Salary Range: $54,630.13 - $76,482.18 annually

Job Summary:

The Public Information Officer is responsible for developing and providing public release of information to local and national media. Seeks opportunities for community engagement by Police across the diversity of the city and coordinates those opportunities with other units if required. Develops, implements, and manages social media efforts of the Greeley Police Department.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills:

Equivalent combination of the following:

• Degree in journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, or related field; BA/BS desired
• Demonstrated professional experience in social media and related technologies
• Demonstrated proficiency in use of communication tools such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
• Experience in public speaking
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively
• PC desktop publishing skills including Word, Excel, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Demonstrated understanding of mobile applications
• Excellent command of the English language to include grammar, spelling, and punctuation; ability to effectively proofread own and others work
• Demonstrated ability in written and verbal communication
• Be well versed in the regulations, laws, and strategic circumstances of the release of law enforcement related information.
• Valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Spanish/English fluency helpful
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered

Essential Functions:

• Develop media strategies, draft press releases, and media summaries for Police.
• Serve as agency spokesperson on all matters relating to public information.
• Communicate using proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Conduct press interviews with local, regional, and national news representatives as required.
• Manage media requests in a timely manner
• With minimal supervision, write effective content with clarity and consistency, edit, and perform media relations using current industry best practices.
• Maintain positive relationships with media outlets.
• Correct errors in media coverage of Greeley.
• Develop, manage, and maintain the social media outreach of Police.
• Design visual communications via graphic design and photography for use in social media.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of police policy and procedure.
• Select and supervise members of Department who perform duties to further the external social media communication efforts.
• The following is a list of other duties:
  • CIRT response, Annual report, Assist BWC management, Website updates, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Next door, Scheduling posts, Recruitment assistance, videos, content, and pictures.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• Ability to respond to police related scenes and functions to assist in public relations/information.
• Available to be called-in for critical police related incidents.
• Work is structured with established instructions and procedures
• Frequent and heavy contact with public and employees in person and by telephone
• Employee may be asked to drive personal vehicle for business purposes
• Employee is subject to working alone and/or with groups and/or attends meetings
• Employee spends extended periods of time at fixed workstation
• Employee may be required to conduct business in alternate locations within City buildings, sometimes in formal settings
• Employee may be required to work overtime, holidays, evenings, shifts, or weekends
• Employee may have frequent interruptions and be required to manage competing priorities while having inflexible deadlines
• Employee may have frequent contact with the public-in person, via email/telephone; and may experience adverse or confrontational situations with internal/external customers
• Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; work performed is sedentary, generally in an office environment
• Environment is safe to having minimal hazards that are typically found in general office environment where there is rarely little or no exposure to injury or accident
• Requires ability to manage competing priorities with frequent interruptions
• Communication skills enough to hear and convey information to/from the public via telephone and in person;
• Operate standard office equipment requiring continuous or repetitive hand/arm movements;
• Vision enough to interpret computer screens and documents to assist the public and complete work assignments; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus;
• Manual dexterity enough to accurately input, retrieve and verify work assignments; employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms;
• Duties may occasionally include light to moderate physical effort that includes frequent standing or walking; frequently lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds; maintaining arms and hands in the same position for repetitive tasks and frequently working with light objects and light hand tools;
• Extensive work is performed on a computer with repetitive data entry and 10-key calculations; work is primarily performed at a desk.
  

Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE .