Community Engagement Specialist

ABOUT THE WCCD The WCCD is a local government agency and has played a significant role in assisting residents and landowners with access to trees, plants, and conservation tools in Washtenaw County since 1948. Our mission is to assist residents with the conservation, management, and wise use of natural resources in Washtenaw County. Since 1951 the WCCD has distributed over 7.1 million trees, shrubs, and native plants for various conservation purposes.

Job Overview

POSITION OBJECTIVE
The Community Engagement Specialist (CES) will work to promote the Washtenaw County Conservation District (WCCD), generate engagement for all WCCD Programs, coordinate two large annual District events, lead annual report creation, facilitate the natural resources assessment survey every five years, and recruit and engage volunteers. The CES will create templates, guidelines, and processes for staff to ensure consistency in branding and outreach and identify goals and subsequent measurements for tracking impact. Content creation may include written materials, brochures/flyers, postcards, printed/emailed newsletters, social media, radio, television, newsletters, reports, press releases, etc. The CES will provide additional support to grant funded staff when funds and capacity exist.

Special Benefits

SALARY, BENEFITS, WORK HOURS, LOCATION
Anticipated start date is 2/10/2025 or 2/24/2025. The WCCD office is located at the Washtenaw County Service Building at 705 N. Zeeb Rd, #201, Ann Arbor 48103. Work time will generally be split between the main WCCD office, remote (home) office, and field/event work. Typical work hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Some evening and weekend work will be required.

This is a full time, FLSA exempt, partially grant-funded salary position between $50,000-$62,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. As a full-time, exempt employee, the CES is entitled to the WCCD’s benefits package, which includes full medical insurance (includes dental, vision, other ancillary benefits) or ability to waive this benefit and take as a taxable cash payment, 13 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, 13 paid federal holidays, and 2.5 hours of flextime per week. Other benefits as described in the Employee Handbook.

Minimum Requirements

TO APPLY

Review the full-position description on our site: https://washtenawcd.org/about/career-opportunities

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for two professional references by email to [email protected] by 8 a.m. on February 3rd, 2025. (However, interviews will begin as early as January 20th on a rolling basis, so early submissions are encouraged.) Please combine all application materials into one PDF file for review and state “CES Application” in the email subject line. Contact Summer Roberts at the above email address with any questions related to the position. To obtain further information about the WCCD visit our website at washtenawcd.org.