The Education Law Center-PA, a statewide nonprofit legal advocacy organization that works to ensure all children in Pennsylvania have access to a quality public education, seeks an experienced, collaborative professional for a full-time position managing the organization’s communications. The candidate should have an extensive track record of success managing a multifaceted communications program, along with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights, racial justice, educational equity, and advancing the rights of underserved populations.
Job responsibilities include:
- Communications strategy: Develop communications strategies that will broaden ELC’s reach and increase its Analyze, distill, frame, and communicate key issues of education policy and practice in ways that advance our policy agenda.
- Editorial: Review of all content before publishing for accuracy and to align with ELC strategic priorities, standards, and style guide, ensuring culturally competent communications.
- Media relations: Develop ELC’s media lists, cultivate strong relationships with media contacts, issue press releases, and respond to media requests. Provide support and talking points for ELC staff and information for journalists.
- Website: Working with IT director (who manages the back end), oversee the development and maintenance of the organization’s website, including writing and visuals.
- Social media: Develop a robust social media strategy, maintaining active social media accounts on multiple platforms.
- E-newsletter, fact sheets, and reports: Edit and oversee production of ELC’s monthly e-newsletter and other mass email communications, including list development. Edit and oversee production and updating of ELC’s portfolio of fact sheets and other publications.
- Statements: Work with staff to draft official statements, opinion pieces, public speeches, and messaging for advocacy campaigns.
- Marketing and development: Work with development staff to help develop marketing and fundraising materials and support public events.
- Coordination and supervision: Work collaboratively both internally and externally: supervise and coordinate the communication work of ELC’s program associate, IT director, and interns; work externally with organizational partners to support coalition communications.