Responsibilities

• - Develop environmental education and awareness content—including articles, videos, graphics, and campaigns—for digital newsletters, websites, social media, factsheets, flyers, presentations, and reports.
• - Assist in managing the editorial and social media calendar to support consistent and strategic content delivery.
• - Maintain, support, and enhance the use of communication tools and best practices across websites, forms, social media, online ordering systems, and newsletters.
• - Implement communication and environmental education plans and messaging strategies for department programs.
• - Research content, audience needs, resources, educational approaches, and messaging strategies to inform program development and planning.
• - Evaluate the effectiveness of communication and environmental education efforts and identify opportunities for improvement.
• - Deliver environmental education by presenting and training youth and adult audiences on the department’s environmental topics.

Requirements

• One of the following:
• Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, communications, mass communications, marketing, media studies, graphic design, photojournalism, telecommunications, visual communications, public administration or a closely related field.
• Two years of college plus two years of related professional experience.
• Note: Experience can be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred

• Experience:\n Translating scientific, environmental, technical, and other complex information into content that is understandable and relatable for general audiences.
• Coordinating, developing, and producing high-quality content across multiple formats.
• Creating communications tailored to diverse audiences and channels, adapting messaging to meet specific needs.
• Communicating clearly and accurately about environmental topics and issues.
• Organizing and maintaining an editorial and social media calendar to support consistent content planning and delivery.
• Researching, developing, and implementing communication plans and messaging strategies.
• Organizing, updating, and analyzing communication and outreach data to support decision-making.
• Collaborating on photo, video, and graphic design projects to enhance storytelling and engagement.
• Using communication tools such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Express, e-newsletter platforms, web content management systems, and social media in a professional setting.
• Coordinating effectively with teams of staff and partners across multiple work areas, organizations, and agencies.

Benefits

• Why work here?
• Hennepin County Embraces The Total Rewards Philosophy. We Want Our Employees To Succeed – Not Only At Work But As They Move Through Life And Its Milestones. We Offer Advantages And Opportunities Others Can\'t – Including
• Meaningful work
• Public service
• Competitive pay
• Work-life balance
• Generous benefits
• Opportunities to grow
• Commitment to your success
• Employee Benefits Summary