The Spence School: Communications Coordinator (NY, NY)
The Spence School, founded in 1892, is an independent school for girls and young women with an enrollment of 772 students in Grades K–12. We are seeking a Communications Coordinator to join our highly collaborative four-member team in a position that offers a wide variety of responsibilities in a busy and collegial environment. This position reports to the Director of Communications and Public Relations.
Salary $70,000-$75,000
Responsibilities The Communications Coordinator has exciting opportunities for immersion in the life of the School with two primary areas of responsibility: managing the schoolwide events/calendar planning and coordination, and implementing online strategies and solutions for school communications. The Communications Coordinator supports the planning of the School’s programs and events calendar and is responsible for maintaining the School’s website calendar. The Coordinator is also responsible for essential aspects of school communications such as creating online forms, managing content on the website, ensuring data integrity for directories and managing pushpage emails. The coordinator also assists with photography of school activities and covers communications and news for one academic division. A more detailed list of responsibilities includes:
Coordinate the planning and online publishing of the School’s Key Dates calendar
Collaborate with Facilities Office to approve events and calendar requests in the EMS database
Work proactively with various school divisions to avoid programmatic and facility usage conflicts
Enter, update and maintain all calendar data on the website as a comprehensive information tool for the entire Spence community
Lead news and content development for the website for an academic division and assist in creating the weekly online parents’ newsletter
Collaborate with data services across the School to ensure the integrity of data and protocols for the faculty and staff, students and parents, as well as alumnae communities
Create online forms using multiple third-party solutions to facilitate event and program registrations
Serve as a liaison with web service provider to report and troubleshoot functionality issues
Manage coordination of schedules and distribution lists for all pushpage emails
Assist with photography and videography coverage of school activities
Manage multi-media channels including Vimeo
Supports Spence’s commitment to equity
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and minimum of three years of related program/event information management and administrative experience within educational or not-for-profit settings required
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong technical skills required, including proficient knowledge of web applications, web-based databases and productivity tools including Excel and G Suite
Familiarity with Blackbaud web-based solutions a plus
Proficiency in photography, videography and creating multi-media content
Meticulous attention to details and excellent organizational skills
Ability to process, organize and share a large volume of information, ensuring that school communications are proactive, timely and accurate
Ability to manage complex responsibilities and prioritize among multiple demands and deadlines
Ability to work with a variety of constituents and to lead problem-solving tasks with tact and professionalism
A collaborative spirit and strong team ethic
Cultural competency and skills for engaging with and learning from people of diverse backgrounds and life experiences
Spence is committed to an equitable and inclusive program and a diverse faculty, staff and student body. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are therefore especially encouraged to apply.
To apply, visit the website. Start date is 8/15/2024.
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