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30 Jan 2023

Full-Time Communications Assistant

Southern Environmental Law Center – Posted by hoverstreet Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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Job Description

SELC is currently hiring for a Communications Assistant. This is a full-time position based in our Charlottesville, VA. office. As a Communications Assistant for SELC, you will be part of a 22-person communications team working to engage and educate about a full range of environmental issues of particular importance to the South—climate change, clean air and water, our public lands, coastal protections, and environmental justice.

The assistant will provide administrative support for our program communications and digital work, such as processing invoices, helping to maintain calendars, scheduling meetings, and other various tasks to help the team operate efficiently. It will also include tasks such as handling website updates and maintenance, tracking media coverage, helping with media outreach, and managing special projects.

We are looking for a team member with strong organizational and technical skills who is interested in learning about strategic communications and media outreach, ready to dive in to troubleshoot website issues, track media coverage and social media mentions, manage press lists, and research new topics. We want someone who will be excited to manage the critical details of our work, with thorough attention to detail in tracking budgets, organizing travel, and looking for ways to improve systems to help the team operate more efficiently.

This is a chance to join our team of strategists, designers, analysts, investigators, ambassadors, and innovators who work closely together to develop comprehensive communications strategies to help SELC meet its programmatic and organizational objectives. We tell the stories, paint the picture, make the information clear, and reach the right people to move the environmental needle.

SELC currently has a hybrid work model that offers employees the flexibility to work at home two days per week. We require all staff to be vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination to work in our offices. This is a full-time, nonexempt position. For new hires who are relocating, SELC offers relocation assistance.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Provide general administrative support to the digital and program communications teams, including fielding phone calls and inquiries, organizing materials, managing team calendars, coordinating team celebrations, scheduling meetings, and providing administrative support for larger in-person meetings.
  • Provide administrative support to the Director of Digital Strategy, Director of Program Communications, Senior Digital Editor, Charlottesville-based Communications Manager, and Director of Communications, including scheduling meetings and travel, and preparing expense reports.
  • Assist with media outreach, including fielding press inquiries, researching, and organizing press lists; tracking and compiling press reports; and drafting, editing, and distributing press materials and pitches.
  • Manage media subscriptions and Cision administration; compile weekly press list round-up for all SELC staff; and manage logistics and materials for press events, telepress briefings, and online press kits
  • Help with general website administration, review, and management, including drafting, adding, and editing website content, and managing online resources and content requests from staff.
  • Conduct regular inventories of the website to ensure content is up-to-date, styles are consistent, hyperlinks are active, and resources are current, and help troubleshoot web CMS/content issues
  • Assist with social media coordination, drafting, and approvals for posts related to general communications topics such as events and awards and serve as backup for the Digital team
  • Help plan annual team retreat and other meetings
  • Work closely with and provide back-up support to the Marketing Associate, including coordinating on invoice/coding

Required Qualifications:

  • Two years of administrative or relevant communications experience. Experience working with the media or nonprofit communications is a plus.
  • A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Highly organized. You are self-driven and have excellent time management skills. You feel confident shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment, including managing several efforts at once.
  • Detail oriented and well organized. You love thinking through all aspects of a system, improving workflow processes and taking the extra time and care to get the details right.
  • Strong writer and communicator. You are eager to learn more about communications strategies that reach people and move them to action. You are a strong writer who is comfortable with AP Style and capable of occasionally drafting and editing materials, from emails to media pitches and web copy.
  • Tech-savvy. Proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications and general comfort with various online applications and software programs. You have a strong familiarity with website management (CMS) and social media platforms and are comfortable with posting content online.
  • Interest in environmental, climate, and environmental justice issues.
  • Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. You have a genuine interest in and commitment to helping SELC create and foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. You engage in ongoing personal learning and are eager to contribute to our organizational efforts to be a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
  • Collaborative team player. You enjoy learning together with your teammates and helping others to succeed in their work as well. You bring a collaborative attitude to engaging with other team members and external stakeholders alike.

About SELC:

The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation’s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region’s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of over 200, including more than 100 attorneys, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA., with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, DC.

At our core, we are place-based, rooted in our region, and connected with the communities and clients we serve. We believe in an equitable and inclusive workplace that reflects the rich racial and cultural diversity of our region and allows diverse perspectives to come to the forefront. We approach our work with the highest level of integrity, holding ourselves to high standards with an emphasis on honesty, accountability, and thoughtfulness. We value collaboration and camaraderie, realizing we are strongest when we work together and knowing that everyone has a critical role to play. We strive for impact through a strategic, bold, pragmatic, and ambitious outlook that is dedicated to achieving powerful results. We believe in these values and in the power of SELC. We hope you consider joining us. Learn more at https://www.southernenvironment.org/.

Compensation:

SELC offers salaries competitive with other leading environmental non-profits nationally and provides an excellent benefits package. The starting salary range for this position is $41,600-$52,000, commensurate with experience. For new hires who are relocating, SELC offers relocation assistance. For more details about our benefits package, please visit our Careers page.

To Apply:

To apply, click here to be directed to an online application where you may upload your application materials. Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Cover letters should be directed to the Virginia Communications Manager and Director of Digital Strategy. Interested persons should apply immediately. The initial deadline for receipt of complete applications is February 27, 2023. However, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

SELC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace environment. We are eager to welcome new team members who share this commitment. We still have much progress to make, but our goal is to create and maintain a staff that, at every level, reflects the rich racial and cultural diversity of the communities where we work and the clients that we serve. Persons of all backgrounds—including people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ candidates—are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

  • To apply, click here to be directed to an online application where you may upload your application materials. Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Cover letters should be directed to the Virginia Communications Manager and Director of Digital Strategy. Interested persons should apply immediately. The initial deadline for receipt of complete applications is February 27, 2023. However, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
  • SELC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace environment. We are eager to welcome new team members who share this commitment. We still have much progress to make, but our goal is to create and maintain a staff that, at every level, reflects the rich racial and cultural diversity of the communities where we work and the clients that we serve. Persons of all backgrounds—including people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ candidates—are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Categories: Environmental. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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