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The Environmental Priorities Coalition. |
| Categories: |
Sales/Marketing
Program/Project Mgmt. Other |
| Travel Required: | 5-15% |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| Preferred Degree: | Bachelors |
| Experience Required: | 4-5 years |
| State/Province: | WA - Washington |
| City: | Seattle |
| Salary: | n/a |
| Job Description: |
The Environmental Priorities Coalition is a group of 24 leading nonprofit organizations in Washington state that annually provides the state legislature with a list of four "priority" environmental bills it believes are critical to the state. Each year the Coalition picks its four priorities and develops a separate campaign around each one. The groups in the coalition coordinate their work around these campaigns and other emergent legislative issues, employing a range of tactics including lobbying, outreach to allies, grassroots involvement, and media outreach. To date, the coalition has succeeded in moving most of its legislative recommendations forward and having them signed into law. SUMMARY The Environmental Priorities Coalition seeks a Communication Director who will motivate and support others to ensure the success of Environmental Priorities Coalition and its priority campaigns. This position requires a team player with a positive attitude who will have regular and fast-paced interaction with Coalition member executive directors plus government affairs, field organizing, and communications staff. The Communication Director needs to be familiar working with the legislative process and with traditional media avenues, as well as new and emerging web-based communications and outreach tools. RESPONSIBILITIES The Communication Director will be responsible for developing and implementing communications strategies that will strengthen the coalition as a whole and maximize the available capacity for communications within the coalition. The Communication Director will report to the coalition co-chairs (currently Joan Crooks, executive director of Washington Environmental Council; and Gregg Small, executive director of Climate Solutions) and work closely with communications and field organizing committees made up of staff from various coalition member organizations. The Communication Director will work with the priority campaigns to develop, coordinate and carry out the Coalition's communications strategy each legislative session and during non-legislative months. The Communication Director will develop systems to coordinate the Coalition's communications activities and maximize the available capacity for communications within the Coalition. The Communication Director will be responsible for diversifying and prioritizing the communications tactics and targeting strategies used to promote the four priorities each year, including traditional media avenues as well as written and electronic avenues and new media. The Communication Director will be responsible for measuring the effectiveness of Coalition communications. Specific duties include: * Develop and manage the implementation of communications strategies for the coalition as a whole.
* Bachelor's degree in communications, political science, public relations or related field. Master's degree preferred.
The Communication Director will work out of offices located in the Vance Building in downtown Seattle. COMPENSATION Competitive non-profit salary, depending on experience and education. Benefits include health, dental, vacation, transit pass, and retirement plan. TO APPLY By Sept 13 or until position is filled, please send a cover letter, resume, writing samples, three references, and salary requirements to searchcommittee@environmentalpriorities.org. Please include "Communication Director" in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No phone calls please.
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| Post Date: | 08/31/2010 |
