Hiring group: National Coalition of STD Directors
Title: Director of Communications
Job Category: Nonprofit Communications, Senior Staff
Date Posted: June 14, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Website: ncsddc.org
Founded in 1997, the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) – a small national nonprofit organization with a mission of advancing effective STD prevention programs and services in every community across the country – provides leadership, builds capacity, convenes partners, and advocates for quality STD prevention. Our members include the 65 CDC directly-funded jurisdictions tasked with carrying out the nation's STD prevention efforts – the health departments of every state, seven large cities/counties, and the U.S.-affiliated territories in the Atlantic and Pacific. Additionally, we have over 1,000 associate members across the country working in the public and private sectors to advance sexual health and STD prevention.
This is a crucial turning point for the field of STD prevention. As we are confronted with the highest rates of STDs in 20 years, we are also realizing actual and proposed cuts to STD and HIV prevention programs across the country. NCSD is committed to rising to the challenge of supporting high quality, evidence-based STD programming through program and policy technical assistance with a consistent peer-to-peer approach, communicating to members and stakeholders about the issues at hand, implementing training that supports and improves skills for engaging policy-makers and building the evidence-base, and leveraging national and federal partnerships to elevate and integrate STD programs nationally and in practice at the local level.
Appointed in October of 2016, a new executive director is focused on expanding the organization's reach to meet the challenge. A new website and logo will be released in August along with other new communications tools. The Director of Communications – a newly formed position within the organization -- will be an integral part of meeting the challenge and implementing new communications strategies and activities.
POSITION
The Director of Communications will lead the organization's overall communications strategy and activities. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Communications will work collaboratively with the senior team to develop and implement a communications plan to broaden the impact of NCSD's program, public policy and legislative advocacy work. As a new position with NCSD, the Director of Communications will have the responsibility of implementing new communications initiatives, tools and formats, and will play a major role in helping the organization speak with one voice in a compelling and persuasive style – helping NCSD meet an overall strategic goal of shifting the national narrative about STDs to one of urgency for policy-makers, the public and the larger public health field.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Collaborate with the Executive Director and senior leadership to develop communications strategies that will broaden programmatic reach and deepen impact.
· Develop and refine NCSD's core messages to ensure organizational consistency, including use of a new organizational logo, website, social media, and other tools.
· Identify significant program and public policy issues that can be leveraged to support NCSD's work and create and implement plans to exploit them.
· Serve as an executive editor for the organization's website and social media platforms, and work collaboratively with the senior team and other staff on all other NCSD publications to ensure organizational consistency in voice, image and use of logo.
· Manage media relations, using tools, platforms and messages on high priority topics to garner public attention and move the needle.
· Work with members and the board of directors to conduct communications trainings and to disseminate talking points and other communications materials to ensure our field and membership base speak with one voice.
· Develop briefs, fact sheets, the NCSD Weekly Update and other publications.
· Work collaboratively with CDC, other funders and national organizations to coordinate messaging and to garner support for NCSD priorities and messaging around STD prevention.
- Liaison with reporters and other media contacts.
- Hire and supervise communication interns and other staff supporting communications projects.
- As needed, serve as organizational spokesperson.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
· 3-5 years of senior communications experience that includes a blend of advocacy and media relations, social media and website content in the public health field.
· A strong track record of positioning an organization to achieve tangible outcomes in a competitive communications environment.
· Ability to coach and support senior leaders as spokespersons
· Masters in communications preferred or equivalent experience
· Excellent verbal, written and editorial skills
· Experience managing staff
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
· Excellent verbal and written communications, strong editorial skills and attention to detail
- Passion for working in STDs and public health, sexual and reproductive health issues
· Ability to think creatively and follow intuition
- Proficiency in online media platforms and programs, website content development, including advocacy platforms
- Willingness to work additional hours when necessary and for limited travel to national or regional conferences and meetings
- Ability to conduct communications trainings for state and local members on high priority issues
Please send a resume, a thoughtful and concise cover letter, and a short writing sample, preferably addressing a public health/sexual health or STD issue or related work experience, to: David C. Harvey, NCSD Executive Director, at lokeefe@ncsddc.org. Please include in the subject line: Director of Communications Search. Candidates will be interviewed as soon as possible and the search will continue until the position is filled.
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