportation equity and accessibility advocate.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and implement the development strategy to increase consortium participation.
• Improve the partner process from partner identification through TDEI consortium data tenancy, including tracking and multiple engagement pathways.
• Contact project partners and identify potential partners; promote events; prepare accessible, plain-language materials about TDEI data tools and data tenancy.
• Help coordinate stakeholder, partner, and funder visits, and assist with letters of support or commitment for grants and sponsorships.
• Maintain the consortium member database and encourage participation in transportation data innovation with a mobility equity lens.
• Build and maintain relationships with consortium stakeholders, decision-makers, and influencers in accessible transportation.
• Coordinate partner outreach with the director, review partner communications, manage attendee outreach for the Transportation Data Equity Spring Fling and other events, and handle partner onboarding and maintenance.
• Plan and manage accessible events, including communications, venue and date coordination, materials, accessibility, paperwork, speakers, and participant liaison duties.
• Organize at least three community events related to the three data specifications hosted under TDEI and take the lead on the TDEI Spring Fling.
• Develop team communications, website updates, and marketing materials for USDOT outreach engagements; track engagements and report updates in accordance with the Outreach Plan.
• Create accessible documents and update TDEI communications, website, and social media; establish an Instagram presence and target four cross-correlated posts per month.
• Publish a quarterly website project update and distribute it to consortium members; facilitate connections with university and local press for press releases.
• Create and maintain the Move Equity resource page.
• Collect and summarize engagement and event evaluation data, prepare participant surveys and reports for USDOT, develop partner feedback instruments, establish project check-ins, and produce a bi-annual consortium engagement snapshot.

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits are referenced; specific benefits are provided via the University of Washington benefits website.
• Opportunities for professional growth.

What This Job Offers

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