Outreach & Engagement Specialist

The Office

The mission of the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) is to improve the lives of Seattle’s immigrant and refugee families. OIRA centers racial equity and community engagement in its work and seeks candidates who are committed to these values.

The Job

We are recruiting for an Outreach and Engagement Specialist to join our team. In this job, you will serve as the hub that connects immigrants and refugees to City and local resources. You will make sure that each interaction is culturally robust and linguistically relevant. You will identify resource gaps and work to address them. You will staff the Immigrant and Refugee Commission, planning for and facilitating meetings, collaborating on work plans, and initiating and tracking projects. You will build upon current relationships with the Immigrant & Refugee Commission members, City departments, local non-profits, and community members. You will navigate political spaces with care and respect, improving the City’s ability to engage. You will lead investment planning, grant writing, compliance, and contract management.

• Equity and supporting immigrants and refugees

• Continually improving the systems that connect immigrants and refugees to resources that improve their health and safety

• Building relationships through authentic engagement

• Meeting partners and community members where they are and supporting their journey

• Listening, gathering information, synthesizing feedback, and using it to inform programs, services, resources, and policies

• Sharing information in a variety of formats to match the audience’s needs

• Lived experience as an immigrant or refugee and experience managing projects and programs that serve them, or deep work expertise supporting immigrant and refugee communities

• Strong project management, work coordination, prioritization, and adaptability skills

• Evaluated systems by identifying service gaps, analyzing data, making recommendations, and implementing improvements

• Built and maintained strong collaborative partnerships within/across an organization and with external partners

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