Public Community Engagement & Partnership Manager

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

5d•$72,000 - $74,496

About The Position

This position will support the Transportation Data Equity Initiative project sponsored by the USDOT program for the Taskar Center for Accessibility (TCAT). This innovative data infrastructure project, with a broad partnership among state departments of transportation, transportation service providers, industry and community partners, seeks to enable mobility equity by creating an interoperable, shared data infrastructure to fill in gaps in current transportation data and ultimately, provide travelers needed information they can trust. Detailed, accurate data about pedestrian networks, travel environments (transit facilities, etc.) and on-demand travel services is crucial for any trip planner, trip concierge, wayfinding, or exploratory mobile application, in particular applications and mobile experiences serving the needs of people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, suburban and rural populations. The Public Community Engagement & Partnership Manager will help the Taskar Center TDEI develop a robust cooperative partners program. The PCE&P Manager is knowledgeable about disability and advocacy and curious about access to mobility and transit. In coordination with our team of researchers, the PCE&P Manager will help to unify the services and communication structure we offer to partners; will engage with interested community members; and will help to expand TDEI’s Transportation Data Equity Consortium network. The Public Community Engagement & Partnership Manager will help the Taskar Center TDEI develop a robust cooperative partners program. The PCE&P Manager is knowledgeable about disability and advocacy and curious about access to mobility and transit. In coordination with our team of researchers, the PCE&P Manager will help to unify the services and communication structure we offer to partners; will engage with interested community members; and will help to expand TDEI’s Transportation Data Equity Consortium network.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Business, Marketing, Hospitality, or other related field
Two years of related experience in disability advocacy, relationship management/building, and/or strong communication skills with broad audiences/communities

Nice To Haves

Strong transportation equity and accessibility advocate.
Demonstrate integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, work ethic, and compassion.

Responsibilities

Enhance and implement the current development strategy to increase consortium participation
Enhance the partner process for consortium development from identification to TDEI consortium data tenancy, including tracking and multiple pathways for engagement
Work to engage partners in consortium and TDEI data tenancy including: Contacting project partners or identifying potential partners Event promotion (contacting potential attendees, past attendees, writing promotional emails, eventBrites, designing post event surveys)
Community-friendly, accessible, plain language write-ups about data production tools, data vetting tools, data consumption tools and data tenancy in the TDEI.
Help facilitate and coordinate stakeholder, partner or funder visits (whether to UW destinations or remote locations)
Assist coordination of letters of support/commitment for grants and sponsorships
Maintain database of consortium members
Engaging consortium participation around innovation in transportation data production and consumption with specific mobility equity lens
Create and maintain relationships with consortium stakeholders, decision-makers and influencers in the accessible transportation space
Work with director to coordinate contact and outreach to consortium partners in accordance with the communication pathways schedule
Review current communications from consortium partners to understand Transportation Data Equity adjacent activities
Direct and manage attendee and reach out to the Transportation Data Equity Spring Fling event and other TDEI events
Handle maintenance and onboarding tasks for consortium partners
Help plan and manage events that include consortium partners, and ensure they are accessible
Create and broadcast event communications to customized distribution lists via email, MailChimp, web, slack, and social media
Assist events manager(s) in identifying appropriate venues, coordinating dates, securing materials, ensuring accessibility, and submitting necessary paperwork
Assist directors in identifying needed speakers/panelists for events
Act as liaison for event communications with event participants
Review any web or printed materials to ensure accessibility
Put on at least three events to community members related to the three data specifications hosted under the TDEI
Take the lead on organizing the TDEI Spring Fling
Develop team communications, web site updates, marketing materials for USDOT Outreach Engagements. Follow the Outreach Plan engagement flow and record/track all engagements in the Outreach Plan updates to USDOT
Create and develop accessible documents for TDEI events, projects, and outreach including: all consortium partner communications and TDEI website updates.
Utilize the established social media presence (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter) and establish Instagram presence to highlight TDEI activities and funnel visitors to website and subscription form (goal of 4 cross-correlated posts per month)
Update social media sites and website according to the TDEI Outreach Plan
Publish one quarterly website project update per quarter in accordance with the TDEI Outreach Plan; share and distribute to consortium members.
Facilitate connections with university & local press to disseminate press releases about the TDEI and Consortium partners
Create and upkeep the Move Equity resource page.
Collect and summarize evaluation data relevant to TDEI Consortium
Provide a summary of relevant data from all engagements
Create surveys and elicit feedback from participants in TDEI Consortium and other partner events, include summary reports to USDOT, identifying strengths and weaknesses to improve future offerings
Develop an instrument for gathering feedback from consortium partners at various points along the partnership and data tenancy pipeline
Create check in points with consortium partners during active engagement on a project
Create a bi-annual snapshot of TDEI Consortium engagement
Collect and summarize participant feedback from all TDEI sponsored events