Description
Position Summary:
The Women’s Equality Center provides strategic communications and campaign support to the reproductive health, rights, and justice field at all levels, developing long-term, big-picture messaging frameworks around emerging issues and complementing and strengthening the work of organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean via grants, integrated policy and communications campaigns, and rapid-response operations.
As an organization, WEC prioritizes a collaborative environment, allowing for flexibility in the structure among teams and roles. We aim to keep boundaries between roles flexible to ensure that we’re bringing the full range of expertise, experience, and perspective of every team member to the strategies we’re developing and work we’re doing. As a small organization, everyone does a little bit of everything here – no job is too small. We’ve worked very hard to establish an organizational culture based on collaboration, candor, transparency, and a great deal of mutual respect and trust. We take these values very seriously and expect that of any new member of our team.
Reporting to a Director or Associate Director, the Digital Campaigns Coordinator is an entry-level position that will provide day-to-day support for WEC’s digital campaigns aimed at expanding reproductive rights in a number of Latin American and Caribbean countries. This role will support our digital strategies and tactics and assist in growing online communities. This is a great opportunity for someone who is creative and has an understanding of how digital communications reach decision makers and help sway public opinion. This position is split with 50% of the role focused on administrative tasks, and 50% on digital and social media work. The Digital Campaigns Coordinator will need to be completely fluent in Spanish, and also be able to read and write in English.
To Apply:
Send résumé and cover letter and your answer to the following short questions via this Google Form. Note that we highly prefer that you use this link, but note that it will require you to use a gmail email address. If you do not have one, you can send a manual submission to
[email protected], using the following subject line format “Last Name, First Name_Coordinator, Digital Campaigns”. Please include your cover letter, resume, and answer to the following short questions (answers can be in the body of the email).
Short Questions (please respond in Spanish):
What is your favorite social media platform, and why? (3-5 sentences)
What news outlets do you read? What is your favorite one and why? (3-5 sentences)
Who is your favorite influencer and why? (3-5 sentences)
For shortlisted candidates, there will be a written exercise and there may be up to three additional forms to complete, to which we’ll send you a link when at that stage.
New Venture Fund Careers:
Women’s Equality Center is a project of New Venture Fund (NVF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. NVF is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NVF’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.
To center the safety and well-being of its employees, New Venture Fund requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within four weeks of their start date. This position may require candidates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations may be sought and approved in accordance with the law by contacting human resources at
[email protected].
Job Duties
Essential Responsibilities and Activities:
Support the implementation of digital strategies across multiple digital campaigns including posting, using polls and surveys, RSS support, and monitoring engagement and effectiveness.
Serve as community manager and moderator across several campaigns by responding to comments, ensuring usage of brand voice, and drafting responses for review and approval.
Conduct editorial reviews of and fact-check content grids, focusing on spelling, grammar, etc. .
Stay up to date and informed on the latest digital trends and news.
Support with administrative tasks as needed, such as vendor invoices and contract process, including vendor communication to ensure accuracy, and processing expense reports.
Schedule internal and external meetings, including logistical planning, recording meeting minutes, and IT support as needed.
Other duties as required.
Skills Required
The successful candidate must have the following skills and qualities:
Ability to work in a professional nonprofit setting.
Complete fluency in Spanish with strong emphasis on fluent writing, grammar, editing and proofreading skills in Spanish, with a knack for creative, engaging copywriting, tone, and an eagle eye for editing.
Strong virtual communication and collaboration: Efficiency and comfort with Slack and Google Suite, responsiveness via email, and willingness to participate in weekly group calls or as needed
Proactive user of social media platforms; knowledge of digital trends, content management systems, and digital advertising platforms.
Ability to learn new systems quickly
Comfortable multitasking and managing many projects simultaneously, and under tight deadlines.
Comfortable working in a collaborative environment, and open to criticism and compromise.
High attention to detail and follow-through.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work with and respect people of different cultures and viewpoints.
Passion for making a difference; a growth mindset, can-do attitude, versatility, and openness to engaging in a spectrum of work.
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally, up to 25% of the time, some of which may occur over weekends or holidays.
Additional Info
Salary + Benefits:
We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse organization through equity initiatives, which includes transparent and equitable pay practices. The salary range for this position is between $60,000 to $67,884, based upon years of experience and education.
Our generous benefits package includes:
4 weeks paid vacation and the week between Christmas and New Year off,
13 paid holidays,
10 days paid personal/sick leave,
Employer paid health/dental/vision insurance,
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for physical and mental well-being,
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave,
401k plan with up to 6% retirement match,
Cell phone and fitness stipend,
Professional development stipend,
Short/long term disability insurance, and
A flexible work environment.