Associate, Communications (COF)

Council on Foundations; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Council on Foundations seeks an Associate, Communications to manage projects from ideation to execution, balancing multiple deadlines and stakeholders across internal and external teams. You will craft messaging, draft external content, and support the Council’s storytelling and digital strategy.

You will write, edit and polish material for press, meetings and online channels, collaborating with editors and outside writers to maintain consistent, effective communications for philanthropy

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in communications, journalism or related field.
• Bachelor degree in communications, journalism, English or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Write on philanthropy topics to uplift the field.
• Support storytelling efforts of the Council.
• Gather information from internal stakeholders for external content.
• Research topics to prepare first drafts for external content.
• Edit and proofread drafts for external distribution.
• Coordinate with departments to stay updated on philanthropy trends.
• Write and edit press releases supporting initiatives.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Storytelling

Research

Content creation

Press releases

Social media

Web content

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications/journalism/English

Tools

PowerPoint

MS Word

CMS (Content Management System)

Job description

Department: Government Affairs & Strategic Communications

Reports to: Director of Communications & Marketing

Job Summary:

The Associate, Communications will ensure all communications objectives are managed from ideation to execution. He/She is responsible for managing project tasks and deadlines, handling preliminary logistics and keeping all parties updated on the progress. The Associate, Communications must be able to multitask, organize and collaborate. He/She will juggle a wide variety of requests from internal and external stakeholders with competing deadlines. Strong decision-making and prioritization skills are essential to help ensure all projects runs smoothly, and he/she needs to be as organized as possible to schedule, monitor and adjust deadlines and resources as needed.

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing on various topics related to philanthropy to uplift and advance the good work of the field.
• Support the storytelling efforts of the Council
• Gather information from internal stakeholders to draft content for external distribution
• Perform research on each area of the Council to prepare first drafts on external content
• Edit and proofread various drafts prepared within the organization for external distribution
• Coordinate with various departmental personnel to stay abreast of the changing landscape of philanthropy
• Write and edit press releases that support the Council's key initiatives and messaging
• Work with outside writers to develop and edit content for submittal and coordinating submittal to publications.
• Create, develop and update messaging materials as part of communications team and Council's strategy
• Prepare content/materials for external meetings and speaking engagements (i.e., research briefings and PowerPoint presentations).
• Support the digital strategy of the Council by drafting messaging for social media, events and various web pages.
• Work independently on multiple projects and other tasks assigned by the Director, Communications and Marketing
• Monitor breaking stories, developments in or related to philanthropy and communications, industry trends, and relevant commentary; work with internal departments to communicate out as appropriate; and provide updates to team on articles, issues, and news of note.
• Maintain Council subscriptions to news services.
• Serves as an editor for Council web content,creating,reviewing and updating pages as assigned.
• Engage in special projects such as message frameworks, focus groups, etc
• Maintain the Council's blog and posts copies of Washington Snapshot and monthly newsletters after they are sent via email.

Education and Experience:

• 2-3 years of experience in communications, journalism and/or a related field.
• Bachelor degree preferably in communications, journalism, English and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

NOTE: As organizational needs change, management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time. This document represents a description of intended job content and should not be construed in any way to be a contract of employment.