Communications Coordinator



Salary: $40,000 - $50,000 plus excellent benefits
Area of Focus: Children and Youth, Education and Academia, Politics
Education: No requirement
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, 02453, United States
Posted by: Stand for Children
Job Category: Communications
Sector: Nonprofit
Last day to apply: August 1, 2009
Last updated: June 3, 2009
Type: Full time
Language(s): English
Job posted on: June 2, 2009



Description:
Stand for Children - a bold, independent voice for public education reform – seeks an exceptional individual to produce and manage the organization’s print and online communications content.

The Organization
Stand for Children’s mission is to use the power of grassroots action to help all children get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive. To date, Stand for Children’s five state affiliates (CO, MA, OR, TN, and WA) have won nearly two hundred victories that have impacted the lives of more than two million children. This is only a beginning – and it has to be only a beginning – given the urgent need to fix our broken public school systems.
In the next three years, Stand for Children will add five new state affiliates, significantly expand our current affiliates, and achieve key education reforms that improve the education and lives of millions of children in the years to come. To learn more about Stand for Children’s exciting vision to transform public education, please visit www.stand.org.

The Position
Stand for Children seeks a Communications Coordinator to produce and manage the organization’s online and print content to ensure that all communications are compelling, effective and representative of the organization’s values and mission to improve public education. The Communication Coordinator will serve a crucial role in continuing to build the profile of Stand for Children as a leading political voice in education reform and to motivate hundreds of thousands of parents, educators, and concerned community members to get involved.

The Communications Coordinator position represents a unique opportunity to work as part of a dynamic , highly effective, and rapidly growing national organization. The Communications Coordinator will have the opportunity to work with staff from all five of Stand’s current state affiliates, staff from new state affiliates as they are launched, and members of Stand’s national new media and development teams. In addition to strengthening Stand’s current communications practices, the Communications Coordinator will also work with state affiliate staff to test innovative new communications tools and messages.

Responsibilities will include:
•Creating compelling, persuasive, relevant, and accurate website content that will increase visitors’ engagement with the organizations (in close collaboration with the Internet Coordinator);
•Producing content for newsletters, the annual report and other print communications that will support fundraising and state-based campaign goals;
•Leveraging Stand’s education policy library to position Stand for Children as a prominent online resource for high impact education reforms (working closely with the National Training Director);
•Working closely with Stand’s graphic designer and printing vendor to ensure effective production of print materials;
•Editing a range of organizational and campaign-focused written materials to ensure clarity, conciseness, and effectiveness;
• Training Stand organizing staff on best practices for effective email communications.
Additional Qualifications:
Qualifications and Qualities Required:
•Passionate belief in Stand for Children’s mission to improve public schools; previous knowledge of public education reform and/or politics is desirable;
•Minimum of 3 years experience in campaign writing, online writing, marketing-related writing, journalism, or a related field;
•Outstanding and fast writer and editor;
•Excellent planning and organizational skills;
•Exceptional attention to detail;
•An entrepreneurial orientation and strong drive to achieve outcomes;
•Fluency in Spanish preferred but not required.
How to Apply:
To apply for the position, please send a resume and cover letter to jobs@stand.org. Please specify interest in this position by inserting “Communications Coordinator” in your email subject field. No calls please. Stand for Children is an equal opportunity employer and candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply.


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