About This Position
Come work for one of Arizona's top employers as named by Forbes in 2024! As a Senior Public Information Officer (PIO) for the City of Phoenix, you'll work in a vibrant, growing city that is now the 5th largest in the county alongside a dynamic team of talented communications professionals.
The Street Transportation Department Senior PIO is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a wide range of internal and external communications in a large, multi-faceted, fast-paced department. The Senior PIO will oversee the department's local and national media relations, website content, social media, printed materials, public notifications, public meeting facilitation, video production and various public engagement campaigns.
The Senior PIO provides direction regarding the distribution of public information to department staff and leadership and serves on transportation project teams as the expert in communications and public engagement. This position serves as a liaison between the department and media, community members, other City departments, City Council and more.
The Senior PIO is an integral part of the Street Transportation Department's Communications & Public Engagement Team and supervises the Department's Public Information Officer. The position reports to City's Deputy Communications Director. The Senior PIO must be willing to be on-call at any given time for media purposes. This job is eligible for hybrid teleworking options and generally works traditional business hours, with occasional evenings and weekends based on City needs. Bilingual candidates with fluency in either written and/or conversational Spanish are encouraged to apply.
With nearly 5,000 miles of streets, the department has no shortage of stories to tell and projects to communicate! Learn more about the Street Transportation Department at phoenix.gov/streets and follow @StreetsPHX on social media.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Comfortably prioritizes a multitude of high-priority tasks simultaneously.
- Passionate about and familiar with local government.
- Strives for innovation and embraces the latest advances in technology and communications/public information best practices.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments and is adaptable to change.
- A visionary leader and team player but is also able to work autonomously with little direction.
- Excellent writing skills for a wide variety of audiences and formats.
- Basic graphic design, video editing and other digital media skills.
- Bilingual (Spanish) professional communication proficiency.
SALARY
Pay Range: $82,451.20 - $121,825.60 annually.
Hiring Range: $82,451.20 - $105,248.00 annually.
Pay Range Explanation
- Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
- Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:
- Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information .
- 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions.
- Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans.
- Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan.
- Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually.
- Dental, vision, and life insurance options.
- Employer paid long-term disability.
- Free Bus/light rail pass.
- Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year.
- Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days.
- Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period.
- Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi .
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Minimum Qualifications
- Four years of professional experience in public relations or mass media communications, including at least two years at the advanced professional level (Public Information Officer).
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, mass media communications, public relations, advertising, marketing, or a related field.
- Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
- The City job description can be found here .
- All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
- This position requires the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver's license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage.
- For information regarding pre-screening and driving positions, click here .
Preferred Qualifications
The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:
- Experience working with traditional (television and print) media.
- Experience with creating digital media content for web, social, etc.
- Experience supervising professional level staff.
- Experience with high-profile or crisis communications/media relations.
- Experience and/or understanding of local government practices and procedures.
- Experience serving as an official spokesperson that displays strong public speaking skills.
RECRUITMENT DATES
Recruitment closes November 14, 2024. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.
This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.
How To Apply
Apply online by completing the required information and attaching,
as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.
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