Community Engagement and Risk Communications Specialist

4 weeks ago


Washington, United States Ogilvy Full time

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy is a global agency network that has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since its founding 75 years ago.

We build on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of our advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries.

Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying our ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.

Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit our website and follow us on social media.

About the Role

Ogilvy is looking for a highly driven, organized, and passionate Account Executive with an interest in community engagement and/or risk communications.

This role will primarily support our continued work with FEMA on the Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a federal agency and a large, dynamic team encompassing a network of behavior change, disaster resilience, risk communications, emergency management, community outreach, partnership building, community planning, and engineering experts.

This unique program functions on national, regional, and community levels to engage, equip and empower a broad array of national and local stakeholders around the issues of natural disaster mitigation, climate change adaptation, and capacity building to empower communities to drive resilience.

This full-time position works collaboratively with colleagues in Washington, D.C., and 10 regional offices nationwide to accomplish significant results in the areas of raising understanding of local vulnerabilities and driving action to strengthen communities.

Potential stakeholder audiences include Federal officials, State and local officials, community planners, emergency managers, professional groups, businesses, and local residents.

Key Responsibilities

Work integrally with all internal team members in the development and delivery of great work;

Support the management and execution of community engagement projects, including coordination of the content, location, attendees, and format in direct consultation with local jurisdictions, states, and federal agencies;

Support the development and coordination of localized strategic communication plans and content related to community resilience for local, state, and tribal governments;

Perform research;

Support the development and management of existing and new partnerships with local influencers; consumer, nonprofit, and business organizations; and professional organizations;

Assist in preparation of a variety of written materials, including community profiles, engagement reports, communications plans, partnership agreements, locally tailored outreach tools, and materials, and reports;

Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to identify opportunities for more creative and comprehensive outreach and communication materials that visually describe engagement processes;

Collaborate with the internal project team in the development of staffing and scoping requirements for numerous projects.

Requirements

1+ year of related, client-facing industry experience managing the delivery of great work;

Knowledge of or interest in climate change resilience and/or hazard mitigation at the local, state, or federal level;

Familiarity with or interest in equity-centered approaches to community engagement and program delivery;

Ability to think strategically about issues and message development;

Strong written and verbal communication skills;

Ability to perform research and analysis;

Organized and detail-oriented;

Dependable and collaborative team member, willing to take on new challenges.

What We Offer

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve.

This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.



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