Communications Manager - Goleta, United States - Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc

Description

Position Description

Position:
Communications Manager (Exempt Position)


Employer:
Vitamin Angels Alliance, Inc.


Division:
Marketing Division


Location:
Flexible.

This person can work remotely from anywhere in the US or work from our corporate headquarters in Goleta, CA or our office in Chicago, IL, or any combination thereof.

Salary Range:
$85-90k, depending on experience


About Vitamin Angels
Vitamin Angels is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are committed to fostering a supportive environment where everyone can contribute, thrive, and grow.


High-level description of Position
Vitamin Angels is seeking a Communications Manager for an anticipated global program (Program).

The Communications Manager will help facilitate communications materials designed to uplift Vitamin Angels' entire suite of programmatic work, especially as it relates to a donor-funded Program, which is a grant-funded collaboration between several implementing organizations.

The Communications Manager will sit within Vitamin Angels' Marketing division and work cross-divisionally—between the Marketing and Programs divisions—to create and coordinate communications materials designed to support the grant-funded program along with Vitamin Angels' overall global health portfolio.

The Communications Manager will use their technical background in public health and expertise in project management, knowledge management, writing and copy editing, and creative content development to facilitate the development and launch of effective, technically accurate, and programmatic communication materials.

The Communications Manager reports to the Associate Marketing Director of Programs and works with various creative staff/contractors (i.e. graphic design, videographer, photo asset manager, etc.) and Program team members (i.e. knowledge manager, monitoring & evaluation manager, and others) to 'bring to life' creative initiatives including program reports/briefs, long-form articles, regional storytelling, newsletters, blog posts, webpages, social content, and various other items designed to enhance and communicate our technical work.


Contingency statement

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Core responsibilities for the grant-funded program:

• Work with the Associate Marketing Director of Programs to build/deliver effective communications assets designed to promote and communicate the technical work of Vitamin Angels, particularly as it pertains to the Program, to be used across a wide range of internal and external channels
• Work across a diverse set of Program stakeholders including VA, funder, and coimplementing organizations
• Help to identify, build, and package regional and local stories to tell the story of the Program, to be used across a variety of marketing touch points
• Work with the Program team—including technical advisors, program managers, knowledge management lead, and monitoring & evaluation team members—to support monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) efforts around the grant
• Write copy for various channels including social posts, LinkedIn articles, video scripts, newsletters, blog articles, presentations, web content, and various other outlets
• Copy edit/proof various internal/external communications
• Collaborate with broader Marketing team to ensure a cohesive divisionwide editorial calendar and marketing plans
• Support PR and external communications efforts by 'packaging' technical stories or coordinating the publication of various media opportunities

Additional support as needed:

• Support communicationsrelated efforts for Vitamin Angels' Program Division as a whole, including overall documentation and dissemination planning, development of program learning and capacitystrengthening materials, etc.
• Leverage technical information/assets to create content and communication that resonates with various audiences (funders, technical partners, B2B, and B2C audiences)
• Support the archival/knowledge management efforts of the organization
• Update or add to various pages in WordPress
• Other duties as assigned

Level of Decision-Making

Within the bounds of Vitamin Angels' mission, values, and policies, and sound professional practices, the Communications Manager has the discretion to use independent judgment to make decisions of significant consequence that affect VA clients, partners, and employees.

Organizational Relationships:

VA operates under a collaborative, matrix management model.

The Communications Manager is supervised by the Associate Marketing Director of Programs (or their designee), coordinates his/her activities with other leaders (unit leads from Programs, Marketing, and various contractors) or their designated staff, and interacts daily with a range of members of the VA team.

Each VA team member establishes work priorities and ensures that their individu