- Communications Director (20 hours/week Part-time Salaried Position)
Community Living Campaign is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the neighborhoods in which we work. Older adults, people with disabilities, Black and other people of color, LGBTQ+, and other candidates who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to: jobs@sfcommunityliving.org.
Communications Director (20 hours/week Part-time Salaried Position)
Join Community Living Campaign (CLC) in charting a new path for what it means to age in community in San Francisco. CLC’s mission is to ensure older adults and adults with disabilities can age and thrive in their own homes and neighborhoods. CLC promotes neighborhood-based Community Networks to bring people and services together, spearheads citywide initiatives to promote digital access and employment opportunities, and advocates on selected age and disability-related issues that are too big for any individuals, organizations, or neighborhoods to solve alone.
We bring a positive, kind, and can-do spirit to strengthening our communities through the power of older adults and people with disabilities, with almost 70% of the staff over 60 and/or living with a disability.
We are seeking a committed Communication Director to work closely with the Co-Executive Directors and Program Directors to help build participation in CLC’s key programs, enlist partners and the general public in critical advocacy work, and keep a broad range of stakeholders engaged and informed.
The Communications Director will be self-motivated and able to move with patience and clarity from strategy to implementation, working across a creative and dynamic team. To support the organization’s ongoing success and impact in the community, the Communications Director will drive effective and strategic communications to existing and potential participants, community members, strategic partners, funders and donors and its staff.
Responsibilities
Communications Activities from Strategy to Implementation
- Partner with Co-Executive Directors to refine and drive an overall communications strategy for the organization.
- Manage the annual communications calendar, keeping the organization’s highest priorities front and center
- Implement communications activities with a “roll up your sleeves” attitude, inviting creative ideas and working with staff and outside professionals where needed
- Coordinate with Program Leads, Directors, the DEIB Steering Committee, and Co-Executive directors on internal communications that keep CLC staff informed and included
Content Curation and Management
- Gather and edit information from program leads to curate and effectively communicate information about past and upcoming events, activities, and news items.
- Support the organization’s move to a modular content management strategy, including setting content guidelines.
- Work with program leads to help them prioritize their messages and reach desired audiences. Act as a messaging coach/advisor as needed.
- Partner with multi-lingual staff to help reach and support non-English speaking participants
Communications Resource and Infrastructure Management
- Leverage existing technology (e.g. Constant Contact, AirTable, DropBox and WordPress) to streamline and strengthen the organization’s communications infrastructure to help communications efforts become more efficient and effective.
- Maintain plug and play templates for staff members to easily create fliers and presentations using Canva, InDesign, and other graphic tools.
- Bring a creative, quick and “good enough” approach to creating in-house short videos for special events
Qualifications
Candidates must:
- Have a minimum of 5 years of recent experience planning and implementing communications strategies for organizations such as startups or non-profits
- Enjoy finding ways to balance a quest for high quality communications with the realities of a non-profit organization’s budget
- Demonstrate experience listening first and promoting others’ ideas in addition to one’s own, with an eye towards being inclusive, respectful, and supportive of others’ ideas and potential
- Be a self-starter comfortable with operating both at a strategic and an operational level
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Be highly proficient in MS Excel, Word, Canva, and Constant Contact and strong working knowledge of collaborative tools such as Dropbox and G Suite.
- Live in San Francisco, California or within a one-hour commute to San Francisco.
- Have professional experience working with diverse communities and staff in terms of race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, age, and ability. Experience with older adults and/or people with disabilities is a plus.
Additional experience preferred, but not required:
- Experience managing budgets
- Experience using a cloud-based contact management system, such as DonorPerfect
- Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and basic video editing programs is a plus
- Working knowledge of WordPress or similar Website tool
- Passion for social justice, particularly around the needs of seniors and people living with disabilities
- Ability to provide sample work products such as social media posts, blog posts, sample newsletters, press releases, presentations, short videos
- Written and oral competency in another language a plus
Location
The Communications Director will need to be able to work in San Francisco, where CLC is based. During the pandemic, most staff have worked primarily from home. As our office re-opens, the Communications Director will be expected to meet with others at the CLC Office and in the field on a periodic basis.
Compensation and Benefits
$36,000 to $40,000 per year for a 20 hour per week part-time, salaried position. CLC offers a competitive benefits package on a pro-rated basis, including a 403(b); health and dental plans, paid time off to include company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave; and an annual 3% end of the year bonus.
Applications
Community Living Campaign is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the neighborhoods in which we work. Older adults, people with disabilities, Black and other people of color, LGBTQ+, and other candidates who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply. To be considered, please submit your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and appropriate fit for this new role. Applicants should submit materials to: jobs@sfcommunityliving.org.