Staff Public Involvement Specialist

Staff Public Involvement Specialist

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $30.00 $40.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The Staff Public Involvement Specialist will perform a wide variety of communication and public outreach services for large-scale permitting, planning, and construction projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform public involvement, public relations, and community outreach activities for clients' capital projects.
• Develop and implement public involvement strategies, outreach plans, key messages, and communication materials.
• Coordinate with clients, project managers, technical teams, contractors, and field staff to understand project schedules, activities, and potential public impacts.
• Plan and coordinate public meetings, information sessions, stakeholder briefings, special events, surveys, and other outreach activities, including event logistics.
• Develop and distribute project communications, including fact sheets, brochures, handouts, newsletters, mailers, notices, presentations, website content, social media, videos, and other materials for project audiences.
• Communicate project and construction impacts, including traffic changes, access restrictions, detours, schedule changes, noise, and other potential disruptions.
• Conduct outreach with residents, property owners, businesses, community organizations, government agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Respond to and track public questions, concerns, complaints, and requests and coordinate with project teams to support timely follow-up and resolution.
• Translate technical and project information into clear, easy-to-understand communications for a variety of audiences.
• Participate in government briefings, community meetings, and project presentations to external groups.
• Maintain stakeholder contact lists, outreach records, issue logs, and other project documentation.
• Identify emerging or sensitive community issues and communicate potential concerns to project leadership.
• Meet with clients and project teams to develop key messages, themes, and individual or local outreach approaches.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all applicable policies and standards.

Required Skills

• Media-relations skills and previous experience working with media outlets to develop and deliver key messages and manage content (news, events, crises, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and assist with the management of large-scale permitting and construction projects, and the necessary communications processes associated with such an effort.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Expert analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High level of attention to detail with ability to perform quality reviews.

Preferred Skills

• Experience related to communication on behalf of engineering or construction projects.
• Proposal writing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in developing content for social media and news releases, as well as web design and coding (for both traditional and social media platforms).

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, or a related field from an accredited program required (with 4 years of strategic communication experience).
• Master's Degree in a related field preferred (with 3 years of strategic communication experience).

Required Experience

• 4 years of strategic communication experience (required with Bachelor's Degree).

Nice-to-Have Experience

• 3 years of strategic communication experience (preferred with Master's Degree).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of experience building critical infrastructure across the energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the firm operates from 75 offices across the country and internationally, employing more than 14,500 employee-owners who generate over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), every full-time employee is a stakeholder in the organization's success, creating a culture of accountability and collaboration recognized by a 4.2-star Glassdoor rating across more than 1,800 reviews and multiple Glassdoor Best Places to Work designations. Teams here include civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, communications professionals, and program management specialists engaged in complex, large-scale projects ranging from major airport expansions to grid infrastructure development.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-14583

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