$60,000 yearly
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA, USA
Web Content Manager
Communications Department
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA
The Position
Are you good at cutting through internet clutter with captivating messages? Can you think strategically about moving the needle on important social and environmental issues? Do you care about making meaningful change in the world? If so, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) invites you to apply to our open Web Content Manager position.
As a Web Content Manager, you’ll work hand-in-hand with scientists, campaigners, and lobby staff in our transportation and nuclear weapons campaigns, offering strategic communications advice and helping them distill their messages for a broad audience. You’ll join a creative digital team in the UCS Communications department, tasked with creating, project-managing, and maintaining our organization’s digital media presence. The content you’ll be responsible for can range from written articles to visual and video-based storytelling projects.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent national nonprofit working to solve some of our planet’s most pressing environmental and safety problems. Our work ranges from combating global warming and developing sustainable ways to feed , power , and transport ourselves, to fighting misinformation, advancing racial equity , and reducing the threat of nuclear war.
Responsibilities
The Web Content Manager:
Provides day-to-day web content oversight and support for select UCS programs and campaigns
Offers high-level strategic input on online communications efforts
Writes, edits, and maintains content for a general audience, following established workflow and editorial processes.
Ensures content is technically accurate, reflective of our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and aligned with UCS strategies and branding guidelines
Either creates by themselves or project-manages multimedia projects, including interactive media and video. In collaboration with the web team, defines the best format for content initiatives, and serves as the primary contact for project vendors
Edits, proofreads, and publishes blog posts, often in a time-sensitive manner. Ensures staff bloggers are posting with sufficient frequency and adhering to best practices. Holds regular meetings with staff bloggers and provides guidance as needed
Oversees or helps with other sections of the website as assigned, or with broader organizational initiatives
Maintains an understanding of UCS issues and positions, particularly in assigned content areas
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates must have strong project management skills, demonstrated knowledge of communications strategies, and familiarity with creating or project-managing basic online mediums: HTML, video, and interactive features.
Candidates should also have expert-level writing and editing skills. They should be proficient with the PC/Windows environment, especially MS Office. Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, and SEO best practices a plus. Familiarity with a CMS such as Drupal and WordPress a plus. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.
Work requires at least five years’ experience in web writing and digital media, content curation, and communications strategy. Candidates should be able to interpret complex scientific/technical content for general audiences.
Successful candidates will be very organized self-starters who possess outstanding attention to detail, and who can manage multiple projects/deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced, quickly evolving environment. The ability to communicate clearly and work effectively in a team environment is required. Experience in online advocacy is a plus.
At UCS, comparable training and/or experience can be substituted for degrees when appropriate.
May spend extended periods at a computer. Occasional overnight travel required, roughly 5 days per year.
UCS is an equal opportunity employer continually seeking to diversify its staff. In particular, we’re dedicated to broadening opportunities for individuals from demographic groups that are historically underrepresented in the sciences and in environmental advocacy. We’re also committed to building an inclusive workplace culture where talented people of widely diverse backgrounds can thrive. We've adopted this commitment because we believe the inclusion of culturally diverse perspectives will improve our work and produce better societal and environmental outcomes for all, including historically disenfranchised communities. We are actively seeking people who bring diverse backgrounds and perspectives to join us in this work.
Compensation, Hours, and Location: This is a full-time position based in UCS’s Cambridge, MA office. For those who meet all position requirements, the salary is around $60,000 annually. UCS offers excellent benefits and a rewarding work environment. Information about the organization is available at http://www.ucsusa.org . A listing of all open jobs is available at https://www.ucsusa.org/about/jobs-ucs .
To Apply: Please go to https://www.workable.com/j/88BCD2B04B , and upload a cover letter, resume, and writing sample. In your cover letter or resume, please highlight any digital media that you’ve been involved with. Please also include salary requirements in the cover letter. Upload materials in Word or PDF format only. No phone calls, please.
Deadline : July 7, 2019, or until filled.
Web Content Manager
Communications Department
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA
The Position
Are you good at cutting through internet clutter with captivating messages? Can you think strategically about moving the needle on important social and environmental issues? Do you care about making meaningful change in the world? If so, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) invites you to apply to our open Web Content Manager position.
