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Position Description
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) provides essential utility services to a rapidly growing and increasingly complex city and region. With more people living in Seattle than ever before, we face a range of new challenges, requirements, and responsibilities. This is an exciting time for us, as we embrace the challenge of balancing environmental enhancement, service excellence, and compliance with affordability. We are exploring and sharing approaches to meeting new and future demands.
SPU strives to be a Community Centered Utility working to make Seattle the best place to live for everyone. We are committed to service equity – a concept that all customers must have equitable access and support to fully benefit from our services. SPU delivers high quality, vital services across four lines of business: providing drinking water, solid waste, drainage and wastewater services for over 650,000 residential and 60,000 business customers in Seattle. We also provide drinking water for 1.4 million regional customers in Seattle and other municipalities. Our customers depend on us to deliver high quality, reliable utility services and to provide value for their dollar. With that goal in mind, we pursue everything we do with the following core areas of focus:
- Achieve Excellence in Core Service Delivery
- Increase Affordability and Accountability
- Improve Investment Value
- Enhance Public Health and Environment
- Ensure Equity and Inclusion
- Expand our Impact through Strong Partnerships
We have an exciting opportunity for a Public Education Program Specialist to join our team at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center. We are seeking a passionate individual who enjoys working as part of a dynamic team to play a vital role in educating the public about the source of Seattle’s drinking water. As a member of this team, you will collaborate and partner with key stakeholders to develop and deliver a robust curriculum that engages diverse customers.
The successful candidate will work with a team to deliver education programs about the natural and cultural history of Seattle’s watersheds. They will manage programs independently, contribute to the creation of promotional and educational material and help with general operations of the Education Center. The Public Education Program Specialist needs to be able to juggle many responsibilities in a fast-paced environment. It is crucial for the successful candidate to have the ability to connect with a diverse audience, including race, age, religion, sexual orientation, culture and socioeconomic status.
This is a part-time position with hours ranging from 20 to 27 hours per week, depending on the time of year. The schedule will change slightly between seasons in order to meet the needs of our education programs. Although the position is part-time, the successful candidate will be eligible to receive full medical, dental, and vision benefits.Job Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, develop, implement, deliver and evaluate public education programs
- Develop promotional and informational programs and materials
- Serve as a liaison with schools, community centers and other groups and organizations
- Review, evaluate, recommend and/or select various educational materials such as audio and visual aids and hands-on models for educational programs
- Prepare or oversee preparation of educational material such as brochures, handouts, slide shows, exhibits and similar materials for educational programs
- Plan and implement promotional activities in support of educational programs such as production of advertising, press releases, newsletters, special mailings and other promotional materials
- Staff information desk and sales area
- Take lead responsibility for special programs and projects
- Monitor program goals and objectives
- Provide education and outreach in public recreation areas
- Participate in the selection and evaluation of public education consultants
- Perform other related duties of a comparable level/type as assigned
This job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Work Environment/Physical Demands:
- Required to lift objects weighing 50 pounds or less
- Required to work outdoors in all types of weather
- Must be able to work on Saturdays every one (1) to two (2) weeks, depending on the season.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in English, Education, Communication or a related field. Candidates with a combination of education and/or training and/or experience that provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of this position will be viewed as meeting the experience and education qualifications.
License: Current Washington State Driver ‘s license.
Additional Information
Please note: This is a part-time position. Hours range from 20 hours per week to 27 hours per week, depending on the time of year. The schedule will change slightly between seasons in order to meet the needs of our education programs. This position will need to work on Saturdays every one to two weeks, depending on the season. Although the position is part-time, the successful candidate will be eligible to receive full medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Offers of employment are contingent upon review of criminal history.