Community Engagement Specialist - Spanish bilingual (Internal Hennepin County applicants only) en Hennepin County, MN
Hennepin County, MN · Minneapolis, Estados Unidos De América · Hybrid
- Senior
- Oficina en Minneapolis
About the Department
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- Consult, collaborate, and create engagement plans to support initiatives within Hennepin County. This position will also serve as cultural liaison between the community they serve and be a builder of relationships between Hennepin County and communities to bridge gaps, build trust, and create empowerment with priority populations.
- Serve as a cultural liaison between the communities you serve and be a builder of relationships between Hennepin County and communities to bridge gaps, build trust, and create empowerment with priority populations.
- Lead collaboration between internal departments within Hennepin County to better serve residents who have been impacted the most by disparities.
- Build and maintain long-term, sustainable relationships with community members and organizations.
- Assist with a wide range of engagement events, including attending community meetings, tabling, door knocking, facilitating listening sessions, focus group, and conducting surveys.
- Educate and provide support to residents regarding services and resources available; serve as a contact for residents seeking to connect with Hennepin County and its services.
- Serve on countywide and community committees and task forces and provide support for social media and other communications needs.
- One of the following:
- Eight or more years of experience in general administrative work relating to the management of departmental/organizational operations or in a specialty area appropriate to the position. Note: Experience in general administrative work related to the management of departmental/organizational operations or in a specialty area appropriate to the position may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in public administration, business administration, or other field appropriate to the position and four years of experience in general administrative work relating to the management of departmental/organizational operations or in a specialty area appropriate to the position.
- Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish in addition to English, both verbally and in writing.
- Three or more years of experience working in Latinx communities in Hennepin County.
- Experience:
- Leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of trusted relationships with community members and organizations.
- Facilitating and leading organization-wide or community committees/sessions.
- Communicating with community members in verbal, written, and public speaking formats.
- With diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ability to:
- Navigate challenging conversations among diverse populations and build consensus.
- Establish and maintain relationships with community members and organizations as well as across internal lines of business.
- Collaborate and work across multiple communities and leadership levels within the community.
- Communicate effectively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic, neurodiverse, differing ability, gender, socioeconomic, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
- Coordinate multiple projects and organize work to meet deadlines and conflicting priorities.
The Outreach and Community Supports department is committed to advancing engagement internally and externally in order to better serve residents of Hennepin County. Outreach and Community Supports’ strategy is to create and strengthen long-term, sustainable relationships built on trust. This strategy aligns with and supports the county’s mission, vison, core values and disparity work.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that eliminate disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the elimination of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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