Community Engagement Coordinator

Do you want to love your job and make a positive impact in your community? Are you passionate about service?   Willing to take the lead? Energized by connecting with people from different backgrounds?  Do you run full-speed toward meaningful challenges? Do you have the heart to dream big and the skills to bring your ideas into reality? If you are getting excited just reading this, then you should apply for this position!

 The City of Baytown, Texas is searching for a Community Engagement Coordinator to lead the city's civic engagement efforts.  This position will take the lead in creating opportunities for public dialogue, engagement, and volunteerism and will be a key player in building trust, connection, and commitment among residents and between the community and city government.   In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Connect with Community Organizations and Corporate Partners
• Empower Neighborhood Groups
• Create pathways to volunteerism
• Coordinate the Public Art Visioning Committee
• Lead the Youth Advisory Council
• Create a Citizens Academy
• Support Imagine Baytown and City Council Goals

If you have a background in community building and a heartfelt belief that strong communities require high levels of citizen engagement, you may be just the person for our team.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent years of directly related experience
• 3 years of relevant experience in volunteerism, community engagement, outreach, local government, education, or non-profit work.

Preferred:

• Master's Degree in related field
• Bilingual Spanish

Please submit online application and resume at https://www.baytown.org/ . Please be sure the application is completed in its entirety and do not list "see resume."