Communication Coordinator

Txla; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Fort Worth Public Library is seeking a Communication Coordinator to lead a four-person communications team across 20 locations, including ongoing marketing, public relations, and media buying to promote over 10,000 annual programs.

Ideal candidates will manage plans from conception to execution, advise library leadership, and coordinate cross-departmental city communications efforts while liaising with elected officials and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.
• Four years of progressively responsible experience in public relations, journalism, marketing, communications, or related field.
• Two years of administrative management or supervisory responsibility.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Texas driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive communications plans aligned with business operations and department strategic plan while managing the plan through execution.
• Overseeing team development and day-to-day operations of the communications unit.
• Serving as an advisor to library administration and leadership teams.
• Serve as the Public Information Officer for the Library department within the City of Fort Worth, coordinating with City communications units.
• Coordinate interdepartmental City communication projects and serve as liaison as needed to elected officials.

Skills

Public relations

Marketing

Communications

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration / Public Relations / Journalism / Marketing / Communications / Public Administration or related field

Job description

A Communication Coordinator position is available with the City of Fort Worth Public Library.

This position leads a team of four communications professionals that serve the Fort Worth Public Library system, which is currently comprised of 20 locations with three in development. The coordinator and team oversees public relations, marketing, advertising, internal communications, and media buying to support and promoting effective and efficient communication, system branding and to market more than 10,000 programs annually.

The Communication Coordinator job responsibilities include:

• Developing comprehensive communications plans aligned with business operations and department strategic plan while managing the plan through execution
• Overseeing team development and day-to-day operations of the communications unit
• Serving as an advisor to library administration and leadership teams
• Serve as the Public Information Officer for the Library department within the City of Fort Worth, coordinating with City communications units
• Coordinate interdepartmental City communication projects and serve as liaison as needed to elected officials

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by‑time basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business Administration, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Public Administration or a related field
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in public relations, journalism, marketing, communications, or a closely related field
• Two (2) years of administrative management or supervisory responsibility
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid Texas driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in strategic campaign development
• Project management experience in multiple areas of communications simultaneously
• Major market media relations experience