Director of Marketing & Communications

Description

Position Location and Department:

• This position is part of our Advancement Department.
• This position will work at our CCKC office located at 444 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101.

Salary Range:  $72,000 - $76,000

Benefits Offered:

• Medical Insurance (The Family Conservancy offers health insurance to all full time employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week)
• Flexible Spending Accounts 
• Health Savings Accounts
• Vision & Dental Insurance. 
• Long Term Disability.
• Life Insurance.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan matching up to 2%.
• Yearly 5% employer retirement contribution. 
• Paid Vacation. 
• Sick Leave.
• Personal time off. 
• Agency paid holidays.
• Flexible work schedules (Hybrid)

The Marketing Director will oversee, coordinate, and participate in the development of marketing strategies and communications related to the products and services of the organization.

Strategic Planning:

• Guides strategic planning to maintain, strengthen and ensure that adequate systems are in place to maintain quality marketing and communications of services to children and families to donors and stakeholders.
• Supports The Family Conservancy Strategic Plan and ensures accountability through successful implementation of assigned objectives where applicable.
• Provides strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization.
• Prepares an annual budgetary plan for assigned programs based on the agency’s strategic plan.
• Confers with the President/CEO, Vice Presidents and Leadership to coordinate and prioritize planning. Must align financial policies and procedures with agency objectives.
• Perform problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff for the marketing team.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the team.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.  
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy. 
• Observe staff  and provide training as needed for support.
• Will be responsible for budgetary oversight as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Set direction of annual fundraising campaigns, messaging, marketing, and communication plan with the support from the Vice President of Advancement.
• Develop and execute annual donor engagement plans for year-end campaign donors. 
• Complete annual agency’s report. 
• Lead digital media creation. 
• Serve as point of contact for media inquiries, lead earned media efforts, and vendors. 
• Partner with local media and publications
• Document external interaction and communication. 
• Report agency news via the Agency Headlines document 
• Manage Salesforce
• Maintain, monitor and update the agency website. 
• Lead the development of online solutions. 
• Develop and oversee online data collection and integration.
• Develop and manage marketing campaigns to recruit clients 

Requirements

• Ability to collaborate with departments, outside partners, and colleagues 
  • Respectful communication
  • Growth-oriented discussion
  • Shared responsibilities
• Commitment to growth mindset
  • Commitment to professional growth through self reflection and ongoing education
  • Commitment to supporting partner sites through transformative change
  • Ability to display patience, flexibility, curiosity, and resilience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse group