Job Description

Summary:

Positions at this level are fully competent and use judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The decision regarding what needs to be done depends upon the analysis of the subject, phase, or issues involved in each assignment, and the chosen course of action may have to be selected from many alternatives. The work involves treating a variety of conventional problems, questions, or situations in conformance with established criteria.

Job Description:

• Prepares and delivers presentations to educational, community, and civic groups; assists in coordinating outreach programs.
• Conducts teacher in-service training and workshops, classroom presentations, assembly programs, and field trips focusing on Metropolitan initiatives and curricula for education programs.
• Assists in developing marketing materials such as fliers and letters for distribution to media, member agencies, education, and community outreach organizations.
• May act as a liaison with Metropolitan's member agencies as related to media, education, and community outreach events and requests.
• May conduct educational activities and make presentations at conferences, meetings, or events.
• Responds to requests and inquiries from member agencies and constituents including schools and community organizations; maintains mailing lists.
• Prepares reports and records participation rates.
• Assists in coordinating education programs.
• Assists in preparing and editing news releases and various print and online publications, multimedia presentations, reports, magazines, newsletters, brochures, web updates, speeches, talking points, scripts, and letters to the editor.
• Tracks quantities of materials and supplies and prepares purchase requests for the support of ongoing and scheduled programs and events.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and four years relevant experience of which two years of experience must have been at the Public Affairs Representative I level; or a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and two years relevant experience of which two years of experience must have been at the Public Affairs Representative I level.
• Required Knowledge of: Marketing and community outreach through a variety of media; a variety of writing styles and techniques including newspaper, magazine, and corporate; Metropolitan history, mission, issues, programs, projects, and people; principles and practices of public relations; news media operations; research tools, facilities, and methodologies; English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; applicable federal, state and local laws, codes, and regulations; and current office technology and equipment.

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