Responsibilities

• Provide crisis communication support as needed: This position requires being on-call outside of normal work hours and may involve extended shifts, weekends, and holidays during emergencies or critical incidents.
• Develop and manage public communications: Plan, design, and implement communications and public information programs, including news releases, social media messaging, videos, PSAs, and outreach campaigns.
• Create multimedia and marketing content: Produce content for various platforms (internet, TV, radio) to support crime prevention, public safety, and community engagement initiatives.
• Lead social media strategy: Recommend and manage the Police Department’s ongoing social media approach to ensure timely, accurate, and engaging public messaging.
• Maintain Police Department website content: Serve as the primary content manager for the Police Department’s webpages; ensure content remains current and informative.
• Collaborate with the City Communications Team: Coordinate closely with the City’s Communications Team to align messaging and maintain consistent public information across departments.
• Build relationships with media outlets: Establish and maintain professional connections with local traditional and non-traditional media to enhance public outreach and media coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, journalism, communications, criminal justice, or a closely related field. If you do, please specify your degree and field of study.
• 3 or more years of experience in Digital engagement, Communications, Media Relations, or Marketing.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced Police Department background check; including the enhanced Police Department background check details listed in the job announcement.
• Schedule flexibility: option to be on a 5/8 or 4/10 schedule; on-call required.

Preferred

• 02 Please select all that apply: fields in which you have 3 or more years of experience.
• 03 Describe a successful social media campaign you’ve planned and executed. What platforms did you use, what was your goal, and how did you measure success?
• 04 Name a few social media accounts that you feel are top-notch, and what strategies they employ that you’d bring to the City of Bothell in this role
• 05 I understand that if chosen to be the top candidate for this position, I will be required to go through a enhanced Police Department background check. Details of the enhanced Police Department background check are listed in the job announcement.

Benefits

• Bothell offers a career-enriching opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a way that has a positive effect on the community. We encourage professional growth and for employees to “think outside the box”. We value work-life balance and provide paid vacation and sick leave benefits.
• We offer ample time off, including 11 paid holidays as well as 2 personal holidays.
• As an employee, you have access to a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision for you and your family.
• We also offer life and disability insurance, state pension and deferred compensation for retirement.
• Commute trip reduction, alternative work schedules, flexible work environment, and hybrid work options are available when appropriate.
• The City of Bothell creates an environment that supports wellness practices which enhance the quality of life for City employees and encourage and incentivize participation in an employee wellness program.
• As a result, the City is a recipient of the Association of Washington Cities WellCity Award.
• For a general listing of City of Bothell's benefits, click on the following link AFSCME Benefit Summary.