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About Marin Promise Partnership
Marin Promise Partners believe that every child in Marin can reach his/her full educational potential regardless of race, ethnicity or income. That's why more than 40 schools, nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies have come together as a cross-sector cradle to career network to address Marin county's persistent and systemic educational inequities. With the support of back-bone team staff, Partners promise that by 2028 they will have closed educational equity gaps at every stage along the cradle to career educational journey. Using the StriveTogether collective impact framework, Partners are aligning around a common vision, using data to hold each other accountable, taking collective action, and advocating for equitable, systemic change.
The Backbone Team serves as a catalyst to unify and convene the Partners. We work in the space between systems to connect multiple entities into a seamless network of student support. We are process experts trained in results based accountability, continuous improvement, complex systems change, equity, research, business operations, project management, communications, data strategy, human centered design and group process facilitation.
The backbone team supports the Partnership Council as well as six Action Teams focused on eliminating disparities at each Milestone. They report progress towards these milestone goals as well as support teams in identifying what intervention strategies are working to close the equity gaps. They encourage collective learning and continuous improvement. The backbone team is the "connective tissue" that holds the Partnership together and enables the educational equity eco-system to function more effectively and efficiently. Check us out at marinpromisedotorg to learn more!
Communications Specialist Overview: Based out of San Rafael, CA, the Communications Specialist is an exciting role at Marin Promise Partnership, and is critical to the success of reaching the Partnership's goals for Marin County students. Reporting to the Director of Collaborative Action and Communications Strategy, the Communications Specialist is responsible for implementing communications and marketing efforts to support strategic priorities, build brand loyalty and recognition, and support Partner engagement. The ideal candidate is a dedicated professional with a strong interest in digital and social media. S/he will proactively develop, write, edit, design and disseminate stories and news; post and promote using newsletters, the website and social media; and build and manage contact lists and a library of brand identity assets. Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts simply and concisely are a must, as well as strong graphic design and project management skills. The Communications Specialist is responsible for implementing and accomplishing the following goals:
Responsibilities:
Proactively seek out content from staff and Partners to develop, write, edit, design, publish, promote, and distribute stories, reports, case studies, and other publications using newsletters, website, blog, videos, and eBlasts on a weekly basis.
Maintain and manage timely updates on website, including building pages for stories, blogs, press releases, reports, content streaming and cross-linking from Partner websites, etc.
Develop and execute social media strategy by generating, editing, publishing and sharing daily content that fosters meaningful connections and encourages Marin Promise Partners and community members to engage and share their stories.
Review data (Google Analytics and social media metrics) on a regular basis, provide monthly reports and create and execute strategies to increase exposure and meet goals and objectives.
Edit, proofread and fact-check online and printed materials for accuracy, clarity and alignment with the Partnership's mission, values, operating principles, brand and style guides.
Build and maintain a library of brand identity assets (photos, videos, graphics, icons, etc.) and support Marin Promise Partners' with graphic design requests.
Interpret data-rich materials and work with staff to create high-quality, informative and reader- friendly infographics.
Monitor top issues and reporters in field, track media coverage and provide monthly reports.
Coordinate communications activities and materials for all events such as presentations, Action Team and Partnership meetings, donor gatherings, and the annual Collaborative Action Institute
Build and maintain contact and outreach lists for email communications, donors, events and media alerts and pitches.
Order, update and maintain collateral, corporate documents, marketing materials, etc.
Promote and maintain Marin Promise Partnership online presence on external web portals such as LinkedIn, Google Business, Collective Impact Forum and StriveTogether Network Portal
Assist Executive Director with donor and fundraising communications including maintenance of a donor contact management system, invitations and emails for the annual meeting, email blasts, solicitations, and thank you letters, and support in writing and editing grant submissions.
Position Competencies:
Cultural Competence: Respects and works well with people of all backgrounds. Understands and invites diverse perspectives to the table, and is sensitive to group differences. Views diversity as an opportunity. Challenges bias and intolerance.
Project Management: Set and adhere to strict deadlines and operate well under pressure of quick turnarounds. Exhibit strong planning and organizational skills, and demonstrate an ability to collaborate well with others.
