Communications Coordinator, Immigrant Right Program; IRP

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Communications Coordinator, Immigrant Right Program (IRP)

JOB CATEGORY: Exempt (Salary)

STATUS: Full-Time

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT: Regular

DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Organizing and Advocacy Director

DOTTED LINE SUPERVISOR (IF APPLICABLE): Northeast Associate Regional Director

REGION/UNIT: Northeast, US / Communications

LOCATION: Newark, NJ Hybrid. At least two days per week in the office, with participation in local activities to produce multimedia content.

Final date to receive applications: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through July 31, 2025

For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Communications Coordinator, Immigrant Rights Program (IRP) will work with IRP staff to promote program vision and activities via media production, outreach and education. The position will actively create content and engage on select networks on behalf of the Immigrant Rights Program. The Communications Coordinator, IRP will help create materials, manage social media as needed, support community outreach and educational events, and compile and track data related to the program.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Act as primary program liaison between IRP and the Central Office Communications Unit, including attending key Communications meetings and relaying program activity information at these meetings and through other means as needed.
• Ensure coordination and partnership between regional program and Central Office communications staff with the preparation and distribution of all externally facing materials and promotions.
• Coordinate with the U.S. migration thematic director and other staff to ensure that IRP activities are connected to national-level work and campaigns
• Develop, implement, and manage communications’ strategy for AFSC’s Immigrant Rights Program. This includes collaborating with Program Directors to develop messaging, analyzing audiences, pipeline development and creating important campaigns to support the program work.
• Develop and edit graphics, videos and photos, photo-stories and informational material for program activities, to upload to the AFSC website and social media.
• Manage the program’s social media. This includes managing plans and pilots to use social media ads, posts, and text to promote email subscriptions, online activism, events, and fundraising. Collaborate with colleagues throughout the organization to strategize how social media efforts fit with other outreach and engagement.
• Identify and build relationships with social media influencers to craft messages and create content about the Immigrant Rights Program’s ’s work and mission to reach broader and younger audiences, community partners organization for communication collaboration and building and maintaining media and press relations.
• Produce emails, including a monthly e-newsletter, action alerts, cultivations, and outreach emails. Build emails in Every Action, AFSC’s constituent relationship management system. Manage steps from planning to fulfillment for pipeline development.
• Copy edit and proofread a variety of materials. Examples include emails, forms, print publications, and web pages.
• Plan, coordinate, or assist program directors and staff in writing and editing external communications. This includes but is not limited to writing articles, op-eds press releases and support letters
• Maintain select Immigrant Rights Program pages on AFSC’s website. Make updates to the program home page and other key landing pages (TRACES and Education portal). Curate assigned pages to maximize engagement. Post a wide variety of content online, from articles and stories to action alerts, reports,…