Responsibilities

• Ensures agency-wide communications activities are professional, responsive to stakeholders, and impactful.
• Leads the development and distribution of the Network’s monthly newsletter to highlight advances in our field (LGBTQIA+ tobacco/cancer/health) and showcase our own activities.
• Leads and manages social media accounts to achieve growth in engagement and followers.
• Drafts and edits press releases, memos, blog articles, and other publications as requested by the Executive Director
• Works collaboratively with the team to identify “news-worthy” items to help apprise our stakeholders of advancement in our field.
• Engages entire staff team in communications planning, ensuring that Network programming is widely promoted and that grant deliverables specific to communications and media are met and that these are documented
• Serves as strategic leader for ad development & placements, to include Google Adwords, paid education campaigns and the like.
• Provide minor updates to the website and coordinates with web development contractors for more in-depth updates
• Provides strategies to maximize potential for engagement
• Creates and monitors outcome measures to ensure communications activities are impact driven.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Relevant experience in communications is required
• Demonstrates exemplary social media and communication skills
• Demonstrates exemplary skills in publicly representing The Cancer Network
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Exemplary oral and written communication skills
• Highly professional and capable of representing the organization to external constituents
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a growing team, manage details and meet established deadlines
• At least minimal skills in computer systems and openness to additional training as needed to document work effectively
• Experience working as part of a remote team

Preferred

• Grounding in social justice framework
• Humor
• Flexibility
• Attention to detail
• Enthusiasm for engaging with Network members and constituents
• A sense of humor
• Experience working as part of a remote team

Benefits

• Optional Fully Paid Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan (401k) The organization will match up to 3% of staff contributions
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Public Holidays, and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year)
• Fully Remote with equipment provided and a monthly allocation for internet
• Flexible Schedule
• The Cancer Network provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, familial or marital status, amnesty, hairstyle, domestic violence victim status, HIV/AIDS status, sickle cell trait or testing status, status as a covered veteran, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state and local laws.