Relationship Development: Builds and grows lasting, transformational relationships at all levels. Internally, works highly collaboratively with all members of the Marin Promise Partnership backbone team. Externally, demonstrates an ability to cultivate and to grow both new and existing relationships among community.
Communication: Demonstrate expert level communication competency in writing and speaking. Designs compelling, persuasive stories and is able to strategize and design communications for unique audiences. Boast excellent interpersonal and phone skills.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in communications, English, journalism, marketing, or public relations.
Two to four years' relevant experience in communications/marketing.
Demonstrated passion for Marin Promise Partnership's mission and values exemplified through work experience, leadership opportunities or community involvement.
Exceptional writing and editing skills, with a versatile writing style and a superior command of English grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex content into accessible, concise and logically organized communications for multiple audiences.
Strong experience with journalistic writing, a demonstrated news sense and knowledge of AP style.
Outstanding collaboration and interpersonal skills, particularly in soliciting and incorporating critique and feedback from multiple stakeholders.
Strong experience creating engaging content for digital and social media working with content management and email distribution systems including Squarespace, WordPress and Constant Contact. Ability to produce digital video content a plus.
Experience with communication, marketing and list-building tools.
Ability to follow strict deadlines and fact-check information in a fast-paced environment.
Must be self-starter with the ability to work independently and have great follow-through on projects.
Ability to understand and interpret data to create easily accessible data visualization stories
Adept at completing workload and delivering results within assigned timeframes, with proven success managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Detail oriented, flexible, highly responsive and organized work style.
Excellent time management, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Strong skills with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Google Suite, and Video conferencing tools.
Additionally, you'll need:
Experience/Comfort managing yourself and others while working on a small, entrepreneurial results oriented team.
Experience organizing, inspiring and mobilizing people accountable to each other but who do not directly report to you.
Experience working or volunteering in a collective impact, coalition, or other distributed network organization (in an educational setting - preferred).
Experience working or living in Marin County is highly desirable.
Humility, courage, compassion, and a dedication to equity.
Comfort writing and communicating about race, equity and systemic discrimination.
Ability to write and speak in Spanish preferred.
Marin Promise Partnership Benefits & Other Information:
We offer a unique, flexible work culture that is incredibly data-driven, results-driven and mission-focused. The Backbone Team cares deeply about closing the opportunity gap in Marin, and you'll have a chance daily to impact the lives of thousands of students on a small, but mighty team. Here are a few important details to know:
Compensation is commensurate with experience and expertise and is highly competitive.
We offer a flexible work schedule with opportunities to work remotely on occasion. This position also requires some flexibility in hours with some night and weekend work. Depending on the candidate, the position could be part-time.
This role requires regular travel throughout Marin County, so reliable access to transportation is necessary.
We strive to be a learning organization, so we provide regular professional development opportunities as well as an annual staff retreat.
Marin Promise Partnership's fiscal agent is 10,000 Degrees and you would officially be their employee.
This position reports to Marin Promise Partnership's Director of Collaborative Action and Communications Strategy.
Application Process:
PERFORMANCE TASK:
Background: The College Completion Action Team presented the following meeting deck at a recent education conference, where the team shared regional strategies used in order to increase college completion for their focus students.
Task: First, review the meeting deck and take the learnings and findings and write a 3 paragraph narrative that will be included in the MPP Blog and Newsletter. The audience is the educational community (i.e., school districts, post-secondary schools, counselors, teachers, community based organizations). Second, click here to review the Collective Impact portion of the MPP website. Please create a graphic icon for the word "Advocacy", which is missing from the website.
Please submit a resume, a thoughtful cover letter outlining the reasons you should be our next Communications Specialist, and one example of a communication piece and one example of a graphic design piece, as well as the Performance Task that you've written and designed to info@marinpromise.org using the subject line "Communications Specialist - Last Name" by February 15, 2019. Please include your salary needs. No calls, please.
Marin Promise Partnership is an equal opportunity employer, hiring and promoting staff and providing equity training to individuals without regard to race, creed, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age or physical ability. Women, underrepresented minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
