THIS IS A ONE-YEAR, FIXED-TERM POSITION.
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University seeks a full time Program and Communications Associate to support its expanding communications and programmatic needs. This is a one-year, fixed-term position with the potential for renewal after a 12-month period. The candidate will report to and work in partnership with CDDRL's general program manager, responsible for coordinating research and training programs, events, and communications. The associate will be primarily responsible for a new initiative that will expand on our Draper Hills Summer Fellows program to connect the program?s alumni to a more integrated learning network. In addition, the associate will have a number of communications-related responsibilities to help expand CDDRL's social media presence and assist with the website redesign process. This position will also expose the associate to diverse tasks in program development, events planning, recruitment for fellowship programs, and public outreach.
Program Administration: (50%)
- Coordinate and plan annual meeting of Draper Hills Summer Fellow alumni to be held in an international location each year. This will include; inviting participants, developing the conference agenda, liaising with faculty, and arranging logistics.
- Build and cultivate an active virtual alumni network, which includes; maintain regular communication with individual alumni, harness the use of technology and social media platforms to gather and disseminate information, facilitate virtual interaction among alumni network (webinars and town hall-style forums), and showcase their work in innovative ways on the website.
- Coordinate the small grants program for the Draper Hills alumni network. Associate will receive applications, coordinate the selection process, and oversee the disbursement of funds to awardees.
- Assist in recruitment, outreach, and coordination of the selection process for the Draper Hills Summer Fellows program and Undergraduate Senior Honors program. This includes; identifying recruitment networks to disseminate fellowship announcement, maintaining a centralized spreadsheet of recruitment and outreach lists, tracking the intake of applications, organizing files for the selection and review process, and meeting with selection teams.
- General event planning and coordination for our seminars and conferences.
- Work with student groups on campus to support their activities and respond to inquiries about potential collaborations.
- Compile and synthesize results of program evaluations.
Communications Administration: (50%)
- General website maintenance and updating, including; posting new content, scholarly articles, event announcements, working papers, and media-related pieces.
- In conjunction with program manager will generate new content for the website.
- Develop and maintain library of images for use on the website.
- Build, organize and maintain a central communications database to help CDDRL reach a larger constituency base.
- Create collateral and printed materials for our various programs.
- Maintain and update regularly social media (Facebook and Twitter) platforms and work with program manager to increase the impact and reach of these communications tools.
- In conjunction with program manager will develop annual newsletter for our network of Draper Hills Summer Fellows alumni and maintain contact with the alumni. This includes; outreach to our constituent base to collect updates, generate short pieces highlighting the work of our alumni for the newsletter, laying out and formatting the newsletter, and disseminating it to our Summer Fellows alumni network.
- Support general program coordination, planning, and development needs.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The candidate should possess strong writing skills, with
experience in communications writing (not just academic writing). In addition, they should have
advanced knowledge of social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter), having used them for
professional outreach and communications. The ideal candidate will possess a basic command and
familiarity with Photoshop and Dream Weaver. They should have a high proficiency in Microsoft Excel,
Word and PowerPoint.
To apply, please upload as one document, a cover letter, resume and a writing sample (1-2 pages) of a communications-style piece authored for a website, publication, blog, class, or other forum. It should be the original work of the applicant and not co-authored with another party.
Stanford University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, we value the diversity of our employees.
Source: http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175584884
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