Public Affairs Specialist

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The Public Affairs Specialist is responsible for supporting the Manager of Public Affairs efforts to develop communications material for internal and external audiences that are designed to increase visibility and enhance awareness of the RTAA. As part of our awardwinning Marketing and Public Affairs team the Public Affairs Specialist who is hired into this position will have broad responsibilities when it comes to providing high quality timely and relevant information to internal and external stakeholders of the RenoTahoe Airport Authority.

Whether youre providing information education or inspiration your voice will have a farreaching impact for the organization as well as the RenoTahoe region. From internal intranetbased articles to employee emails press releases website content social soundbites and newsletters you will have the opportunity to provide communication in different formats and across many different platforms.

Plus its just really FUN. Theres always something new and exciting happening at the RTAA especially in the midst of MoreRNO the largest infrastructure program in our airports history. After you put that longform website article to bed you roll up your sleeves and plan a press conference or update The Hub (our intranet) with photos from our last Town Hall meeting or create a PowerPoint presentation for one of our Chiefs who is headed to an important conference or find yourself on the news as the backup Public Information Officer. In short its busy its important and it makes a difference to people in many different ways.

Responsibilities of This Position Include:

• Support internal communications including researching writing creating and distributing material such as emails flyers intranet and digital screen content.
• Support external communications including helping research and write news releases and media pitches website content PowerPoint presentations social media posts and newsletter creation.
• Support the RTAAs Public Information Officer (PIO) and occasionally serve as backup PIO during which times the Public Affairs Specialist would be on call during nonworking hours and serve as the airport spokesperson.
• Support crisis communications planning by updating internal and external facing templates and procedure documentation.
• Planning and executing special events such as press conferences groundbreakings community and employee events.
• Support and coordinate onsite filming activities.
• News monitoring and reporting including proactively monitoring industry news to stay current on issues and anticipate potential impacts on the RTAA.
• Research and respond to Ask the Airport emails.
• Support inhouse marketing and advertising campaigns as needed.
• Occasional light administrative support.

Entry Salary: $61887 $77978 per year with opportunity for additional meritbased increases to a range maximum of $94068. Initial salary placement will be based upon experience and qualifications. This position is salaried and exempt from overtime.

Benefits: The RTAA offers a competitive wage and benefit package and provides a highquality worklife balance. Employee benefits include 100 employer paid contributions to the Nevada PERS retirement program; 100 employerpaid health insurance for the employee; paid vacation and sick leave; and 14 paid holidays per year just to name a few.

Position Requirements: Education Experience Certifications

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university in journalism communications English or a closely related field or equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Three years of integrated communications experience. Aviation experience and professional and relevant accreditation(s) preferred but not required.
• A valid drivers license is required at the time of application.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

How to apply: Visit our website: www.renoairport/careers. From there click on the Apply Now button to fill out the short Work History Questionnaire and/or upload your detailed resume. Make sure your Work History and/or resume clearly speaks to whether or not you meet the minimum qualifications and why you are the right person for this position. To find out more about the RTAA visit renoairport.

Review of Application: After submission the application and/or resume will be reviewed to determine if it is complete and if minimum qualifications are met.

PreEmployment Requirements: The RTAA requires each candidate to successfully complete employment history verification prior to being considered for employment. All employment offers are subject to completing and passing a drugscreening test a fingerprint criminal history records check and security badging test.

Tips for success:

• Make sure you clearly state how you meet the minimum qualifications listed on the job announcement through your detailed resume or manually entered work history.
• Please provide at least five years of employment history.
• If you had more than one position with the same employer list each position separately along with the timeframe or dates you were in each position.
• Explain any gaps of employment of 6 months or more in the work history section. To do this just add a New Position and write Unemployed for the company and what was occurring under the Title (e.g. unemployed student etc. and list dates. Please note a statement in the Summary section is not sufficient to address gaps in employment.

Good luck! Please know we are here to help so dont hesitate to call our People Operations Office if you have any questions about the application recruitment and/or selection process the physical demands of the position or requests for a reasonable accommodation. Our number isand were happy to help.

The RTAA is an organization that thrives by living our core values and by honoring the dignity of all individuals. With teamwork respect versatility and a focus on excellence we serve our employees and our community with pride and passion. We are a drugfree workplace and an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a healthy work environment.