As a Web Content Manager, you’ll work hand-in-hand with scientists, campaigners, and lobby staff in our transportation and nuclear weapons campaigns, offering strategic communications advice and helping them distill their messages for a broad audience. You’ll join a creative digital team in the UCS Communications department, tasked with creating, project-managing, and maintaining our organization’s digital media presence. The content you’ll be responsible for can range from written articles to visual and video-based storytelling projects.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent national nonprofit working to solve some of our planet’s most pressing environmental and safety problems. Our work ranges from combating global warming and developing sustainable ways to feed , power , and transport ourselves, to fighting misinformation, advancing racial equity , and reducing the threat of nuclear war.
Responsibilities
The Web Content Manager:
Provides day-to-day web content oversight and support for select UCS programs and campaigns
Offers high-level strategic input on online communications efforts
Writes, edits, and maintains content for a general audience, following established workflow and editorial processes.
Ensures content is technically accurate, reflective of our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and aligned with UCS strategies and branding guidelines
Either creates by themselves or project-manages multimedia projects, including interactive media and video. In collaboration with the web team, defines the best format for content initiatives, and serves as the primary contact for project vendors
Edits, proofreads, and publishes blog posts, often in a time-sensitive manner. Ensures staff bloggers are posting with sufficient frequency and adhering to best practices. Holds regular meetings with staff bloggers and provides guidance as needed
Oversees or helps with other sections of the website as assigned, or with broader organizational initiatives
Maintains an understanding of UCS issues and positions, particularly in assigned content areas
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates must have strong project management skills, demonstrated knowledge of communications strategies, and familiarity with creating or project-managing basic online mediums: HTML, video, and interactive features.
Candidates should also have expert-level writing and editing skills. They should be proficient with the PC/Windows environment, especially MS Office. Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, and SEO best practices a plus. Familiarity with a CMS such as Drupal and WordPress a plus. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.
Work requires at least five years’ experience in web writing and digital media, content curation, and communications strategy. Candidates should be able to interpret complex scientific/technical content for general audiences.
Successful candidates will be very organized self-starters who possess outstanding attention to detail, and who can manage multiple projects/deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced, quickly evolving environment. The ability to communicate clearly and work effectively in a team environment is required. Experience in online advocacy is a plus.
At UCS, comparable training and/or experience can be substituted for degrees when appropriate.
May spend extended periods at a computer. Occasional overnight travel required, roughly 5 days per year.
UCS is an equal opportunity employer continually seeking to diversify its staff. In particular, we’re dedicated to broadening opportunities for individuals from demographic groups that are historically underrepresented in the sciences and in environmental advocacy. We’re also committed to building an inclusive workplace culture where talented people of widely diverse backgrounds can thrive. We've adopted this commitment because we believe the inclusion of culturally diverse perspectives will improve our work and produce better societal and environmental outcomes for all, including historically disenfranchised communities. We are actively seeking people who bring diverse backgrounds and perspectives to join us in this work.
Compensation, Hours, and Location: This is a full-time position based in UCS’s Cambridge, MA office. For those who meet all position requirements, the salary is around $60,000 annually. UCS offers excellent benefits and a rewarding work environment. Information about the organization is available at http://www.ucsusa.org . A listing of all open jobs is available at https://www.ucsusa.org/about/jobs-ucs .
To Apply: Please go to https://www.workable.com/j/88BCD2B04B , and upload a cover letter, resume, and writing sample. In your cover letter or resume, please highlight any digital media that you’ve been involved with. Please also include salary requirements in the cover letter. Upload materials in Word or PDF format only. No phone calls, please.
Deadline : July 7, 2019, or until filled.
University of MN Foundation
Minneapolis, MN, USA
About the Job
Overview
For 150 years, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has played a central and enduring role in shaping and transforming lives, for the good of Minnesota and the world.
Reporting to the Dean as a member of the Dean’s senior leadership team, this position has the principal responsibility for the leadership, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive Development strategy for the College of Liberal Arts. The Chief Development Officer is a member of the CLA administrative leadership team and works collaboratively with the Dean, associate deans, chief of staff, and the directors of marketing, fiscal administration, human resources, and technology and innovation services offices in CLA. The CDO also works collaboratively with chairs and directors of academic departments and research centers.
For the College of Liberal Arts, the Chief Development Officer is responsible for securing significant philanthropic support through the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of principal gifts, major gifts, annual giving, and the capital campaign from various sources including individuals, foundations, corporations, and businesses. This position is also responsible for developing and growing a comprehensive Development program for the College, including the management of staff responsible for managing significant development/fundraising activities and alumni relations.
Responsibilities
Program Management:
Lead the strategic planning, implementation, and assessment of the Development program for the College, collaborating with the University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF), and other key University staff. Develop an annual plan of work, including specific fundraising, prospect development and programmatic goals with emphasis on achieving and exceeding established standards and metrics for the position.
