Community and Engagement Supervisor

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The City of American Canyon is seeking a dynamic, collaborative, and skilled communications professional to serve as our next Communications and Engagement Supervisor. This is an exciting opportunity for a team player who is passionate about public service and understands the power of clear, compelling, and inclusive communication.

Under general supervision, plans, schedules, assigns, reviews and supervises the work of staff performing a variety of public information and education programs and activities to enhance community knowledge, awareness of and involvement in City services, projects, programs, events and activities; participates in the development of communications strategies and plans, and evaluates their effectiveness.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Communications and Engagement Supervisor is the full supervisory level in the communications and engagement class series. Incumbents spend at least half of the time supervising others and the remaining time performing the full range of complex duties as assigned. Incumbents exercise independent judgement and have on-going decision-making responsibilities associated with the work, performs the full range of complex duties related to implementation of the City’s multimedia communications and community engagement program, and provides professional level support to the assigned higher-level management or executive supervisor.

FUTURE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
This position is represented by the Mid-Management Unit of the Teamsters Local 315. Per the signed MOU, this position will receive a COLA in July 2026 of between 2% and 5% based on CPI. 

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan, coordinate, promote, and implement a variety of community outreach and public education programs, events, and activities for external and internal audiences in alignment with the City’s mission.
• Participate in the development of goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; recommends and implements policies and procedures including standard operating procedures for assigned operations.
• Lead development of key message strategies consistent with strategic communication plans, and identification of opportunities to communicate project, service, program, education and other relevant updates to the public. 
• Supervise and participate in researching, writing, editing, and distribution of a variety of internal and external communications, such as press releases, public notices, newsletters, brochures, videos, reports, web documents, correspondence, speeches, fact sheets, briefing notes, and other publications and materials.
• Supervise and participate in capturing still and video images for use in a variety of materials and platforms.

Typical Qualifications:

Any combination of Experience & Education that results in the successful applicant obtaining the requisite knowledge, skills and ability to perform the required job duties.

Typical examples include: 

Experience and Education:

• Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in English, journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, advertising or a related field applicable to the responsibilities and requirements of this position. 
   – AND –
• Three (3) years of professional experience at the level of a Communications and Engagement Coordinator II performing increasingly responsible communications and public engagement activities preferably in non-profit or government sectors. 

Possession of relevant coursework and/or certification from CSTI/CalOES and/or FEMA on performing as a Public Information Officer highly desired.