Community Relations Manager
POSITION SUMMARY
The Community Relations Manager will organize and conduct outreach activities to the Duwamish Valley and greater Seattle art communities by attending events, meeting with key individuals and organizations, facilitating working groups for future program development, providing development updates to impacted communities, and collecting community feedback. The Community Relations Manager will be responsible for maintaining contacts and connections in a CRM and the calendar of community events.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with Watershed and The Bend Live/Work District team to identify community groups and individuals to meet with, and events to attend and participate in.
- Schedule and conduct gatherings to provide information about The Bend and collect feedback.
- Manage and update database of community contacts, calendar of community events, and data file of interactions.
- Create and coordinate outreach activities and events with staff and volunteers.
- Build and maintain Watershed’s community ecosystem map.
- Support The Bend Team members in Affordability, Livability, Sustainability, Diversity and Art commitments by convening working groups that focus on each of those areas. Build relationships with specific constituencies to strengthen networks and grow understanding of needs. For example, meet with employers to determine how to reach employees who want to live in The Bend.
- Highlight milestones in The Bend’s activities to be communicated and celebrated on social media, in press releases, in newsletters, and at events.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in working and interacting with a diverse range of communities, individuals, and organizations.
- Knowledge of and experience with Duwamish Valley communities.
- Ability to manage databases and organize activities.
- Ability to manage complex projects and an array of responsibilities.
- Demonstrated ability to organize, document, and facilitate a wide range of community related activities.
- Flexibility to schedule work activities that include evenings and weekends as necessary.
COMPENSATION AND TERMS
This is a flexible position beginning at 35 hours per week of mostly in-person activities, with the potential for additional hours in the future. Starting rate of $35-$38/hour plus eligibility for company-paid benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, a Simple IRA plan, and paid time off. Potential to move to salary after completion of a 60-day probationary period.
ABOUT US
Our mission is to build resilient communities, through affordable placemaking and placekeeping in the Duwamish Valley. We create at the intersection of the arts, equity, and collective well-being.
- Watershed Community Development is a community-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that operates Equinox Studios, a complex of over 170 artist and artisan workspaces. Watershed is preparing to build over 600 units of workforce housing and community space along 4th Avenue S. in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle.
- We center folks who live and work in the Duwamish Valley; BIPOC individuals; artists; and those who come from communities that have been, or are at risk of being, displaced from this region.
- We are passionate about creative expression, affordable housing, and the arts.
- We value transparency, patience, imagination, humor, collaboration, and intentionality.
- We are in start-up mode and figuring out how to actualize all our dreams of affordability and community.
- We strive to amplify diverse voices and experiences, prioritize equitable practices and processes, and create an inclusive culture of care and belonging.
- We encourage anyone from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply.
- We acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Coast Salish People past and present and honor with gratitude the land itself and their stewardship.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a resume and cover letter expressing your interest in the role to info@watershedcommunity.org with the subject “Watershed Community Relations”. Priority review of applications will be given to those received by August 2. We will acknowledge receipt of all applications until the position is filled.
More Info: https://watershedcommunity.org/careers/
Questions: info@watershedcommunity.org