5 Community Engagement Project Manager Jobs in Oakland, CA
DKS ASSOCIATES is Hiring a Community Engagement Project Manager Near Oakland, CA
- Directly supporting and collaborating with our Regional Lead of Community Engagement & Strategic Planning
- Managing Community Engagement projects, including developing and managing project schedules, scopes, and budgets
- Mentoring employee owners in their professional growth and enhancing skills within the service area
- Supporting the development of new clients and managing existing client relationships to win and deliver Community Engagement and Strategic Planning projects
- Collaborating with teams across our nationwide offices
- Interfacing with clients, agency staff, the public, and other interested parties
- Developing and implementing public outreach and engagement plans, including socio-demographic data analysis
- Researching past plans and policies to identify community issues
- Developing policy and strategy documents
- Preparing public-facing materials, including reports, memorandums, presentations, graphic summaries, etc.
- Developing project website and community survey materials
- Working directly with DKS staff, the public, teaming partners, and DKS clients to coordinate, schedule, and deliver community engagement (some are held during the evening or weekends) for transportation projects
- Preparing meeting materials including agendas, notes, and summary reports
- May travel up to 25%, depending on project needs
- 10 years of experience in Community Engagement, including 5 years in the A/E consulting industry
- (preferably in the transportation planning/engineering field)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, Communications, or similar field
- Desired (but not required) bilingual skills in Spanish
- Experience in project management, including project oversight and training for junior level staff
- Experience with community organizing or volunteering events
- Ability to be at various sites and meeting events at various times during the day and evening, including occasional weekends
- Highly organized
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in internet-based research skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Proficiency with Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets)
- High comfort level using and managing video conferencing tools such as Zoom, Google Meet, and GoTo Meeting
DKS offers its employee-owners a comprehensive benefits package. We have designed a benefit plan we are proud of. One that encourages happy, healthy, and engaged employee-owners. We offer:
- 15 Vacation Days & 8.66 Sick Pay Days
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Employer paid Disability, Life, AD&D Insurance Coverage
- 100% DKS paid Medical Premium for our employee-owners
- 80% DKS paid Medical Premium for spouse and dependents of our employee-owners
- Extremely affordable Dental, & Vision Plans
- Flexible Spending Account (Health Care & Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account Options
- Paid Jury/Witness Duty
- Paid Bereavement
- Leave without Pay
- Transit Subsidy
- Pre-tax Commuter Option
- Referral Bonus Program
- DKS funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401k Pre-tax and Roth options
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
- Training & Educational Assistance
- Professional Registration Award
- Technical & Professional Societies
- Conferences & Seminars
- Annual Bonus Program
- Years of Service Awards
- Flexible Work Schedule
Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$99k-128k (estimate)
11/10/2023
05/13/2024
dksassociates.com
PORTLAND, OR
50 - 100
1979
PETER COFFEY
$10M - $50M
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About DKS ASSOCIATES
Founded in 1979, DKS Associates is a national, employee-owned transportation planning and transportation engineering firm providing state-of-the-art consulting services for all modes of ground transportation. Cutting-Edge Planning and Design Services. DKS performs planning and design services for automobiles, buses, light rail, streetcars, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, freight, bicycles, pedestrians, and all transportation ground access. Our planners and designers use cutting-edge techniques to take transportation projects from conceptual planning and alternatives analysis to environmental... approvals and funding feasibility, design and construction, testing, and operations and management, completing a full life cycle of project development. This involves application of state-of-the-art expertise in performance measures, operational simulation, travel demand forecast models, traffic control devices, traffic signal systems, transportation communication technologies, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Advanced ITS and Communications Capabilities. DKS is a national leader in the planning and implementation of ITS. Our staff members have developed some of the first ITS deployment plans, fully deployed active traffic management systems, designed traffic management centers, and have led the way in developing successful transit signal priority systems and ITS architectures in the United States. Specialized Team of Experts. DKS professionals work with clients in the private and public sectors and at the local, regional, state, and federal levels. Virtually all of our technical staff members are registered professional engineers, professional traffic operations engineers, professional transportation planners, or certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners or other transportation services. Approximately two-thirds hold advanced degrees.
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