ISTE Career Center: Communications/Editorial jobs, Non-Profit jobs ...

Typically Requires: Bachelor?s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or related field, or equivalent. Strong written communication, social media, and technology skills.

Desired: Three years of experience in a public relations agency, corporate PR department, or nonprofit PR, communications, or marketing environment is preferred. Experience in planning, integrating, and executing social media strategies is preferred. Knowledge or experience in the field of education. Fluency in a second language and/or multinational experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities - This position requires:

Media operations: Knowledge of traditional media operations including broadcast, cable, newspapers, and magazines. Knowledge of online media operations, policies, and practices including websites, blogs, social networking sites and other new or emerging technology that is impacting and/or changing the way effective public or media relations and communications is conducted.

Technology: Requires strong knowledge of technology and its applications in a hands-on learning environment, technology skills (word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, Web), the ability to work comfortably in a technology-rich environment, the ability to identify and employ new technology to achieve public relations, communications, and branding goals and the ability to gauge how current trends are developing.

Public relations and communications methods: Experience implementing traditional PR tactics, particularly in integrated campaigns involving social media. Experience planning and implementing online PR tactics including blogging, tweeting, online forums, developing viral strategies, and maximizing campaign effectiveness through social networking and user generated content sites Research skills: Knowledge and ability to use research and monitoring tools for both social media and traditional media.

Analytical skills: Skills and experience assessing and developing processes and practices, acting as a resource for complex issues. Ability to synthesize and evaluate large quantities of information and data from multiple sources.

Communications: Demonstrates the ability to express ideas, thought and concepts clearly in writing or verbally using correct and appropriate grammar, organization and structure. Ability to use writing and editing skills in a variety of formats such as news, features, web, and blogs. Knowledgeable in AP and Chicago style as well as styles associated with social media.

Job Knowledge: Achieves results by demonstrating competency in job knowledge and skills (including technical skills), keeps job knowledge and skills current, and demonstrates an understanding of how the job relates to others? jobs, as well as to ISTE?s mission and values.

Teamwork: Keeps agreements as outlined in ISTE?s Employee Agreements: Keep your agreements, Take responsibility for your mistakes and fix your breakdowns, Speak to people rather than about them, Make the best decisions you can to support ISTE?s best interests, Respect your colleagues, Celebrates contributions and demonstrates appreciation , balances team and individual responsibilities, builds strong relationships, collaborates effectively, contributes to project teams to produce new work or solve problems, puts success of team above own interests, shares information and ideas with others, and meets attendance/punctuality requirements. Decision making/judgment: Recognizes opportunities and problems and responds appropriately using tools such as Meeting Facilitation tools, DISC, and Crucial Conversations in alignment with ISTE Employee Agreements; systematically gathers information, sorts through complex issues, and seeks input from stakeholders; addresses root causes of issues; uses appropriate decision-making model based on ISTE?s Decision Tree and communicates decisions to stakeholders; makes timely decisions; can make difficult decisions effectively; and supports others? decisions once made.

Results Focus: Prioritizes tasks effectively; takes initiative; seeks efficiencies; overcomes obstacles; sets goals and aligns them appropriately to ISTE?s goals; uses resources effectively (human, financial, and environmental); holds self and others accountable for results; and plans for, contributes to, and/or manages budgets in keeping with ISTE priorities to achieve results.

Physical and Environmental Elements This is primarily a sedentary office classification. Employees work in an office with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances.

Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. The position occasionally bends, stoops, reaches, pushes and pulls drawers to retrieve and file information and lifts and carries reports and records that typically weigh less than 20 pounds.

Some business travel is required which includes both air and land transportation. It may be necessary to handle personal luggage and operate a motor vehicle. The position must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds when preparing for a conference, meeting or exhibition. Specifically, attendance at ISTE conference(s) may be required. Conference responsibilities require the ability to travel and work long days, moving throughout large convention centers.

Note The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the position incumbent a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position. All employees are expected to interface well with all departments within organization and to represent the organization in a professional manner.

Application instructions:

In one file, send the following information to Judy Moore, Director of Human Resources at hiring@iste.org. Please use "CommSpec - FName LName" (using your name) as the subject line of your application email message. You do not need to apply through the career center system. Simply email your information to me at hiring@iste.org.

A cover letter that states where you first heard of this position opening, an explanation of how your qualifications measure up to the qualification requirements of this position, your pay expectations, and responses to the following: 1) What interests you about this position?, 2) Describe how you have used various technologies in communications or PR, 3) Describe how you assess the effectiveness of communications campaigns/programs. 4) Two samples of your best work (separate files ok) and an explanation of why you selected them.

Resume that includes dates (mo/yr to mo/yr) of employment.

Three professional references, and any letters of reference (separate files for letters of reference are ok).

Contact Judy Moore, Director of Human Resources at hiring@iste.org with any questions.

Source: http://career.iste.org/jobs/4557165/communications-specialist-iste

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