Communication Coordinator, Internal Communications

The Nature Conservancy; Virginia; On-site; USD 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible spending accounts

401(k) with employer match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy is seeking a Communications Coordinator, Internal Communications, to provide the operational backbone for the Global Internal Communications team. You will coordinate projects, support staff-facing channels, draft materials, and assist with analytics and reporting to keep employees informed and engaged.

You will plan and deliver organization-wide events, manage timelines, track deliverables, and support governance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience coordinating multiple internal communications projects and channels.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Experience supporting employee or internal communications across newsletters, email, intranet, or digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of internal communications projects, channels, events, and team operations.
• Help manage project timelines, deliverables, stakeholder follow-up, and dashboards.
• Draft, adapt, and proofread content for internal channels and communications materials.
• Maintain analytics, reporting tools, and performance metrics to inform engagement strategies.

Skills

Project coordination

Writing and editing

Internal communications

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Dashboards & reporting

Multi-channel communications

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

2+ years of relevant experience

Tools

CMS

Newsletter tools

Intranet platforms

Job description

What We Can Achieve Together:

The Communication Coordinator, Internal Communications, serves as the operational backbone of the Global Internal Communications team, helping maintain the processes, workflows, tools, and resources that support effective communications across the organization. In this role, they coordinate communications projects, support key staff-facing channels, draft and edit communications materials, and assist with analytics and reporting. They work closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and partner teams to deliver clear, consistent, and engaging communications that inform and connect employees. By providing strong coordination and execution support, the Communication Coordinator enables the Internal Communications team to focus on strategic communications, employee engagement, organizational change, and leadership communications.

We're Looking for You:

You are a highly organized communicator who enjoys bringing structure, coordination, and follow-through to complex projects. You excel at managing details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture, ensuring work moves forward smoothly and stakeholders stay informed.

In this role, you'll support the planning and execution of internal communications projects, channels, events, and team operations. You'll help manage project timelines, track deliverables, coordinate stakeholder follow-up, monitor team inboxes, and support translation and vendor workflows. You'll also play a key role in planning and delivering organization-wide events and communication initiatives. You are excited to support employee-facing channels that help keep staff informed, engaged and connected across the organization.

You are comfortable working across multiple priorities and helping teams stay organized. You'll support communication intake and governance processes, ensuring requests are appropriately routed, required information is collected, and projects align with established workflows and priorities. You enjoy creating structure behind the scenes and helping teams work more efficiently through strong coordination, consistent processes and thoughtful execution.

You are a strong writer and editor who can draft, adapt and proofread content for a variety of internal communications channels. The ideal candidate is curious about employee engagement and communications effectiveness. You'll help maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and performance metrics, and use data to identify trends and insights that inform content, channel, and audience engagement strategies. You are comfortable working independently, exercising sound judgment and managing projects from start to finish. Strong attention to detail, project coordination skills, and a collaborative mindset are essential for success in this role.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong project coordination skills, including managing timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Experience supporting employee, internal or organizational communications across multiple channels, including newsletters, email, intranet, or digital platforms.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience collaborating with internal stakeholders, partners, or vendors.
• Strong judgment, initiative, and follow-through when working independently.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort working with data, dashboards, reporting tools, and communications metrics.
• Interest in using audience insights and engagement data to improve communications.
• Familiarity with communications platforms, content management systems, newsletter tools or digital publishing technologies.
• Multi-lingual skills and cross-cultural experience are a plus.

Salary Information:

The starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $27.88 – $41.75 hourly rate. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. Where a successful candidate’s actual pay will fall within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including, for example, the candidate's location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. Please note countries outside the USA would have a different pay range in the local currency based on the local labor market, and not tied to USA pay or ranges. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment.

Who We Are:

The Nature Conservancy's mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We're rooted in our mission and guided by our values, which include respect for all people, communities, and cultures. Whether it's career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there's many reasons to love life inside TNC.

One goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued. In addition to the requirements in our job postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job and consider each applicant's unique experience.

What We Bring:

Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!

TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits.

We're proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports the health and well-being of the people we employ.

Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted.

The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to equal employment opportunity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy's background screening process.

TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to [e-mail] with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.