Coordinator, Communications Strategy and Operations

Title: Coordinator, Communications Strategy and Operations

Department: Communications

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has fueled the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of more than $50 million and won the respect of law firms worldwide. Our global pro bono network includes over 2,100 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 125 law firms, contributing over $30 million USD in pro bono legal services annually. The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to www.reproductiverights.org

The Job: Reporting to the Associate Director for Messaging and Strategic Communications, the Coordinator, Communications Strategy and Operations will support the function of a successful communications team via contributions across strategy and operations. On the strategy side, this role will support the creation of global strategic communications through drafting strategic messaging, resource development, and maintenance of a resource hub of thematic and institutional messaging. On the operations side, this role will support the communications team budget, contracts, and project management.

The positions will be based in the Center’s New York City office in a hybrid model of 3 days in-office and 2 days working-from-home. Covid-19 vaccination is required for all US-based employees of the Center.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of strategic communications campaigns, messaging, and message-driven projects and initiatives.
• Assist in the maintenance of an organization-wide messaging hub to hold, catalog, and share the Center’s institutional, thematic, and project-based messaging. Stay abreast of all messaging efforts within the organization and ensure that the products are available in the messaging hub and act as the organization’s point person for accessing and sharing the latest messaging and communications resources.
• Support the department budget processes for Communications Department, with a dotted line to the Senior Manager of Communications Operations, including by processing invoices, tracking expenses and keeping the department folders related to budget and finance organized and updated on SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.
• Support the procurement and contracting process for the department’s external vendors and consultants from drafting through execution in coordination with the Senior Manager of Operations who will review, offer guidance and support particularly on larger contracts and serve as the backup when needed.
• Maintain the Communications Department Monday board for strategic communications and related projects via a high-level understanding of Communications initiatives and timelines.
• Attend meetings and proactively share value-added notes with internal stakeholders.
• Participate actively in cross-organizational teams and meetings to help identify messaging needs and opportunities.
• Participate in sexual and reproductive rights coalition meetings to gain insights from movement partners to bring back into the Center’s messaging and communications work.
• Write, edit, and proofread communications of all types with practitioners across the Communications Department to advance message-driven content and projects.
• Other duties as needed.
• Travel as needed.

Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to the Center’s mission, purpose, and values.
• University Degree (baccalaureate or higher) in communications or related field.
• 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience working on a global team and/or with global content.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communications.
• Writing and editing skills.
• Computer skills required, including fluency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in project management.
• Experience in the sexual and reproductive rights space is a plus.
• Experience in data analysis for communications is also a plus.

Compensation: The annual salary for this position is $68,000. This salary reflects a position based in New York City. This salary will be subject to a downward locality adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside the location listed in this posting. Note that most of the salaries listed on our job postings reflect New York, NY salaries, where our National offices are headquartered.

Union Status: This position will be part of the CRR Union, a shop within Local 2110 United Auto Workers—Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union.

FLSA Exempt Status: This is an exempt position.

Benefits:

• Health: The Center pays up to 90%* of the premium for a comprehensive health insurance plan with no in-network deductible and best-in-class reproductive healthcare coverage, including infertility. The Center also offers Dental and Vision coverage. (* % may differ in various countries).
• Flexibility: The Center currently operates in a hybrid model, requiring staff to work 3 days per week in the office and allowing work 2 days per week from home.
• Well-being: The Center offers resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical, and community well-being. The Center provides generous leave, including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, and sick leave. We are closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend winter holiday time with their loved ones.
• Growth: You will be working with and learning from some of the top legal and operational minds, all passionate about advancing reproductive rights worldwide. You will also be eligible for a stipend to use towards professional growth.
• Global: You will get a front-row seat to the fight for reproductive rights globally. You will have access to Employee Resource Groups to connect to colleagues with similar interests/backgrounds/views.
• Investment: After the first year of employment, the Center will contribute 7.5%* of your annual salary to a 401(k) (*applicable only in US and Kenya).

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role but unsure about whether your experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. To learn more about the Center’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights.

Center policy on visa sponsorship for U.S.-based positions: Applicants for employment in the U.S. must have valid work authorization that does not now and will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S. by The Center for Reproductive Rights.

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