Manage the capital campaign for the College of Liberal Arts in close partnership with the University of Minnesota Foundation.
Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of the CLA Roadmap, the College’s strategic plan, to effectively and compellingly present its case to prospects and donors.
Manage the budgeting process by anticipating costs and prioritizing needs.
Work collaboratively with the Chief Marketing Officer as part of the activities of the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Participate in discussions of collegiate issues as part of the Dean’s senior leadership team.
Staff Management:
Manage staff responsible for prospect and major gifts development, annual giving, stewardship and the capital campaign.
Lead staff, promoting a culture of excellence, collaboration and professional growth. Foster a work environment that recognizes and rewards team-based efforts. Celebrate current achievements. Provide the structure and guidance necessary to promote a high-performance culture.
Manage the team, including recruitment, retention, performance management, development and coaching of staff. Actively mentor and train staff, providing professional learning to build capacity and expertise.
Development Activities:
Provide leadership in the planning and implementation of a successful capital campaign. Lead a development team specifically tasked with guiding strategy and execution in support of the campaign.
Partner with the Dean and other academic and administrative leaders in identifying and defining the full range of fundraising priorities within the College of Liberal Arts.
Provide leadership and strategic planning direction for donor development to ensure that prospect qualification, identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities are seamlessly integrated. Provide leadership and participate in strategic prospect coordination, where appropriate, to advance unit and multiunit cultivation strategies.
Support the Dean in the management of his portfolio of key relationships to focus his time on the top prospects on behalf of the college.
Maintain responsibility for a leadership and principal gifts ($100K and $1M and above) portfolio. Total annual gift production expectations for this level of position are approximately $5 million.
Utilize various giving methods such as current, deferred giving, and non-cash gifts. Work with UMF staff, and other key University staff to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Meet established metrics and complete and file timely and accurate reports of donor/prospect contacts by utilizing the UMF prospect management database, employing discretion while recording information of relevance to appropriate individuals.
Oversee the recruitment, training and management of volunteers as needed to support fundraising activities, including capital campaign.
Leverage the loyalty and commitment of the graduate and undergraduate alumni population as well as other key supporters in order to identify and cultivate individuals who can become participants in the life of the college and provide financial support at leadership levels; build a compelling case for philanthropy.
Clear and coordinate prospective donors through appropriate UMF procedures to ensure effective solicitation of the donor that maximizes the gift to the University.
Collaborate with other functions, including marketing, communications, alumni engagement and public engagement to ensure a coordinated, unified approach to relationships with all constituents.
About the Department
About the College
The College of Liberal Arts (cla.umn.edu) is committed to academic freedom, the pursuit of new knowledge, and the belief that the liberal arts are the foundation of learning. CLA prepares students to be independent and original thinkers and innovators in their chosen fields, to create meaning in their lives and in their life’s work, and to become productive citizens and leaders in their communities and the world. The college embraces and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We are committed to building a community that represents a variety of cultures, perspectives, and skills.
Established in 1868, the College of Liberal Arts supports the University of Minnesota and its land-grant research, teaching, and outreach mission as home to disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and includes teaching and research in some areas of the natural sciences and health. It is the largest college in the State of Minnesota, public or private.
The college’s strategic plan, the CLA Roadmap, has a vision to make CLA a destination college for students, staff, faculty, and community partners. The Roadmap’s strategic focus areas are the relentless pursuit of research and creative excellence; ensuring that our students are career ready at the highest level; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all we do; and deepening a culture of engagement with our communities.
How To Apply
Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please use the link below and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/332439
Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Job Applications" page and uploading documents in the "My Cover Letters and Attachments" section.
Priority review of applications will start on September 5, 2019. The position will remain open until filled.
To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail employ@umn.edu or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).
Diversity
The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.
The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: http://diversity.umn.edu.
Background Check Information
Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.
About the U of M
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
About the Job
Overview
For 150 years, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has played a central and enduring role in shaping and transforming lives, for the good of Minnesota and the world.
Reporting to the Dean as a member of the Dean’s senior leadership team, this position has the principal responsibility for the leadership, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive Development strategy for the College of Liberal Arts. The Chief Development Officer is a member of the CLA administrative leadership team and works collaboratively with the Dean, associate deans, chief of staff, and the directors of marketing, fiscal administration, human resources, and technology and innovation services offices in CLA. The CDO also works collaboratively with chairs and directors of academic departments and research centers.
