Community & Citizenship Specialist

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 84,000.00 - 105,000.00 USD annualized.

Position Description: Support local Community & Citizenship team and business unit leaders to implement and promote community outreach, programs, and events. Coordinate community service, Underrepresented Business Enterprise, Youth and Workforce Development programs, and other initiatives.

Reports to: Community & Citizenship Manager, Director, GM, or Business Development Manager

The salary range for this position is $84,000 to $105,000.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work in conjunction with Procurement Department to:
  
  • Administer and maintain Underrepresented Business Enterprise (UBE) program and communicate program to augment employee awareness and participation.
    
  • Coordinate and attend outreach events to encourage participation of UBEs, maximizing utilization for all projects.
    
  • Track and report business utilization metrics to ensure compliance, commitments, and goals are met.
    
  • Track and maintain records of prime subcontractors' UBE commitments.
    
  • Compile and maintain business unit directory of potential certified UBE bidders.
    
• Actively engage with local, community, Federal, State, and City organizations that support and promote UBE programs.
  
• Work with project staff to track first and second tier UBE participation on projects.
  
• Collect and maintain records of assigned local resident and diverse Trade employees on projects.
  
• Identify targeted opportunities for community partnerships; coordinate and promote employee engagement for activities.
  
• Monitor local economic impact, social issues and trends to assist in development of Community & Citizenship plan.
  
• Support RFP process, provide relevant information and assist in development of sales presentations.
  
• Promote employee involvement in Community & Citizenship initiatives, reinforce positive culture and foster connectivity of Turner employees.
  
• Other activities and duties as assigned.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Associate's Degree from accredited and credentialed degree program and 3 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), able to create presentations, charts, database management, and MS Outlook email and calendar programs, or similar applications.
  
• Proficient with collaboration technology (Office365, SharePoint, Cloud Sharing, etc.).
  
• Ability to work in non-structured environment, with minimal oversight, take direction without continuous follow-up, and work with multiple project teams.
  
• Passion for community based programs with current or past volunteerism, or other community experience.
  
• Energetic, hands-on, proactive, and continuous learner.
  
• Display initiative, professionalism, creativity, and independent thinking.
  
• Effective business verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and timely documentation.
  
• Resourceful, problem solving skills, and analytical thinking.
  
• Skilled planning, reporting, and scheduling.
  
• Travel.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.