Working across all units of the College, the Director of Communications will be responsible for designing and implementing a clear and consistent message about the mission of the College and overseeing the communications strategies and materials needed to implement the strategy. This is a hand on position with shared support. The Director will coordinate external communications, including public relations, media outreach, and college publications. The successful candidate will work with Academic and Development departments on communications issues relating to branding and marketing, web communication strategies, and institutional advancement activities. Specific duties will include writing press releases, speeches, promotional and outreach material, editing/updating various publications, preparing presentations, proposals, talking points, letters, and other material as required to support the President and Trustees, as well as providing support for a variety of communication projects with executive staff members. Some travel and weekend work required. The Communications Director will also work in close cooperation with strategic constituencies on behalf of the College. This is an opportunity for an energetic, highly motivated communications professional to build a program from the ground up. This is a bargaining unit position in the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism or related field, and at least 5 years experience designing and implementing a comprehensive communications program. The successful candidate will have superior organizational and writing skills, an attention to detail, a record of achieving results, and be a creative, flexible, goal-oriented self-starter who is able to work both independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented, results driven environment. The successful candidate will also be familiar with Microsoft Publisher or other current graphic design software. Some knowledge of html or java script and social media is desired. Background in the labor movement and higher education or non-profit sector is preferred.

National Labor College

Located on a 47-acre campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, the National Labor College is a fast-growing non-profit institution associated with, and supported by, the American labor movement, that provides a rigorous, high-quality online undergraduate experience for adult learners and continuing education programs for union members and leaders. Since becoming an upper division degree-granting institution in 1997, the National Labor College has awarded over 1,000 bachelor s degrees in various labor studies fields. The College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Applications

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume and writing sample and examples of prior work to: jobs@nlc.edu

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but review of applicants will begin on September 15, 2010.

The National Labor College is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.