Senior Facilitator/Public Engagement or Communications Expert

~ Kearns & West, is a mediation, facilitation, and communications firm specializing in water, energy, natural resources & environmental collaboration and public involvement ~ 

Position Overview 

We are seeking a Senior Facilitator/Public Engagement or Stretegic Communications Expert (or potentailly a Team Opportunity) interested in joining our Washington DC office.

The individual or group/firm would have an existing and complementary client base and experience facilitating collaborative processes involving stakeholders from state and federal natural resource and regulatory agencies, tribes, environmental organizations, industry and local interests and/or assisting organizations to develop and implement public engagement/strategic communications programs.

Criteria for Candidate Individual or Group/Firm 

• Experienced, effective facilitator or public engagement and communications expert with a reputation for integrity, fairness, and achieving results.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience (facilitation, dispute resolution, public engagement, communications, and collaborative processes).
• Client base that complements and expands K&W's existing practice areas in natural resources, water resource management, land management, energy project, and environmental management. Transportation and health care also of value.
• A proven ability to develop business.
• A national, mid-Atlantic and/or East coast practice.
• Proven ability to manage a team of professionals assigned to collaboration/facilitation/public engagement projects. 
• Proven experience at managing, retaining, training and growing staff at all levels to move into more senior roles and responsibilities.
• Proven ability to design and lead collaborative processes with senior-level stakeholders.
• Proven ability to analyze and explain complex environmental issues and regulations particularly those related to energy, water, land management, transportation issues in the east.
• Proven ability to provide clients with strategic counsel on public engagement/collaboration and environmental/natural resource regulatory processes (NEPA, state-NEPA, ESA, 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. 

About Kearns & West 

• Established firm, founded in 1984. 
• Offices in Washington DC, Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Sacramento, CA, working on local, state, regional, and federal issues.
• Experienced professionals with a team of approximately 30 mediators/facilitators, public involvement and communications specialists with backgrounds in government, engineering, law, communications and environmental sciences.
• Issues resolution focus on energy, water, natural resources, environmental, land management, change management, communications.
• Demonstrated results in large, multi-party, multi-year collaborative processes - national policy negotiations, rulemakings, and on-the-ground negotiations.
• Collegial, energetic, team-spirited culture.
• Superior support systems: process management, marketing, billing, training, HR and benefits management. 

Compensation: We offer excellent benefits: profit-sharing, 401K, bonuses, health, dental and short- and long-term disability insurance, vacation, and more.

To Apply 

• Please use the email address below tp send your resume, cover letter & salary requirements.
• No faxes or phone calls please.
• Please type "Personnel DC" in the subject line of your email.