Strategic Communications Coordinator

Location: Colorado

Conservation Colorado is hiring two Strategic Communications Coordinators located anywhere in Colorado who will write and oversee priority issue-area communications to ensure all content is clear, concise, and accurate for public understanding so Conservation Colorado and affiliate programs are seen as the trusted messenger on the environment in Colorado.

One of these positions requires English and Spanish proficiency to help us reach our Spanish-speaking audience statewide and create synergy between Conservation Colorado and Protégete.

About Conservation Colorado
As the largest statewide environmental organization in Colorado, we work to protect our state’s climate, air, land, water, and communities. We play a unique role in Colorado as our work focuses on organizing communities, influencing decision-makers, and electing conservation-minded leaders. That work includes Protégete, which is focused on building Latino leadership and engagement on environmental issues. We believe that achieving racial, social, and environmental justice are critical to our mission. You can learn more about our mission here.

What You’ll Do

The Strategic Communications Coordinator, who reports to the VP of Marketing and Communications, is responsible for ensuring that Conservation Colorado’s communications efforts are of the highest quality, goal-driven and strategic, and reflective of organizational values, including racial equity, inclusivity, and people power. The position requires a thoughtful approach to communications planning and execution across platforms. This role can evolve over time, but you will have these areas of responsibility. Note: The bilingual position will do this same work but in English and Spanish at varying times.

Multi-channel content creation on climate, water, lands, and Protégete

• Responsible for creating engaging social media content
• Draft and integrate fundraising content to campaigns as needed
• Handle media communications like press releases and op-eds
• Write newsletter articles, blog posts, email communications
• Work with the organizing team to identify potential storytellers, particularly in rural communities and Latino voices to make our communications more relatable

Marketing and communications planning and implementation

• Working closely with the VP of Marketing and Communications, develop and implement multi-channel communication plans that support our issue-based work and drive member engagement and shift the narrative on our issues
• Experiment with different tools and tactics to reach different audiences and achieve our goals
• Analyze data to determine best practices and lessons learned
• Work with influencers, partners, coalitions, and more to assist with marketing strategy and implement tactics

Message development

• Create and update campaign messaging for external and internal stakeholders to guide staff and produce materials to clearly communicate our issues and campaigns
• Ensure all outgoing communications are culturally appropriate for the intended audience
• Utilize platforms that best resonate with specific communities

In addition to your regular responsibilities, all staff are expected to participate at some level in organizational priorities including helping in certain fundraising efforts, taking part in our election-related activities, and committing to our organizational efforts around equity and inclusivity.

Qualifications
Fundamentally, we want someone who is an excellent writer who has the skills to do that in our context. More specifically, you will have or be most or all of the following:

• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with experience writing messaging, press releases or effective digital communications preferred
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement holistic multi-channel communications plans and ability to create easily digestible content from complex ideas
• Committed to our organizational and internal efforts to broaden the conservation movement to include communities who have been historically shut out, with the ability to create culturally appropriate materials to reach different audiences
• A strong team-focused collaborator who can work well across teams and understands how to move work forward with people you might not have any direct authority over
• One of these positions also requires the ability to do that work in both Spanish and English so fluency in both languages is required

Compensation and Benefits
The full-time salary range for this role is between $45,000-$53,000, based on a wage analysis across the organization and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range. The additional skill of being fluent in English and Spanish will be factored into the final salary.

We provide high-quality, zero-deductible health insurance and a strong benefits package that includes a SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with a match, at least 35 days of vacation and holidays as well as 6 physical and mental wellness days in your first year, and parental leave and a sabbatical program. Please note that as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, Conservation Colorado employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

All Conservation Colorado positions require in person work of some kind and therefore we do require our staff to be vaccinated against COVID. However, when it comes to being in the office or working from home, we have embraced a hybrid work model where we offer people, in consultation with their managers, some flexibility on where they work based on organizational needs, job requirements, and personal preferences. The organization does not have a set policy for the number of days someone must be in the office and the days required for a specific individual or position will vary from person to person based on the needs of the job. Everyone is welcome to work in the office 100% of the time if they prefer or if their home environment is not conducive to working for whatever reason.

We are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive organization and conservation movement to fully represent and engage all Coloradans and to build as powerful a movement as we can. Recruiting staff that better reflects Colorado is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, race, ethnicity, geographies, political affiliation, sexual orientations, gender identities, and all other identities represented in Colorado or protected by law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

To Apply
If this job truly speaks to you, please click here to submit an application, including a cover letter addressed to Angela Simental, a résumé, and your answers to a few short questions. If you need accommodation or assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by emailing jobs@conservationco.org or by calling us at 303.333.7846.