Communications Manager🔍School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States📁Communications📅Nov 11, 2019 Post Date📅84640 Requisition #The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society seeks to hire an energetic, creative person to join our team as our Communications Manager. As home to an array of programs for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, as well as the host of numerous public events with renowned speakers, the Center is committed to bringing ethical reflection to bear on important social problems through research, teaching, and engagement.

As an integral member of the Center's small team, the Communications Manager leads and manages daily/weekly tasks and longer-term projects to craft the identity and promote the work of the Center to both external and internal audiences. We are looking for an organized, motivated storyteller who can balance routine communications outputs with experimental, new strategies to showcase the full range of the Center's work.

The job responsibilities include: generate content for and maintain the Center's website and social media channels; produce online and print publications; coordinate the production and posting of video/photos from our events; identify and write stories, including translating academic research into accessible and compelling material for the broader public; and seek to place stories with and respond to queries from journalists.

The ideal candidate should enjoy working in a collaborative environment, be comfortable with the ever-changing nature of communication technologies, and be motivated to experiment with those technologies to illuminate ethical issues in public life.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To be considered, please submit a cover letter and a resume.

JOB PURPOSE:

Under minimal supervision, provide support in planning, coordinating, and implementing communication programs. Develop external written communications and design and coordinate media relations programs and efforts.

CORE DUTIES*:

• Develop, execute and oversee written communications of moderate complexity, including presentations, speeches, news stories, web content, talking points, and correspondence and social media posts.

• Participate in regular meetings of key researchers with media relations needs to develop strategies and tactics for facilitating effective communications.

• Assist in identifying and maintaining professional relationships with key press and community leaders.

• Assist in preparing content for internal or external newsletters. Understand email and digital content distribution.

• Identify internal and external individuals/groups to attend and/or speak at public meetings or other events and maintain active relations with these individuals/groups.

• Coordinate media, community or government relations, and ensure logistics and preparations are handled.

* Other duties may also be assigned

MINIMUMREQUIREMENTS

Education& Experience:

Bachelor's degree and three years of relevantexperience or combination of education and relevant experience. Prior experience working in auniversity environment a plus.

Knowledge,Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written communication skills,reporting skills, and skills in conceptual editing, copy editing, and proofreading.
• Ability to work collaboratively withinternal communications groups across campus.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in workingwith a variety of people.
• Capacity to write and synthesize materialsand communicate information in a manner easily understood.

HighlyDesired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of social mediatools.
• Expertise with HTML/Drupal andfamiliarity with video editing software

Certificationsand Licenses: None

PHYSICALREQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-basedcomputer tasks.
• Frequently stand/walk, sit, use atelephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, speaking.
• Occasionally grasp forcefully,writing by hand.
• Rarely sort/file paperwork.

Consistent with its obligations under the law,the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with adisability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of hisor her job.

WORKINGCONDITIONS:

• Occasional work on evenings andweekends. The Center sponsors approximately 6 public events per quarter. Mostoften these events occur in the evening and you must be able to attend these events.
• On call and ability to respond24/7.

WORKSTANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstratesthe ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with externalorganizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety:Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety;communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based ontraining and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to complywith all applicable University policies and procedures, including but notlimited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University'sAdministrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

Final offers ofemployment are contingent upon successful completion of national criminalbackground check, national sex offender registry search and, where applicable,driving record.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Job Code: 4262
• Employee Status: Regular
• Grade: H
• Requisition ID: 84640