NIRH - Director of Network Communications Strategy

NRG Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NIRH is seeking a Director of Network Communications Strategy to drive strategic communications within the Communications Department and to align narrative work with NIRH's policy priorities. You will work across Campaigns, Partnerships, Policy & Research, and Communications to support both funded and unfunded partners and integrate efforts across departments.

The role leads on co-designing campaigns, delivering technical assistance, and embedding a race equity lens into all partnership work,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of messaging, press, and digital campaign experience.
• Understanding of policy communications and advocacy work.
• Experience in reproductive rights, health, or justice communications is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Co-design communications campaigns around abortion coverage, Birth Justice, data privacy, and other core issues with partners (40%).
• Develop and integrate narrative strategy across Campaigns, Policy & Research, and Communications to meet campaign goals (40%).
• Lead partner-facing messaging and ensure alignment with overall comms efforts and cross-department collaboration (40%).
• Lead on special projects, build TA capacity, and integrate race equity into partnership processes (20%).

Skills

7+ years messaging and campaigns

Policy communications understanding

Advocacy communications (reproductive)

Public speaking

Job description

Job Description

POSITION: Director of Network Communications Strategy

REPORTS TO: Vice President of Communications

FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) CLASSIFICATION: Exempt. This is a full-time benefits eligible role.

Position Summary:

Housed in the Communications Department and grounded in NIRH’s partnership and campaigns approach, the Director of Network Communications Strategy develops strategic communications and narrative architecture based on NIRH’s policy priorities and offers robust communications support to all of NIRH’s funded and unfunded partners, while working in collaboration across departments at NIRH to strategize how our campaigns and partnerships work can meet NIRH’s broader goals. The role serves as a critical integrator across Campaigns and Partnerships, Political Strategy, Policy and Research, and Communications teams.

Responsibilities:

• Co-design, alongside our partners and the NIRH campaigns team, communications campaigns around public funding for abortion coverage, Birth Justice, data privacy in reproductive health care, and other core NIRH issues. – 40%
  • In collaboration with Campaigns & Partnerships Department, Policy & Research Department, and Communications Department, develop communications and narrative strategy and planning to advance overall campaign goals, and identify how best to integrate communications strategies into campaigns early to ensure field-ready and persuasive narrative work.
  • Integrate communications campaigns across other organizations, including national, state, and local reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations and cross-movement partners, and develop the tools or resources necessary to help them advance policy priorities.
  • This role leads partner-facing campaign messaging and ensures alignment with NIRH’s additional communications efforts by collaborating closely with the Director of Communications, who leads on organizational communications strategy and execution, and the Vice President of Communications.
• Lead Communications strategic guidance, technical assistance, and capacity building (TA) for NIRH and NIRH-AF partners – 40%
  • Develop and implement a robust communications plan for NIRH’s partnerships that is driven by a strategic analysis of the communications needs and opportunities of partners and the broader reproductive health, rights, and justice movements, including a strategy for operationalizing the work within the Department and cross-departmentally. Collaborate closely with the Department of Campaigns and Partnerships to align goals and outcomes of the partner-focused communications work and the NIRH-focused communications work the NIRH communications team drives, and acting as a liaison between the departments as needed.
  • Independently strategize with state and local partners to identify needs and develop plans for providing technical assistance (TA), thinking holistically about NIRH’s value add and how TA can be adapted to each partner’s unique voice and values. Develop and execute a sustainable plan for providing TA to NIRH’s partners that balances staff capacity with partner need.
  • Work with the full team of the Campaigns and Partnership Department to incorporate a race equity lens into every element of NIRH’s partnership process, including providing effective and authentic TA to a diverse range of organizations and voices.
  • Execute TA and/or laterally manage other executors of communications TA in the Department of Communications when appropriate.
  • Work with the Department of Communications as needed on the development of collateral for partner use and to support their work that needs to be informed by NIRH’s partnerships, such as social media strategy or NIRH network emails.
  • Identify innovative opportunities for NIRH to support the communications goals of partners and the broader state- and local-level reproductive health, rights, and justice movement. Connect communications needs to policy and electoral opportunities, spearhead the development of resources for the field, and link partnership support to funder priorities and investments.
  • In a state-based electoral campaign or ballot environment, this role leads on developing partner-facing narrative, message guidance, and field comms tools, working within Political Strategy’s overall campaign strategy and timeline.
  • Manage in-state pitching of NIRH and partners as needed.
  • Represent NIRH and NIRH-AF in relationships with national partners, in coalitions, at conferences, and in other speaking opportunities.
• Lead, manage, or advise on special projects as needed – 20%
  • Manage vendors, which could include digital or freelance designers, as needed.
  • Be a strategic collaborator on broad NIRH communications goal of bolstering partnerships.
  • Build plan for and manage execution of ensuring NIRH Communications and Development Teams know and understand stories of NIRH’s impact in our partnership work.
  • Contribute to building and managing a culture of inclusion and equity at an increasingly diverse organization.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years proven experience in messaging, press, and digital campaign experience
• An understanding of policy communications
• Advocacy communications experience, with campaign communications experience and reproductive rights, health, or justice communications experience preferred
• Excellent communication and public speaking skills.

The salary range for this position is $115,000-$120,000 plus benefits. This position works fully remote and may require travel to NIRH HQ in NYC.