Harris County
Location
Houston, TX | United States
Job description
Precinct One’s Mission
Precinct One’s mission is that we are committed to become a national model for delivering responsive public service utilizing inclusive, innovative and collaborative approaches to improve the quality of life, advance equality of opportunity and promote the fair treatment of all people in Harris County. The Policy team advances the mission by developing and advancing equitable public policy that enhances the quality of life of all Harris County residents.
What you will do at Precinct One
The Policy team’s research and advocacy is grounded in principles of racial, social and economic equity, primarily focused on fields of access for affordable and quality health care, criminal justice reform and community safety, economic equity and opportunity, voting rights, affordable housing, and environmental and climate justice.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
What you will bring to Precinct One
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Policy, Public Administration, Public Affairs, Political Science, Law, Economics, Research Science, or related field from an accredited college or university
Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of the specified educational requirements.
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
NOTE : Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
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What You Get in Return
You will be in a mission-driven organization surrounded by colleagues who bring their best to work each day and collaborate to make a difference in the communities Precinct One serves along with Harris County as a whole.
Harris County employees receive a competitive salary plus medical, dental and vision insurance at no cost to the employee after the first two months of full-time continued employment. Vacation, sick time and floating holidays allow our employees to recharge and balance work and personal time. Mandatory participation in our retirement program allows employees to save for retirement. Various other benefits and discounts lead to the satisfaction and engagement of our employees.
About the Policy Department
The Policy Department is committed to racial, social, and economic justice, and ask that team members believe deeply that economic, and social and racial justice are important and that they are driven to act on this belief. To engage effectively with our mission, team members must recognize ways that economic and social justice issues intersect and play out in the work, especially with communities we serve, and that team members are continually able to hear, reflect, and act on feedback regrading identity and equity with the aim to learn.
The Policy Department serves as a conduit for the research and vetting of information to assist in decision-making. The goal of the department is to ensure that every decision is well informed, evaluated and executed in the manner that best serves the constituents. The Policy Department is responsible for building out longer-term issue campaigns and designing roadmaps to implementation, in collaboration with community engagement and communications teams at the Precinct.
About Precinct One
There are four precincts in Harris County. The four elected commissioners, along with an elected county judge, serve as members of Harris County Commissioners Court, the administrative head of the county’s government. Commissioner Rodney Ellis represents the constituents of Precinct One.
With approximately 1.17 million residents, Harris County Precinct One is a diverse, urban precinct that covers 363 square miles. Precinct One’s multi-racial, multi-ethnic population is roughly 33 percent African American, 38 percent Latino, 21 percent Anglo, 6 percent Asian and 2 percent other or multiple races.
Precinct One stretches south to Brazoria County and reaches into eastern and northern sections of Harris County. The Precinct’s territory includes a large section of Downtown Houston, including the Downtown Harris County Courthouse Complex, Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park and the BBVA Compass Stadium. Other notable landmarks include the 263-acre NRG Park Complex and the renowned Texas Medical Center. The Precinct is also the higher educational home to Houston Community College, Rice University, Texas Southern University, the University of Houston and the University of St. Thomas. Precinct One manages more than 21 parks, 10 community centers, numerous hike-and-bike trails, three maintenance service centers and several area offices, all of which provide an array of services to Precinct One residents.
How to apply
If this job sounds interesting, you meet the required qualifications and you can see yourself working for Precinct One in our Policy area, we invite you to apply.
Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
BENEFITS
Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.
The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:
The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:
For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:
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