Metro Garbage & Recycling Marketing & Content Specialist (close 5/5)

Garbage and Recycling Marketing and Content Specialist

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Salary

$73,153.60 - $98,092.80 Annually

Location

Portland, OR

Job Type

Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Department

Communications

Job Number

2022-00340-COMM

Closing

5/5/2022 5:00 PM Pacific

Position summary


There is so much more to the garbage and recycling system than you might think!  We are looking for a new team member to help tell the story of garbage, recycling, and reuse systems across greater Portland. Do you have a knack for crafting messages that resonate? Can you create marketing materials that are relevant to people of color, people with varying abilities, and others from historically marginalized backgrounds? Then you might be great for the role of Garbage and Recycling Content and Marketing Specialist.
 
If you love telling stories, thinking strategically, and don’t mind a little trash here or there, this is the job for you.

What will you do?
 
We’re looking for a team member who is a strategic communications expert, experienced project manager, and public relations superstar to join Metro’s garbage and recycling communications team. You’ll need to see the big-picture goals and outcomes and also plan the individual steps and little details along the way to achieve them, all while coordinating with people across different teams and juggling multiple projects. You should be able to work with a high degree of independence, developing and implementing plans for strategic communications, editorial, and marketing projects.
 
Strategic communications
You’ll provide support for a variety of topics and programs including toxics reduction, natural gardening, recycling tips, and community engagement efforts. You’ll create and implement strategic communications plans, develop messaging, think through potential risks, handle media relations for the projects you support, and write talking points, presentations, and more.
 
Content creation
As one of the content creators on the team, you’ll work with the content strategist to produce a variety of print and digital content for Metro’s website, print and digital ads, and social media channels. You’ll also develop and implement message strategies, working to identify long-term goals, audiences, themes, and topic areas.
 
You’ll take a deep dive into the world of garbage and recycling, form relationships with community partners, and help establish a messaging framework. Programs in the garbage and recycling department range between waste reduction, recycling information, natural gardening, school education, and policy changes. We’re looking for excellent writing skills, digital and multimedia ad creation, media and news response, and project management.
 
As a project manager with the communications team, you’ll be asked to track key project deliverables, understand the capacity of the team and work with contractors to meet important deadlines. All of this work will have the goal of advancing racial equity and implementing the 2030 Regional Waste Plan.
 
You’ll also assist in the creation and management of content for Metro’s garbage and recycling webpages, including serving as a key stakeholder in identifying the garbage and recycling content for the next version of Metro’s website and assisting with translations of foreign-language webpages. 
 
Your creativity will be tested to both create various types of content and to edit materials created by colleagues, such as social media posts, videos, photos, respond to inquiries from the public, fact sheets, flyers, brochures, talking points, and just about anything else that needs to be produced.
 
Marketing
In this role, you will lead the development and implementation of garbage and recycling marketing strategies and initiatives known as Ask Metro. You will develop our marketing strategy, project manage the paid advertising budget, create ads, and coordinate with media outlets. We are also aiming to develop and launch a partnership with news outlets for a 6-month promotion of programs and information resources.
 
You’ll also be responsible for project managing and creating content for various marketing initiatives, including posters at the transfer stations, billboards, and magazines in multiple languages.

Essential Job Duties


You will be expected to use a racial equity lens in all of your work. You should have a deep understanding of the historic inequities in America, social determinants of health, and the ways that institutional racism, racial disparities, and colonization can impact health and the environment. In your role, you will be charged with designing and implementing marketing initiatives and building processes that are intentional about prioritizing and embedding racial equity.
 
We strongly value a team member who brings lived experiences that contribute to their success in this role. This team member will need to use their lived experience navigating systems of oppression to create marketing materials that are culturally relevant to Black, Indigenous, people of color and other historically marginalized communities and that connect across greater Portland’s diverse communities.
 
As the garbage and recycling team’s marketing and content specialist, you will work closely with colleagues in both the Waste Prevention and Environmental Services (WPES) and Communications departments, including urban planners, transfer station operators, education specialists, policy experts, the RID Patrol, community engagement aficionados, designers, web experts and others.
 
Ideal Candidate / Attributes of Candidates 
 
• Experience working with diverse groups, including communities of color, rural communities, subject-matter experts, elected officials, and advocates.
 
