"Communications and Outreach Coordinator (Social Work)"

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and manage external communication, projects, and events pertaining to the social work profession for the School of Social Work.

Activities focus on:

• Social work student recruitment.
• Designing promotional materials and videos.
• Marketing the CSWE-accredited academic BSW/MSW programs in the School of Social Work through social media.
• Website management; planning, marketing, and executing School of Social Work events including fundraisers and conferences.
• Adhering to guidance provided by accreditation body, the Council on Social Work Education.
• Engages directly with prospective and current social work students, funders, social work alumni, campus partners, and external stakeholders.
• Occasional local and domestic travel required, such as for trainings.

Minimum Experience / Education

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

• Project management, event planning, public relations, and/or sales/marketing experience preferred.
• Experience designing promotional materials (i.e. newsletters, brochures, videos), using social media as a marketing tool, website management, preparing and delivering presentations;
• Goal oriented and intrinsically motivated with ability to build relationships and to be a team player, ability to engage with others in an individual and group setting, ability to multi-task and organize data, problem-solving skills, time management skills, strategic prospecting skills, flexibility, ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills' experience with Google Workspace, Canva (intermediate) and/or Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Suite and Google Suite: intermediate preferred.
• Prefer to have knowledge of the social work profession to include NASW Code of Ethics; and knowledge related to social work education to include CSWE Competencies.