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Communications and Media Manager 🔥


Application Deadline: June 13, 2021, 11:59PM CT for full consideration 

Instructions: Click the following link abortionfunds.bamboohr.com/jobs [1] and upload your resume and cover letter. If you have any questions or trouble with the application process, send a message to jobs [at] abortionfunds.org

Estimated Date to Hire: August 30, 2021

Estimated Hiring Timeline:

  • May 13 - Job Posting Opens
  • June 13 - Job Posting Closes
  • June 21 - Conduct Phone Screens
  • July 5 - Conduct Virtual Interviews
  • July 19 - Conduct Final Interviews
  • July 26 - Selection, Reference Checks & Job Offer
  • August 30 - Day One!

Are you looking for us?

You are thrilled to use your media relationships and skills as a megaphone for abortion access. You are an avid writer with an eagle eye for all the details. Your finger is always on the pulse of what’s going on, and you are constantly connecting dots and seeing opportunities in the media moment. You’re a collaboration specialist who infuses your work with nuance and integrity to advance compassionate narratives.

Organizational Overview:

The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic and reproductive justice. Together with our members, we advocate for cultural and political change to ensure access for people who face the greatest obstacles to abortion access: women with lower income, women of color, young women, and transgender and gender nonconforming people. This is an exciting time for NNAF as we grow, nurture new funds emerging in underserved areas, deepen our support for funds working within the reproductive justice framework, and co-lead a bold national coalition campaign to increase abortion access by restoring Medicaid coverage for abortion. We are working to make access to abortion a reality for everyone, no matter their resources. We are building a movement, mentoring young leaders, and working toward a world in which everyone can shape their own futures and families.  We invite you to join us as the newest member of our dedicated and growing team at a time when we are explicitly focused on scaling our network and building the infrastructure of abortion funds to be fully staffed organizations with robust abortion funding budgets.

NNAF is comprised of a multi-racial, multi-religious, gender expansive staff of 50, located across the United States. We know how important it is to support our remote staff to maintain connection and cohesiveness as a team. To this end, we ensure weekly one-on-one supervision, face-to-face virtual staff meetings, quarterly in-person meetings, and more.

Title: Communications and Media Manager

Supervised by: Associate Director of Digital Strategies

Supervises: N/A

Status: The position is full-time, exempt, salaried.

Compensation: $71,120 - $74,676, commensurate with experience, with competitive benefits package

Location: Flexible

Benefits: Best in Class benefits package currently including 100% employer paid health insurance plus 50% for dependents/families, a 5% employer retirement match, 32-hour work weeks, 3 weeks vacation, 13 holidays, generous sick time, and a commitment to professional development.

Position Description

The Communications and Media Manager is responsible for advancing NNAF’s messaging and narrating priorities through media strategies and copy-writing. They are the lead writer for the organization, crafting pieces for earned media and other publication outlets, campaigns, and digital strategies. They also facilitate fruitful media relationships by engaging in timely and cordial media communications, sending both anticipatory and responsive outreach regularly, and coordinating the participation of NNAF and member organizations.  

They are a critical leader on the Communications team, taking an active role as a strategist, innovator, and implementer.  They are timely, responsive, and stay ready to publicly champion member abortion funds while keeping NNAF’s strategic priorities and interests in mind with the integrity of their outward communications. 

Essential Job Functions

Copy-writing (approximately 45% of the position)
  • Take lead in crafting publications and campaign content to amplify the values, views, and expert voice of NNAF in order to advance NNAF’s narrative priorities and the public visibility of the organization, Executive Director, and member organizations. Includes developing compelling multi-purpose short and medium form copy that can be used for fundraising, blog posts, briefings, newsletters, and other public-facing communications.
  • Write & manage submission of timely statements, press releases, and pitches, including engaging and supporting member funds in the process.
  • Contribute to NNAF’s messaging frameworks and manage the development of talking points.
  • Assist in maintaining and implementing strategic communications plan, language style guide, and proper use of social media graphics.
Media strategies (approximately 25% of the position)
  • Lead Communications team and consultants to raise visibility of the organization and network through powerful and timely media placements:
  • Increase NNAF and member funds’ public visibility through pitching and coordinating media opportunities, preparing for interviews by drafting talking points, and coordinating release and promotion of media appearances.
  • Connect member funds with media opportunities, assist in creation and distribution of statements in local media markets, and coordinate local member organization quotations in NNAF statements.
  • Maintain press relationships and up to date press database.
  • Read news and make connections daily with how news impacts abortion funds and the political and cultural agenda.
General Communications, Programs, Fund Support (approximately 10% of the position)
  • Create and provide trainings and technical assistance to staff and network members on needs such as spokespersonship, communications strategy, rapid response communications, and organizational voice.
  • Serve as back-up on social media.  
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of Communications programs, campaigns, and strategies
Management (approximately 10% of the position)
  • Department Leadership: Collaborate with and support the Communications Director and Associate Director of Digital Strategies in effectively implementing department work plans.  
  • Does not currently but ultimately may have supervisory responsibilities.
Other (approximately 10% of the position)
  • Actively participate in required convenings, summits, retreats, and staff meetings, and participate in required virtual staff communications.
  • Protect the organization by keeping information confidential.
  • Update professional knowledge by participating in educational opportunities approved by NNAF, maintaining networks, and participating in professional organizations as relevant to your role.
  • Perform duties required of all staff to support smooth internal operations such as submitting timely expense reports, reimbursement requests, and timesheets. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Travel Expectations

