Title: Community Liaison Officer, Richmond

State Role Title: Community Liaison Officer

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Attorney General & Dept of Law

Location: Office of the Attorney General

Agency Website: https://www.oag.state.va.us/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The major responsibility of this position is to engage and build meaningful relationships with community members and organizations on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General, with particular focus on communities that have experienced disproportionate public safety challenges and limited access to resources. This position will focus on increasing awareness of available initiatives, services, and public safety priorities while strengthening trust and collaboration.
This role works directly within communities in Richmond to elevate community voice and support locally informed crime reduction solutions. The position coordinates and supports outreach and engagement activities, including community-based engagement with individuals, families, and local stakeholders.

Work Tasks and Duties:
• Represent the Office of the Attorney General by planning and attending community meetings and outreach activities to identify service gaps and inform internal program development.

• Collaborate with community members to identify needs and gaps in service, communicating these insights internally to inform program development.

• Cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships with community leaders, agencies, business and civic organizations, and the faith community to expand the Office’s reach and support program implementation.

• Tracks outreach activities, participation, and outcomes; prepares summaries, reports, and outcomes as necessary.

• Support initiatives such as task forces, summits, and conferences, along with other specialized community programs as assigned.

• Additional administrative assignments of this position include submission of weekly progress reports and submitting requests for payment and/or purchase orders, travel vouchers, mileage reports, and vehicle maintenance reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• A qualified candidate should have knowledge of current policies, guidelines, and initiatives related to re-entry, community violence reduction, and gang and violence intervention/prevention programs and a demonstrated commitment to public interest work, especially working on crime reduction strategies.
  
• Professionalism, trustworthiness, dependability, the ability to maintain confidentiality, and the ability to work on a team are also requirements of this position.
  
• Comfort with public speaking is important.
• Contact with elected officials, private citizens and community stakeholders demands good human relations skills and excellent phone etiquette.
  
• Experience with grant writing and/or grant management is ideal.
  
• Candidates must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
  

Additional Considerations

A qualified candidate must have a related undergraduate degree in criminal justice, public relations, psychology, social work or commensurate experience.

Special Instructions

Kindly utilize the Virginia Jobs website (https://www.jobs.virginia.gov) to submit your application. Applications sent to the Recruitment email address will not be reviewed for the hiring process. We do not entertain phone calls or emails inquiring about application status; instead, please login to the PageUp/RMS system for updates on your application's status.

Contact Information

Name: OAG Recruitment

Phone: 804-786-2071

Email: recruitment@oag.state.va.us

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.