Campus Public Relations Coordinator

Details:

Posted: June 3, 2024
Level: Community College Professional 16, 12-month, tenure track position.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin review of applications immediately. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

Location:

CT State Capital
950 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
**This position is not remote**
For more information, please visit the campus website or www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

CT State Community College Mission:

Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:

Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community College Equity Statement:

Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:

September 2024

Position Summary:

The Public Relations Coordinator is a campus-based position that is responsible for the development and implementation of public relations activities for the campus and its Foundation/Institutional Advancement, consistent with CT State strategic branding, goals, and objectives. The incumbent coordinates with the CEO, the Institutional Advancement team and CT State Media and Organizational Communications teams on public relations activities to support strategic goals and is the campus point-person for public and media relations. The coordinator develops and distributes press releases; manages social media; maintains relationship with local media including print, digital and broadcast; contributes website and e-­newsletter content; supports on-campus events, community spaces and outreach; and produces vital documents that support enrollment, student affairs, and the Institutional Advancement. 

Example of Job Duties:

Under the direction of the CEO, a Dean or other administrator, the Public Relations Coordinator is accountable for developing and implementing a public relations/communications calendar that increases awareness and understanding of campus programs and services to increase enrollment, as well as Institutional Advancement goals by reaching both internal and external audiences.

• Developing and distributing press releases; contribute content for social media; maintaining relationship with local media including print, digital and broadcast.
• Developing website content and implementing updates through the CT State Web Services team.
• Producing documents such as reports, programs, invitations, fact sheets, flyers or other collateral that support community outreach, student affairs, and Institutional Advancement.
• Serves as a point of contact for media and the press and as a spokesperson for the college and Foundation; develops written remarks for the CEO or Institutional Advancement staff; seeks positive coverage of campus activities and events.
• Researching and advising college management on opportunities to promote the campus through public relations.
• Creating content and engagement strategy via campus social media that reaches current students and developing student ambassadors to spread messaging across platforms while broadening reach.
• Coordinating with freelancers, contractors or other campus coordinators; and performing tasks such as photography, photo editing/sharing, and event staffing.
• Managing projects that include writing, editing and production of collateral materials that align with CT State branding and messaging to inform internal and external audiences about events, programs, and services.
• Participates as a member of the College's Institutional Advancement team.

In addition to the accountabilities listed above, the incumbent is required to carry out the essential duties of: Attendance and participation at convocation and commencement ceremonies; S