Job Title: Public Involvement Specialist
Location: Morristown, NJ
Job type and Duration: Contract to Hire
Our client, a global Architecture and Design Firm, is looking to hire a Public Involvement Specialist to join their team in Morristown, NJ.
The Public Involvement Specialist will conduct communication and public outreach services for a suite of electrical upgrades supporting renewable energy development in New Jersey. This includes developing and implementing programmatic and project communication strategies and developing communication and public outreach plans to make our clients successful.

• Coordination of communication and public involvement activities on multi-year permitting, siting, and construction projects.
• Develop project communication strategies and develop communication and public outreach plans.
• Interact with various stakeholders affected by project construction activities, managing project commitments to the public, and acting as the liaison between project managers, contractors, and the public.
• Provide service to the client by being available for issue resolution, providing information updates, and promoting a positive public image.
• Implement strategic outreach plans and processes. Elements of these plans could include the development of newsletters and fact sheets, website content, telephone information lines, news releases, public meetings, open houses, comment forms, mailing lists, and responses to public inquiries.
• Assist with materials development, event logistics, attending and participating in public meetings, logging inquiries on public information hotlines, and data management.
• Provide graphic support for promotional initiatives.
• Run and distribute reports in a Stakeholder Management System
• Organize and manage project information files and coordinate the interchange of project outreach information to project managers and clients.
• Travel 25% within New Jersey

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, environmental studies, or a related field from an accredited program is required
• 3 to 10 years of professional experience.
• Prior internship or related experience is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be proficient in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Basic analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand technical information and communicate that information to the public.
• Ability to manage priorities and schedules.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Design/presentation software experience is a plus.
• High level of attention to detail.

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