Responsibilities

• Direct village communications that support and align with the village’s mission, policies, branding and corporate goals.
• Guide individual departments and the Village message using the formal village-wide strategic communications plan.
• Lead and manage communications team and contracted support to ensure timely, coordinated messaging (implicit from description).
• Ensure branding and messaging consistency across communications channels (implied by plan and role).

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Public Relations, or related field or the ability to obtain within three years
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in communications or related fields, preferably in a government setting
• A minimum of five years of managerial experience coordinating a range of activities undertaken by others that involve directing, monitoring and evaluating staff performance

Preferred

• Advanced knowledge - a thorough understanding of communications with a track record of developing and executing communication strategies to reach audiences while ensuring consistency in branding and messaging.
• Collaborative Expertise - the talent to facilitate collaboration, integrating and solving problems to ensure both content and projects are meeting objectives and deadlines.
• Customer Centric - experience working with internal and external stakeholders and the ability to establish and maintain relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations.
• Dedicated Professionalism and Leadership - an individual who displays confidence, is honest, fair and possesses integrity, who will be hard-working, creative and ethical and who leads by example in a highly transparent organization.

Benefits

• comprehensive, competitive benefits package with coverage that begins on the first day of employment, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts and a defined pension through the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.