Communications Manager

CLASS SUMMARY:
This position will provide communication and marketing support to all departments and assist in the overall city-wide communication plan. Typical duties may include: overseeing the City's communication plan; preparing documents for publication and marketing including newsletters, public service announcements, and press releases; serving as a liaison to facilitate and coordinate department operations and communications information; managing the City's social media presence; serving as a point of contact for news organizations; hiring, evaluating, and supervising subordinate staff and/or performing other related activities. Considered Essential Personnel which requires being on duty to respond to emergency situations including natural and/or manmade disasters and is included in the City's Emergency Operations Center.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or equivalent and three (3) years of related experience in assigned area of responsibility; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
Valid Texas driver's license

KNOWLEDGE:

• Supervisory principles;
• Public relations principles;
• Applicable program principles and practices;
• Recordkeeping principles;
• Marketing principles;
• Principles and practices of public and program administration;
• Fundamental statistical and research design principles;
• Federal, state, and local program guidelines, laws, rules, and regulations;
• Community outreach techniques;
• Basic budgeting principles;
• Contract administration principles;
• Event coordination principles;
• Applicable Federal, State, and City laws and regulations.

SKILLS:

• Monitoring and evaluating employees;
• Prioritizing and assigning work;
• Using computers and related software applications;
• Designing, developing, and evaluating programs;
• Providing public relations;
• Preparing procedures and guidelines;
• Assisting with establishing program-wide goals and priorities;
• Preparing reports;
• Researching and identifying community resources and services;
• Evaluating, analyzing, and resolving complex problems;
• Analyzing and interpreting applicable guidelines, laws, rules, and regulations;
• Planning, organizing, coordinating, and evaluating activities in assigned programmatic area;
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Positions in this class typically require: climbing, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations; atmospheric conditions, such as fumes, odors, gases, and poor ventilation; hazardous materials, such as chemicals, blood, and other bodily fluids; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space-related movement restrictions; intense noise; and other environmental conditions, such as, challenging behaviors, imminent danger, and threatening environments; incumbents may also be expected to travel