Ability to travel as job requires, approximately six times minimum per year. Travel will primarily be overnight, for approximately 2-5 days, and national. Occasional international travel may be required. Regardless of where employee lives, and barring travel delays outside of an individual’s control, employee must be able to arrive at destination on-time.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, NNAF has suspended all travel to minimize risk of exposure for staff through the end of the year. This applies to all NNAF related work. We will update the travel suspension only when the pandemic significantly improves and conditions become safer.

Benchmarks

  • Draft publications and campaign content that advance NNAF’s narrative priorities (~1-3 per quarter), and maintain an updated catalog of multi-purpose short and medium form copy that can be used for fundraising, blog posts, briefings, newsletters, and other public-facing communications.
  • Ensure that NNAF’s core talking points documents are updated on an annual basis and that topical talking points are developed as needed including in rapid response moments (~1-3 per quarter). All talking points documents should integrate the  messaging frameworks and advance the narrative priorities set by communications leadership.
  • Strategically expand the network’s and member organizations’ public profiles to position abortion funds, NNAF, and Executive Director as leading experts in the abortion access field by facilitating pitch and publishing processes, including annually: support for content creation of 3 op-eds or published bylines  by Executive Director; building relationships with 8 reliable reporters, and placing 12 pieces in outlets targeted as significant to NNAF’s media strategy. 
  • Submit all baseline work accurately and on time every cycle.  Baseline work includes Certify (monthly) or submitting reimbursements within 90 days of expenses, workplanning in Trello (keeping your own annual and quarterly workplan updated and participating in maintaining your department's), Slack and email communication (daily), timesheets in ADP (bi-weekly), participating in all staff meetings (monthly) and department meetings, and consistently working core hours.

Qualifications

Job experience requirements
  • Five or more years relevant experience in communications strategy and implementation. 
  • Three or more years experience writing on behalf of an organization.
  • Three or more years experience working with media as spokesperson and/or supporting  spokespeople.
  • One to two  years experience managing staff.
  • Proven track record of successful community outreach with strong relationships in movement building.
Specific skills sets
  • Excellent writer, with a knack for understanding and communicating in an organization’s voice.
  • Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop nuanced, compelling content and calls to action.
  • Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationship with others and maintain them over time, including strong relational skills for media engagement.
  • Ability to analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution.
  • Excellent, detail-oriented project management skills.
Preferred skills
  • Spanish and English bilingual. 
  • Knowledgeable about digital engagement/organizing and social media management.
  • Skilled at communicating via various social media platforms, particularly on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIN and Tumblr.
Qualities
  • Committed to abortion access and full reproductive health care for all.
  • Committed to an intersectional framework that includes, but is not limited to gender, economic, and racial justice.
  • Ability to enjoy collaboration and be a part of a dynamic, highly productive and integrated team; maintain flexibility and effectively manage ambiguity in a responsive work environment.
  • Self-motivated, resourceful, creative, and able to work without significant day-to-day supervision.
  • Open to giving and receiving feedback and committed to practicing this regularly.
  • Belief in bucking the trend through progressive policies to create a new vision for our future.
  • Appreciation of working with diverse staff and board in an organization committed to racial justice.

Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with different abilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Depending on location, a combination of in-office and virtual office at this time. Must be able to participate in online virtual communications including email, video conferencing, and other online tools used to facilitate virtual office culture and work sharing. 
  • This position is full time, with employee’s regular full time schedule to be approved by supervisor. Regular hours must include attendance during core business hours from 12:00pm – 5:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Thursday. Occasional work on evenings and weekends as needed.
  • Must be able to conduct business in English; however, fluency in languages other than English is a plus. 
  • Smoke- and drug (illegal or recreational)-free environment.
  • Some work at off-site locations may be required; NNAF aims for accessibility in any off-site location that we have control of, but some of them may not be fully accessible.
  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and scanners. Employee is regularly required to communicate effectively via computer, via phone, and in person.
  • This role requires frequent sitting. 

NNAF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual based on any non-merit factor, and is committed to an equitable workplace where everyone is treated as a respected and valued member of the team. In fact, NNAF actively seeks to build and maintain a diverse staff with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, physical ability, age, gender, and sexual orientation. As an organization working in solidarity with the reproductive justice movement, NNAF is committed to fostering the leadership and elevating the voices of women, young people, people of color, Native people, immigrant and refugees, low-income people, LGBQ+, and transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, people who have had abortions, people with disabilities, young parents, people who were formerly imprisoned, people who have received funding for abortions, and people living in the many intersections of these experiences. We encourage people from these communities to apply.



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