Director of Community Impact & Partnerships

Media Networks, Inc.; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado seeks a Sr. Manager, Community Connections to serve as the station's primary connector to the local community, building trusted relationships that deepen local engagement, inform our journalism, and create meaningful partnerships.

You'll bring community voices and insights into the newsroom while helping ensure questions, concerns, and story ideas are heard and acted on thoughtfully.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent years of relevant experience preferred.
• Generally, 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in community engagement, journalism, nonprofit leadership, communications, public affairs, partnership development, government relations, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with civic, nonprofit, business, educational, government, and other community stakeholders to understand emerging issues, priorities, and opportunities.
• Gather, analyze, and share community insights with station leadership, newsroom teams, and partners to help inform decision-making, journalism, and local engagement.
• Partner with News to identify story opportunities, connect journalists with trusted sources, and strengthen audience engagement across community channels.
• Represent the station throughout the community and develop partnerships that create long‑term value, trust, and local impact.
• Respond to community members, partners, and stakeholders with timely, professional communication, ensuring audience questions, concerns, and story tips are acknowledged, routed, and resolved appropriately.
• Lead the planning and execution of forums, town halls, public‑service initiatives, educational programs, and other community engagement activities.
• Collaborate with News, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and station leadership to develop meaningful opportunities that strengthen audience relationships and community impact.
• Oversee event logistics and stakeholder coordination while measuring effectiveness to ensure engagement activities are inclusive, relevant, and impactful.
• Develop and execute a market‑wide community engagement strategy aligned with station and regional priorities, advising leadership on community needs, emerging issues, and opportunities to strengthen trust and local impact.
• Lead and coordinate cross‑functional community engagement efforts, sharing best practices, tracking outcomes, and helping build engagement capabilities across teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of related experience

Job description

KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado seeks a Sr. Manager, Community Connections to serve as the station's primary connector to the local community, building trusted relationships that deepen local engagement, inform our journalism, and create meaningful partnerships.

You'll bring community voices and insights into the newsroom while helping ensure questions, concerns, and story ideas are heard and acted on thoughtfully.