Communications and Knowledge Center Manager

Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written communication skills, reporting skills, and skills in conceptual editing, copy editing, and proof reading.

• Ability to work collaboratively with internal communications groups across campus.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in working with a variety of people.

• Capacity to write and synthesize materials and communicate information in a manner easily understood.

• A solid working knowledge of science communications with an emphasis on conservation and ecosystem services, and related policy challenges and issues.

• Possess a strong media relations background with experience cultivating media contacts, building targeted media lists, and conceiving, writing, and editing news releases as well as short-form pitches.

• Ability to work with an external graphic designer to produce websites, factsheets, and other collateral.

• Comfortable and experience with technology, specifically the Microsoft Office and Adobe software suites, blast email services such as Mailchimp or iContact; website CMS systems; and CRM software such as Cision and SalesForce.  

None

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, speaking.

• Occasionally grasp forcefully, writing by hand.

• Rarely sort/file paperwork.

• Occasional work on evenings and weekends.

• On call and ability to respond 24/7.

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.

• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.

• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

Application Process: To be considered, candidates will include a cover letter, resume and three writing samples. Please note a background check will be required for all final candidates. For more information, please visit our website at https://woods.stanford.edu. Deadline for applications is September 19, 2018.

Stanford is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.