For the College of Liberal Arts, the Chief Development Officer is responsible for securing significant philanthropic support through the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of principal gifts, major gifts, annual giving, and the capital campaign from various sources including individuals, foundations, corporations, and businesses. This position is also responsible for developing and growing a comprehensive Development program for the College, including the management of staff responsible for managing significant development/fundraising activities and alumni relations.
Responsibilities
Program Management:
Lead the strategic planning, implementation, and assessment of the Development program for the College, collaborating with the University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF), and other key University staff. Develop an annual plan of work, including specific fundraising, prospect development and programmatic goals with emphasis on achieving and exceeding established standards and metrics for the position.
Manage the capital campaign for the College of Liberal Arts in close partnership with the University of Minnesota Foundation.
Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of the CLA Roadmap, the College’s strategic plan, to effectively and compellingly present its case to prospects and donors.
Manage the budgeting process by anticipating costs and prioritizing needs.
Work collaboratively with the Chief Marketing Officer as part of the activities of the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Participate in discussions of collegiate issues as part of the Dean’s senior leadership team.
Staff Management:
Manage staff responsible for prospect and major gifts development, annual giving, stewardship and the capital campaign.
Lead staff, promoting a culture of excellence, collaboration and professional growth. Foster a work environment that recognizes and rewards team-based efforts. Celebrate current achievements. Provide the structure and guidance necessary to promote a high-performance culture.
Manage the team, including recruitment, retention, performance management, development and coaching of staff. Actively mentor and train staff, providing professional learning to build capacity and expertise.
Development Activities:
Provide leadership in the planning and implementation of a successful capital campaign. Lead a development team specifically tasked with guiding strategy and execution in support of the campaign.
Partner with the Dean and other academic and administrative leaders in identifying and defining the full range of fundraising priorities within the College of Liberal Arts.
Provide leadership and strategic planning direction for donor development to ensure that prospect qualification, identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities are seamlessly integrated. Provide leadership and participate in strategic prospect coordination, where appropriate, to advance unit and multiunit cultivation strategies.
Support the Dean in the management of his portfolio of key relationships to focus his time on the top prospects on behalf of the college.
Maintain responsibility for a leadership and principal gifts ($100K and $1M and above) portfolio. Total annual gift production expectations for this level of position are approximately $5 million.
Utilize various giving methods such as current, deferred giving, and non-cash gifts. Work with UMF staff, and other key University staff to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Meet established metrics and complete and file timely and accurate reports of donor/prospect contacts by utilizing the UMF prospect management database, employing discretion while recording information of relevance to appropriate individuals.
Oversee the recruitment, training and management of volunteers as needed to support fundraising activities, including capital campaign.
Leverage the loyalty and commitment of the graduate and undergraduate alumni population as well as other key supporters in order to identify and cultivate individuals who can become participants in the life of the college and provide financial support at leadership levels; build a compelling case for philanthropy.
Clear and coordinate prospective donors through appropriate UMF procedures to ensure effective solicitation of the donor that maximizes the gift to the University.
Collaborate with other functions, including marketing, communications, alumni engagement and public engagement to ensure a coordinated, unified approach to relationships with all constituents.
About the Department
About the College
The College of Liberal Arts (cla.umn.edu) is committed to academic freedom, the pursuit of new knowledge, and the belief that the liberal arts are the foundation of learning. CLA prepares students to be independent and original thinkers and innovators in their chosen fields, to create meaning in their lives and in their life’s work, and to become productive citizens and leaders in their communities and the world. The college embraces and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We are committed to building a community that represents a variety of cultures, perspectives, and skills.
Established in 1868, the College of Liberal Arts supports the University of Minnesota and its land-grant research, teaching, and outreach mission as home to disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and includes teaching and research in some areas of the natural sciences and health. It is the largest college in the State of Minnesota, public or private.
The college’s strategic plan, the CLA Roadmap, has a vision to make CLA a destination college for students, staff, faculty, and community partners. The Roadmap’s strategic focus areas are the relentless pursuit of research and creative excellence; ensuring that our students are career ready at the highest level; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all we do; and deepening a culture of engagement with our communities.
How To Apply
Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please use the link below and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/332439
Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Job Applications" page and uploading documents in the "My Cover Letters and Attachments" section.
Priority review of applications will start on September 5, 2019. The position will remain open until filled.
To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail employ@umn.edu or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).
Diversity
The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.
The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: http://diversity.umn.edu.
Background Check Information
Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.
About the U of M
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
