Community Engagement & Projects Lead

Communities for Recovery; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Job summary

Communities for Recovery in Austin, TX seeks a Project & Community Engagement Manager to lead day-to-day activities, coordinate a multi-year initiative, and advance inclusive participation across diverse stakeholders.

You will oversee work plans, meetings, communications, and engagement strategies; recruit ambassadors with lived experience; and ensure data-informed improvements in service planning and collaboration. Hybrid work in Austin with local travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in communications, public relations, social work, public health, community development, project management, nonprofit management, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in project management, community engagement, communications, coalition-building, program coordination, or a related area.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and responsibilities.
• Familiarity with the Austin/Travis County substance use, behavioral health, recovery, and community-service landscape is strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, organizations, and systems.
• Experience coordinating and facilitating community meetings, events, outreach activities, or collaborative initiatives.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with project leadership, community stakeholders, and external partners.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow projects through from planning to completion.
• Experience with websites, email communications, newsletters, social media, and other communication tools.
• Experience collecting, organizing, and maintaining project or engagement data.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills are preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, Zoom, and common project and communication tools.
• Valid Texas Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day project activities, work plans, timelines, priorities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate Consortium Steering Committee meetings, including scheduling, materials, logistics, documentation, action items, and follow-up.
• Build and maintain relationships with community members, service providers, public agencies, community organizations, advocates, and other stakeholders.
• Lead the day-to-day implementation of community engagement strategies designed to ensure broad and meaningful participation.
• Organize community conversations, listening sessions, workshops, public meetings, outreach activities, and other engagement opportunities.
• Recruit, onboard, coordinate, and support Community Ambassadors, including individuals with lived experience who help expand community participation.
• Gather and document community feedback and ensure that emerging priorities and concerns inform project planning and implementation.
• Coordinate project communications, including website content, newsletters, email communications, social media, outreach materials, and event promotion.
• Coordinate with the project's evaluation subcontractor to support surveys, participation tracking, evaluation activities, reporting, and the use of evaluation findings to strengthen the initiative.
• Maintain accurate project records, stakeholder information, meeting documentation, and other information necessary for project implementation and reporting.
• Coordinate logistics for meetings and events, including venues, registration, technology, accessibility, materials, vendors, and participant communications.
• Support development and dissemination of the community continuum, community-wide substance use plan, progress reports, presentations, and other major project products.
• Represent the initiative at community meetings, conferences, forums, and public events.

Skills

Project management

Community engagement

Coalition-building

Event coordination

Communication

Relationship-building

Bilingual

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Teams

Zoom

Job description

Communities for Recovery in Austin, TX seeks a Project & Community Engagement Manager to lead day-to-day activities, coordinate a multi-year initiative, and advance inclusive participation across diverse stakeholders.

You will oversee work plans, meetings, communications, and engagement strategies; recruit ambassadors with lived experience; and ensure data-informed improvements in service planning and collaboration. Hybrid work in Austin with local travel.