• Ability to use a trauma-informed lens in engaging with coworkers and community partners.
 
• Ability to quickly and accurately translate technical information into a variety of publications and media so it can be easily understood by a general audience.
 
• Experience leading project teams, including facilitating meetings and keeping team members informed.
 
• Ability to effectively manage multiple complex tasks and successfully meet deadlines.

• Ability to set and track metrics and measure outcomes of communications and marketing projects and initiatives.
 
• Ability to design using Adobe programs, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro
 
• Basic computer and software skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Ability to converse, speak or write Spanish or Russian is a plus.

• Preferred knowledge or interest in public information officer emergency management training.

Minimum Requirements


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.
 
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. 

Metro is committed to ensuring the health and safety for our employees and our community. As a part of this commitment, Metro has implemented a vaccine requirement policy for employees, paid and unpaid interns and volunteers. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is considered a minimum qualification requirement for Metro job applicants and this proof will be requested during the hiring process. View: Metro COVID-19 Vaccination policy (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader)
  
if you require an accommodation under this policy for a medical condition or disability, or sincerely held religious belief, please email benefits.help@oregonmetro.gov 

If I was terminated for cause, or resigned in lieu of termination, I understand I may be ineligible for rehire for a minimum of 3 years.
 
Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills: (Pull minimums from classification
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, political science or a related field AND  

• Five years of experience; OR
 
• Any combination of education and professional or personal lived experience that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job. 

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.

  • Experience creating storytelling, marketing, and other communications materials that prioritize racial equity and are relevant to people of color, people with low incomes, people with disabilities and other historically marginalized groups who face barriers to accessing parks and nature

  • Project management experience, including tracking and reporting on outcomes


Work location: In response to COVID-19, work will generally be performed off-site (remote/telework) until further notice.

Working conditions or environment:
This position requires the ability to perform activities necessary to complete the essential functions of the job, either with or without reasonable accommodation. Position may require frequent or continuous fingering, talking, repetitive motions of the hands/wrists, sitting and good general hearing. May also require occasional standing, walking, reaching and lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds. Incumbents in this position are required to attend offsite meetings during and after normal work hours.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Make sure your application is complete, missing any part of these items could result in an incomplete application and will not be moved forward in the recruitment.
(1) Complete the electronic application; and
(2) Answer the supplemental questions.

Metro offers a highly competitive compensation and Benefits program.

The base salary target range for this recruitment would bring in candidates at a salary between $73,153.60 to $84,739.20. The salary range for this position is $73,835.20 to $98,092.80

This position is represented by AFSME 3580 and is classified as a Senior Public Affairs Specialist (Download PDF reader) (click to read the full classification). Classification descriptions are typically written broadly and do not include the specific duties and responsibilities of the positions.

Additional Information


Hello, we're Metro: Across greater Portland in 24 cities and three counties, there's one local government that brings us all together. Led by an elected council, Metro helps Oregonians shape the future and provides services that make life better today. Metro's work spans parks and nature, land and transportation, garbage and recycling, and arts and events. We help make greater Portland a great place to call home.

Additional Information Related to COVID-19: The health and safety of our employees and community is a top priority for Metro. Employees will be required to follow all Metro COVID-related policies and procedures, which may meet or exceed guidelines set forth by the CDC, Oregon Health Authority, and other federal, state and local jurisdictions. Learn more at oregonmetro.gov/COVID-19.

Diversity and Inclusion:  At Metro, we strive to hire a workforce representative of the communities we serve, understanding that a diverse workforce strengthens our organization. We value diversity and support a positive and welcoming environment where all of our employees can thrive. 

Equal employment opportunity:  All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law. Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

Online applications: Metro accepts job applications online. If you need assistance or accommodation with your application, or access to a computer, call 503-797-1570.

Accommodation: Reasonable accommodation is available to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing this application or participating in this process. To obtain confidential assistance please contact Human Resources 503-797-1570.

Public Employees Retirement System (PERS): Metro pays the employee and employer portion of the PERS contribution. 

Veterans' Preference: Under Oregon Law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veterans' preference when applying for Metro positions. If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a veterans' preference for this job. please provide qualifying documents as instructed during the application process.