Senior Manager of Communications and Community Engagement

Description

Days Off: Saturday & Sunday

Shift: Office Day

Location: Hybrid work environment – on-site location: Downtown/Pioneer Square

Insurance Benefits: Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage)

Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization that helps people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment and housing. Our work reflects our core values of Equity, Person-Centered Care, Human Dignity and Value, and Community-Centrism.

As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled, chronically homeless adults, DESC serves more than 3,000 people each day through a comprehensive continuum of care which includes emergency shelter and other survival services, mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, employment services and permanent supportive housing. This integrated service model is designed to help disabled homeless men and women secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.

Reporting to the Director of Fund Development, the Senior Communications Manager is responsible for developing and guiding overarching internal and external communications and community engagement strategy, ensuring that DESC uses communications as effectively as possible to advance our mission through a variety of community engagement strategies. This is a newly created position that requires a person who has experience developing and executing extensive communications strategies while working with a broad range of communications tools and channels and can work effectively across a wide range of communications activities including media relations, online content, public advocacy and printed materials. The Senior Communications Manager will lead and collaborate with a team of three, two Communications Managers and a Community Engagement Coordinator.

DESC Employee PERKS:

* Over 6 weeks off in the first year of employment

* Team building and camaraderie

* Training and learning that occurs at your own pace

* Great medical and dental benefits

* Weeklong orientation and training

* Retirement Plan

* Flexible Spending Account

Selection Process:

As part of the application process, a cover letter is required (No more than 2 pages). Within the cover letter, please answer the following questions:

1. Please indicate why you are interested in DESC’s Senior Manager of Communications and Community Engagement position, and why this position is the next right step for you in your career.

2. Provide an explanation of why you believe in the use of harm reduction practices in a community mental health setting. 

Please ensure your application is complete and all required information has been provided. Standard completeness means all application fields (contact information, personal information, education, work experience, references, and required supplemental questions). Provide as much detail as you believe will fully describe your experience and training.

Interviews for the most qualified candidates are tentatively scheduled for the week of July 22nd, 2024. Invitations to participate in the Interview process will be sent via e-mail on or around Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
 

The top candidates from the initial interview will be invited to attend the final interview process in Seattle tentatively scheduled for the week of July 29, 2024.
 

Please Note: Candidates will receive updates regarding application status via email. Please be sure to check your email frequently, including your spam folders for messages filtered by your email providers. 

• Fair Hiring Practices
  DESC provides individuals who have been arrested or convicted of a criminal offense an equal and fair opportunity to obtain employment. 
• DESC will not inquire about an applicant's criminal history until after a conditional job offer has been made. 
• DESC will disregard the prior arrest and conviction record of an otherwise qualified individual unless the offense is directly related to the job position for which the individual has applied. 
• DESC will notify an otherwise qualified applicant about a potentiall