Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and lead ongoing quality improvement processes for an ONA annual statewide communications strategy and editorial calendar.
• Craft strengths-based messaging that celebrates and uplifts Colorado’s New Americans and strengthens public understanding of immigrant and refugee integration in Colorado.
• Build and maintain a repository of success stories and utilize a variety of tools and channels to share these stories.
• Lead writing, project management, and cross-team content collection for key external communications products, including ONA’s annual report, research reports, program announcements, press releases, and more.
• Act as ONA’s liaison to the Department’s GPPR for coordinating design for external digital communications projects.
• Lead ONA’s website strategy and ongoing content updates using Drupal.
• Coordinate ONA’s electronic newsletter as a core vehicle for external communication.
• Manage all ONA listservs, including adding members, moderating content, ensuring adherence with guidelines.
• Align all communications with ONA’s messaging principles, Department brand guidelines, digitally accessible (ADA compliant), plain language, and culturally and linguistically appropriate.
• Serve as ONA's final content reviewer to ensure a unified voice while training staff on communication guidelines, tools, and templates.

Requirements

• This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
• Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position to include: Strategic communications plan development and execution. Communications project management including planning, developing and managing timelines, assessing and communicating project progress, quality assurance, and evaluation.
• Or
• Education And Experience
• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to six (6) years
• 3+ years of professional work experience with refugee and/or immigrant communities.
• Personal or professional engagement with refugee and/or immigrant serving organizations in Colorado
• Strong familiarity with evidence-based communications for immigrant inclusion
• Communications experience in a highly sensitive content area
• Experience developing resources that meet state digital accessibility standards and clear understanding of WCAG 2.1 guidelines

Preferred

• - Knowledge of DRUPAL or other CMS platforms.
• - Experience presenting complex information concisely.

Benefits

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• MotivateMe employee wellness program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
• Access to participate in employer-supported employee affinity spaces