Social Media Coordinator

Job Summary

This position is responsible for strategizing, crafting, and conveying the agency’s messages to targeted audiences through multiple social media channels by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties

• Creates and coordinates social media content consistent with organization branding and strategies.
• Manage presence on social networks, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
• Provide reporting and analysis. Follow industry trends, best practices, and competitive activity
  
  

Job Duties

• Assists with the implementation of an annual communications and marketing plan. Strategizes with Communications Team and CEO about how best to represent POIC, including around the scope of community safety.
• Collaborates with fellow team members to gather, carefully curate, and expertly craft a range of compelling marketing collateral.
• Promote social media posts on channels like the company blog and newsletter to increase their visibility and engagement with the target audience.
• Create blog posts and newsletters incorporating original and compelling social media content.
• Assists with events, including event planning, volunteer coordination, marketing, messaging, creating, and designing social media collateral for fundraising and community events.
• Assists with graphic design to contribute to the agency’s photo and video library and participates in strategic brainstorming.
• Generates periodic updates of high-quality photographs and videos for the website, social media, and print materials.
• Maintains social media channels and contributes content to other channels as needed.
• Maintains punctual, regular, and predictable attendance.
• Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.
• Respectfully takes direction from manager.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Experience/Education

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from four-year college or university in communications, journalism, public relations or a closely related field; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prior relevant experience with a nonprofit organization, preferred.

Qualifications

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

What We Offer

POIC offers a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow. Our compensation and benefits package represents our commitment to employee health and financial wellness.

• Generous vacation/PTO policy
• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Employer-paid Life and Long Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option
• 403(b) Retirement Plan option
• Twelve paid holidays per year
• Professional growth and advancement opportunities
  
  

Application Instructions

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit:

• Personal Statement that includes:
• Why you are interested in working for POIC
• How your skills and experience relate to this position
• What you can contribute to our organization and the youth we serve
• Resume
  

Please send your Personal Statement and Resume to jobs@portlandoic.org with the job title in the subject line.

Applicants who do not submit a Personal Statement that includes the requested information may be disqualified from consideration for the position.

About Us

Mission Statement:

POIC is committed to the success of youth at hope through the age of 25, providing the highest quality services in education, mentoring, family outreach, employment training, and placement.

Beliefs

• We believe all people have value.
• We believe all people can grow.
• We believe all people can contribute and build thriving communities.
  
  

POIC is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.