Kearns & West, a strategic collaboration and communications firm specializing in water, energy, natural resources and environmental facilitation/mediation, collaboration and public involvement, seeks a seasoned public involvement expert to join our firm’s Portland, Oregon office. Kearns & West also has offices in San Francisco, CA, Sacramento, CA and Washington, DC.
The Public Involvement Specialist will serve as part of a team and will bring a complementary client base and experience in public involvement programs.
Criteria for Successful Candidate
- Experienced, effective public involvement expert with a reputation for integrity, fairness, and achieving results.
- Minimum five to eight years of relevant experience in public involvement, public outreach, collaborative processes, and facilitation.
- Client base that complements and expands K&W’s existing practice areas in natural resources, water resource management, and energy projects, and that would benefit from joining the K&W team.
- A proven ability to develop business.
- Portland, Oregon location/Western U.S. practice areas.
- Proven ability to design and manage public involvement projects.
- Proven ability to provide clients with strategic counsel on public involvement/collaboration and environmental/natural resource regulatory processes (NEPA, ESA, FPA/ECPA, Wild and Scenic Rivers, etc.)
- A style that fits with the Kearns & West positive team culture, both within the firm and with the stakeholder teams we work with.
