The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority seeks a skilled Communications Coordinator to tell the story of conservation in the Santa Clara Valley and to support the Authority’s communications and media program.

The Ideal Candidate

You have a passion for storytelling, for delivering excellence, and you want to help protect and preserve open space lands. You are skilled at cultivating ongoing relationships with colleagues and partners across all departments to communicate their initiatives and accomplishments at the Authority to a variety of audiences, from the general public to more topically informed audiences.

You are a skilled writer and storyteller who can creatively integrate research and narrative to engage the reader and convey the value of the Authority’s work. You are experienced with writing for a variety of platforms such as websites, newsletters, social media and print collateral, and possess a dynamic writing style that you can draw from in this creative position.

You are excited by the opportunity to work on the implementation of the Authority’s audience engagement plan, to innovate how the Authority communicates with the diverse communities we serve. Your professional strengths include attention to detail and the ability to track multiple projects across multiple deadlines. With a helpful nature and positive attitude your team can rely on you to provide consistent support for tasks such as meeting coordination, database management, website updates and collateral inventory tracking.

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Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Minimum of two years of college-level coursework and two year’s working experience in communications, journalism, public relations, environmental education or related fields. Bachelor’s degree highly desired.
• Excellent writer and storyteller demonstrated across multiple platforms.
• Excellent grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word and Outlook.
• Familiarity with Adobe Suite and Canva is highly desired.
• Experience working in database systems, such as a CRM.
• Multi-lingual skills in a language represented in the Authority’s jurisdiction is a plus (e.g. Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Korean)

Note: This position is required to take and pass a pre-employment background check.

If you are excited by the opportunities and challenges offered in this position, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience is non-typical or if you are not sure you meet every one of the qualifications described.

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this full-time, non-exempt position is $39.43 to $47.93 hourly, depending on experience and qualifications. To complement this salary, we offer a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents – we cover 100% of the cost for these premiums. We participate in CalPERS retirement programs as well as offering a separate 457 Plan for tax deferred retirement savings. A basic life insurance policy is provided to all eligible employees with the option to purchase additional personal insurance benefits. The Authority supports a hybrid workplace and this position may be afforded opportunities for remote work.

Application and Selection

All application materials must be received prior to May 20, 2024, at 5:00 PM. To be considered for this opportunity, submit your application materials including cover letter and a self-prepared resume at the application link provided below. The Open Space Authority utilizes a robust process that will ask qualified candidates to engage in multiple steps leading up to a final panel interview. We encourage applicants to closely monitor email communication from the Authority’s hiring team. Final panel interviews are tentatively set for the week of June 3, 2024.

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