Community Engagement & Projects Lead (Hybrid, Austin)

Communities for Recovery; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401(k) retirement

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Communities for Recovery seeks a Project & Community Engagement Manager to support a multi-year initiative across Austin and Travis County. The role emphasizes community engagement, relationship-building, communications, meeting coordination, and project management to strengthen substance use services and related systems of care.

The position reports to the Program Director and involves coordinating with diverse stakeholders, hosting listening sessions, and ensuring inclusive participation in a

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.

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 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

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Project management

Organizational skills

Community engagement

Coalition building

Bilingual skills

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Teams

Zoom

Job description

Communities for Recovery seeks a Project & Community Engagement Manager to support a multi-year initiative across Austin and Travis County. The role emphasizes community engagement, relationship-building, communications, meeting coordination, and project management to strengthen substance use services and related systems of care.

The position reports to the Program Director and involves coordinating with diverse stakeholders, hosting listening sessions, and ensuring inclusive participation in a