Public Education Program Coordinator - Keep Fort Worth Beautiful

Job Description:

Public Education Program Coordinator - Keep Fort Worth Beautiful

Description

Public Education Program Coordinator - Keep Fort Worth Beautiful
at The City of Fort Worth
Environmental Services

Pay Range: $31.52 - $40.98/hr. | $65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, and Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Public Education Program Coordinator job is available with the City of Fort Worth Environmental Services Department. Environmental Services works to safeguard the environment and foster sustainable, thriving neighborhoods through education and engagement with the community to manage waste, advocate for health and safety, and reduce incidents of environmental pollution. This position primarily serves as a Keep Fort Worth Beautiful coordinator, leading and assisting multiple large-scale, public-facing projects throughout the year and maintaining the organization's programs. This position is also part of the Planning & Data Analytics team, supporting data-driven initiatives through data analysis, metrics gathering, GIS mapping, research, and local environmental and neighborhood-level studies. The successful candidate must be able to use computer software and technology to support the overall planning process, which includes development, implementation, and evaluation/measurements of plans, and possess excellent interpersonal skills to work with a diverse set of internal and external customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Relations, Journalism, Social Sciences, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in public relations, volunteer management, public education, or community engagement, including one (1) year of administrative and budgetary responsibility
• Valid Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster positive relationships with internal and external partners
• Experience or interest in leading and supporting outreach and education activities and events on behalf of a Keep America Beautiful affiliate
• Strong writing and editing skills for developing a variety of public-facing and internal documents
• Skilled in comprehensive data analysis, statistics, data visualization, and presentation of results in written and oral presentation methods
• Project management skills and the ability to work collaboratively to manage multiple programs, projects, and initiatives
• Proficient in MS Office and experience with GIS, Adobe InDesign, or other document layout and graphic design software

The Public Engagement Program Coordinator job responsibilities include:

• Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
• Coordinates volunteer needs and opportunities to support Keep Fort Worth Beautiful programs; including individuals, board members, schools, non-profits, stakeholders, businesses, and other local government agencies.
• Creates, develops, and provides training and presentations to volunteers, city staff, and public to promote volunteer engagement. Creates and develops communication to promote volunteer opportunities and engagement.
• Gathers and reports pertinent data relevant to planning activities and provides professional assistance to supervisory and management staff.
• Researches and analyzes data to identify trends or needs, and makes recommendations or develops strategies to address needs.
• Assists Senior Planners in performing special studies in program evaluation and compiles statistical data.
• Develops and reviews City ordinances and other documentation related to environmental planning.
• Educates residents and community members on environmental topics and City resources.
• Other duties include fulfilling daily and short-term project requests, technical writing (to include grants and reports), project evaluation and implementation, program management, and data management

Working Conditions

• Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, and repetitive motions.

Physical Demands

• Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Closing Date/Time: Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Salary:

$31.52 - $40.98/hr. | $65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation