Administrative and Communications Specialist, San Diego for Every Child

Position Title: Administrative and Communications Specialist

Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Department: San Diego for Every Child

Position Type: Full-Time (37.5+ hours/week), Non-Exempt

Work Setting: Fully Remote

Reports To: Director of San Diego for Every Child

Pay Range: $32/hour

Total Compensation:

In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes:

• Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees
• Generous employer 401(k) contributions
• Employer-covered life insurance

Time Away from Work:

Being able to take time away from work is critical in bringing your best self to work. Time off benefits for this position include:

• Paid vacation time and sick leave
• 15 paid holidays, including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled workday), and floating holidays
• 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees’ mental wellness

Position Overview:

The Administrative and Communications Specialist is a critical position to the success and long-term strategy in the goal of San Diego for Every Child (SDec) to cut the experience of child poverty across the San Diego County region. Focusing on both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of SDec’s work—Advocacy and Civic Engagement, and Collaboration and Collective Impact—the Administrative and Communications Specialist will serve as the administrative backbone for Children First Collective San Diego, as well as draft and release the majority of SDec’s external communications.

The majority of this work entails serving as the administrative backbone of the local childcare advocacy group, Children First Collective. Within this administrative role, the Specialist will draft and send agendas, take copious notes, draft out advocacy calls to action, provide all meeting follow-up, and may with support, lead weekly virtual meetings. Anticipating administrative tasks, taking initiative, and having passion and drive for the work in this role will be imperative for a successful fit.

The secondary responsibility of this position is coordinating and driving forward SDec’s external communications. Being able to develop a keen sense of SDec’s image and tone, along with an aptitude for understanding what other content and resources SDec should be elevating and promoting, will be an important component of this work. The communication platforms this position focuses on include but are not limited to social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn) and Constant Contact. This position may also be part of the brainstorming and visioning for how to more effectively reach more San Diegans.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your creativity, communication, and interpersonal skills, in part of a broader effort to catalyze meaningful change across San Diego County and positively impact the lives of children. This position reports directly to the Director of San Diego for Every Child and will work closely with other JFS staff as well as staff from other local agencies. This role can be done remotely and will require flexibility, as both SDec and CFC operate with fluid work structures.

Responsibilities:

• Drafts agendas, takes notes, and sends all meetings follow-up for Children First Collective, including Working Group meetings, Town Halls, and Policy Circles
• Draft e-blasts and newsletters in Constant Contact
• Organizes advocacy actions on behalf of both San Diego for Every Child and Children First Collective
• Coordinates social media content, which includes capturing, drafting, and posting across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others as deemed appropriate
• Represents San Diego for Every Child and Children First Collective in the community
• Other administrative duties as necessary

Skills/Experience/Abilities That Are a Must-Have:

• Self-motivated, accountable, and able to keep focused, even while working remotely
• Organized and able to track tasks, provide follow-up, and input on reports
• Creatively inclined and able to capture abstract concepts in words or design
• Adept at online communications and strong computer skills
• Takes initiative and requires minimal direction to anticipate workflow
• Collaborative and effective in a team environment, but also with the ability to work independently
• Receptive listener and open to feedback
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Passion for a just and equitable community
• Flexibility and adaptability

Important Notice:

Please submit your resume and cover letter on your application.

Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Please, no phone calls. Please, principals only. Please, local candidates only (relocation is not provided).

About San Diego for Every Child

San Diego for Every Child is on a mission to change the way San Diego addresses child poverty. We believe every child deserves healthy food, stable housing, reliable healthcare, and quality childcare and early education. With a goal of cutting the experience of child poverty in half by 2030, the SDec approach is three-fold: to activate a well-informed community on the issue of child poverty; to create in-roads for collaboration across the hunger-relief, housing, healthcare, and child care and early learning service sectors, and; to sample innovative poverty mitigation approaches informed by families both closest to the problem and proposed solutions. San Diego for Every Child is both fiscally sponsored and coordinated by Jewish Family Service of San Diego.

About Children First Collective
Children First Collective brings together passionate voices in San Diego’s childcare ecosystem; this includes system leaders, childcare professionals and early educators, parents, and employers. What we believe in is simple: everyone deserves to live and thrive in a world that is just, equitable, and provides resources to all families. The future depends on access to education and training opportunities for all children, youth, and adults in our community. Together, we are creating a local movement across San Diego County, with an urgent mission: to make quality, affordable childcare available to every working family that wants and needs it, as well as to ensure that providers and childcare workers are compensated, supported, and respected as the professional educators that they are.

About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For over 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often lifesaving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.

• Jewish Family Service is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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