Library Capital Bond Community Engagement Coordinator w/ Multnomah County Library (pdx)

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​Pay Range:
$34.79 - $42.82 Hourly

Department:
Library Department

Job Type:
Regular Represented

Exemption Status:
United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):
March 07, 2021

The Opportunity:
Overview
Are you are a community development dynamo? An engagement expert?  A communications pro?  Are you a firm believer in the power of collective voice and passionate about finding ways to amplify  the voices of underserved communities? Are you looking to serve the common good?

Yes? Good. Let’s talk.

Multnomah County Library is looking for someone extraordinary to join us as we build and renovate nine public library locations and a materials movement center.  Your work will enable the community to have a significant voice in this work and make these projects come to life. 

We’re looking for someone with significant equity know-how and the right blend of vision, experience, and community focus to become the Library Capital Bond Community Engagement Coordinator. In this role, you will design, produce, evaluate, and provide expert and culturally relevant leadership on staff and community engagement for the library capital bond. You will work closely with community partners, county colleagues, contractors, and architecture and design firms to align activities and meet project timelines. You will have the overall responsibility for the vision and implementation of the library’s building program engagement to both internal and external stakeholders.

As part of the Library Capital Bond Project Management Office team, you’ll collaborate with experts in library services, communications, facilities, construction and design on projects from kernel to completion. You will bring forward the ideas, lived experience, opinions, and needs of our community for each unique project, supporting transparent processes to hold project participants accountable. 

Equity is at the core of all we do and your strategy embodies that commitment. You will develop and implement strategies for social media and online communities as part of the digital strategy associated with the bond. You’ll engage more diverse voices and communities, both online and in person, centering race and equity in that engagement. You will establish and maintain contacts with community partners and support the Communications Manager as spokesperson for the library bond projects. You’ll advise on vision and strategy for bond communications around engagement, using an equity lens to create an inclusive, just, and effective approach.  

You will coordinate closely with the location managers and staff at each project location, creating a bridge between the current and future states of our public libraries. You will directly work with location staff to involve them in designing, participating and evaluating community engagement. Your work directly impacts the future success of how new and remodeled libraries meet community needs.

Our library is committed to supporting our communities of color and other communities subjected to marginalization by centering race and intersectionality in the services we provide. As a member of MCL, all staff are expected to act as allies to library staff and patrons from communities of color and other groups subjected to marginalization by:

• Speaking up to support staff and patrons subjected to marginalization
• Speaking out against racism and oppression
• Demonstrating behavior that is culturally aware and sensitive

This position will be filled pending approval by the Board of County Commissioners.


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To Qualify
We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. 

Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in community development, communications, social research, program evaluation, or a closely related field. Experience will substitute for education.
• Two (2) to five (5) years of experience in community engagement.
• At least one (1) year of experience using an equity perspective to develop and implement community engagement strategies using demonstrated knowledge of populations experiencing marginalization due to factors of race, non-native English speaking communities and poverty.
• Ability to pass a criminal records check, should a job offer be extended. Results of the records check will be reviewed on an individualized basis. A conviction is not an automatic bar to employment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the effects of dominant culture society on communities of color and other communities subjected to marginalization through direct experience in community engagement or social justice.
• Community engagement strategy experience as demonstrated by an expert understanding of the concepts, models and perspectives of community development practice; the principles, methods, and programs for giving explicit attention to the perspectives of the public in the development and implementation of public policies and programs; participatory engagement methods, with emphasis on research ethics, the positionality of the researcher, and embedding research within community development practice; evaluating engagement techniques; and dissemination of both data and story
• Data management skills as demonstrated by an expert understanding of taxonomy and tagging management; UX (user experience) design and analysis; interview techniques, survey methods, and quantitative analytical methods; understanding and skills for the uses of geographic information systems (GIS)
• Facilitation and engagement skills as demonstrated by an expert understanding of community advocacy and promotion; moderation and conflict facilitation; community strategy and roadmap development; and relationship building across communities

Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills: You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain on your application how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.

• Spanish language fluency preferred
• Experience coordinating a large major public engagement program with diverse stakeholders. Government, large nonprofit, university, or other high profile institution experience preferred
• A strong customer focus and excellent customer service 
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills  
• Resiliency in an atmosphere of change and a passion for innovation 
• Knowledge of emerging trends in community engagement and communications