JOB TITLE: Interim Director of Community Relations & Communications
JOB GROUP: Administrator
REPORTS TO: Superintendent
GENERAL DUTIES SUMMARY:
Supervises, plans, directs, coordinates, and leads the District’s public information and communications program to include internal and external communications and relations.
Serves under the broad guidance and administrative supervision of the Superintendent. Is responsible for results in terms of planning, coordinating, leading, quality, and overall effectiveness of the District’s public information, communications, community relations program, community services, and social services. Performance is evaluated for compliance with policies, procedures, Board direction, and sound professional practice.
REQUIREMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. District Leadership: Serves as a member of the Executive Council in providing overall district leadership and direction.
2. Oversee District Communications: Responsible for planning, developing and carrying out internal and external communications. Stays abreast of District plans and issues and anticipates
the internal and external reaction. Initiate/push-up key communication messaging (requires organizational awareness and proactivity). Prepares communications that serve to inform the
issue and effectively and convincingly present the District’s perspective and rationale. Exercises an extremely high degree of accuracy and correctness when preparing communications
materials. Serves as an expert in concepts of grammar and punctuation, principal of copy writing, and editing.
3. Communications Counsel: Provides communication counsel to the superintendent and Executive Team on sensitive district-wide initiatives and school issues. Develops Executive Council
communication capacity and skills.
4. Communications Plan: Ensures the district has a clearly articulated Communications, Engagement, and Marketing Plan that includes short-term and long-term communications planning.
Utilizes survey data and metrics to establish messaging. Participates in annual reports, school profiles, student and parent handbooks, marketing and recruitment materials. Markets various
district programs.
5. Community and Intergovernmental Relations: Maintains and develops relations with community at large as well as business, faith, parent and intergovernmental communities. Utilizes such
relationships to effectively advance the District program. Develops parent leadership. Serves as district liaison to various community groups.
6. District Bond Projects: Provides leadership to school-based bond projects. Coordinates with schools, architects, and project managers on school-related bond projects. Coordinates school
design teams. Develops and maintains district facility educational specifications. Coordinates Community Bond Oversight Committee. Provides bond information, engagement, and
communication to the public. Leads district school boundary realignment. Coordinates bond project groundbreakings and facility naming. Plans, coordinates and conducts informational
aspects of election campaigns.
7. Program Direction and Staff Supervision: Oversees organizational management in all assigned areas. Assures that functions are effectively structured and work coordination procedures
are in place to achieve a high level of integration and synergy across program functions. Ensures Community Services has a viable business model and vision aligned to district goals.
Ensures Social Services have a clearly articulated vision and action plans aligned to district goals. Approves position structures and operating practices essential to the development and
delivering of quality programs and services. Recruits and assigns staff ensuring that they possess and practice the values necessary to achieving the level of program delivery and customer
service that is essential to a highly effective organization. Assesses, evaluates, and provides for training and professional development of subordinate staff. Creates communication,
collaboration and coordination processes that assure all staff is timely and effectively informed of department policies, issues, and guidance that their programs are expected to support.
Establishes an environment in which all staff members are comfortable and forthcoming in sharing their ideas, needs and concerns, and in which the staff collaboratively works together to
seek solutions and resolutions.
8. Financial Management and Strategic Planning: Advises the superintendent and Board on the financial implications of community relations management programs. Administers programs
within approved budget parameters including allocation of staff (FTE) resources.
9. Program Evaluation, Analysis and Feedback: Establishes a system of data collection and analysis that provides for continuous assessment of program effectiveness and/or changing
needs. At least annually, conducts a comprehensive assessment review of all programs to determine their level of effectiveness and contribution to the mission of the department and to
identify problem areas, areas of high success, and areas in needs of change. Prepares structured presentations to the superintendent to share the program evaluation results.
10. Plans and organizes special events to include district orientations, and recognition of schools and staff.
11. Coordinates large-scale crisis communication.
Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1. Incumbents must have successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities, and/or have otherwise demonstrated a commitment to equity and strengthening
engagement of a diverse community and skill in communicating with a diverse population.
2. Minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in public relations and communications.
3. Strong understanding and history of successful customer service and ability to establish and maintain effective relations with patrons and staff.
4. Extremely effective oral and written communications and presentation skills; strong analytical ability, and the ability to prepare efficient and effective communications.
5. Ability to use office technology and publishing software.
6. Ability to work both independently and cooperatively.
7. Work may include some evenings and weekends.
8. Ability to organize work, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
9. Staying current and embracing changing forms of communication and engagement.
10. Valid state driver’s license.
Desired Qualifications
1. Experience in a public school or non-profit environment.
2. Bilingual skills preferred.
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, lift, bend, carry, move about, hear and speak. Employee may be required to perform extensive work at a computer display terminal.
The employee must lift and move 25 to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
EVALUATION
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the Administrative contract and Board Policy.
This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all inclusive list of responsibility, skill, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the positions activities and requirements, the administrations reserve the right to modify, and or remove duties and assign duties as necessary that still reflect the essential functions of the department
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