Description

Interested Candidates: Chaloner is supporting this search. Please view and apply for the role on the Chaloner website.

Location: Full-time, remote (10% travel required)

Compensation: The salary range for this position for Washington DC/DMV area candidates is $132,000 - $142,000.  Compensation will be adjusted for other geographic locations.

Benefits: Learn more about the Council's benefits.

The Director, Communications provides leadership, planning and execution for the Council’s external presence, including messaging, media relations, and coalition-style coordination of the charitable sector’s communications efforts. This position is new and reports to the Vice President, Communications and Content. The Director, Communication is responsible for supervising an Associate, Communications. They will hold the following responsibilities: 

• Design, lead, and execute a communications strategy with measurable goals and outcomes, leveraging internal collaboration, storytelling, and traditional and new media channels.
• Manage all aspects of media relations and public relations, including the preparation of press releases, talking points, FAQs, and other materials as needed; building relationships with journalists to generate coverage; and tracking and reporting on media coverage and opportunities.
• Oversee executive communications and thought leadership.
• Lead sector coordination on high-priority topics, including unified messaging and earned and paid media campaigns.
• Oversee the Council’s style, brand voice and visuals, and messaging, ensuring that internal resources are forward-thinking and updated regularly.
• In partnership with the Vice President, Communications and Content, act as an ambassador and resource for the Council’s Better Stories, Better Language portfolio.
• In partnership with the Content team, build and maintain a story database that reflects best practices and targets key issues and legislative districts.
• Act as a project manager to drive projects to completion.
• Ensure consistent messaging across the Council and its ambassadors through training and creating resources for staff, board and partners.
• Model the Council’s commitment of diversity, equity and inclusion and lead efforts to embed this commitment in organizational systems and programs.
• Provide managerial oversight, guidance and direction to direct reports.
• Contribute to organizational goals by participating in cross-functional working groups.

Requirements

Strong candidates will have prior experience working within a philanthropic-serving organization or an adjacent space in the nonprofit sector. While no one person will embody all the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:

• 10 years of directly related experience in communications, public relations or public affairs.
• 2 years of experience leading an organization’s external communications function, including media campaigns.
• 2 years of experience in an advocacy, legislative or policy-making environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience preparing press materials, web content, marketing materials, speeches, and presentations.
• Experience proactively building media relationships and responding to press requests.
• Strong project management and analytical skills, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience supervising and coaching junior and mid-level staff; and overseeing vendors.
• Experience using web content management systems, preferably Drupal.
• Experience using marketing platforms, preferably Hubspot, Constant Contact or Mailchimp.