Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Position title: manager of development communications
Reports to: director of content
Location: boston
Position type: full time
Position overview
The manager of development communications is tasked with conceptualizing and producing content and materials based on joint strategic priorities of the development and marketing & communications teams, primarily within the realms of donor engagement, cultivation, and stewardship communicationsThe manager will lead and manage all projects from conception through completion, including providing direction to colleagues to deliver on time and to specifications of key stakeholders.
Reporting to the director of content, the manager of development communications works closely with development, advocacy, clinical and clinical operations, finance, and impact staff to ensure that all materials reflect accurate and timely information about pih and its undertakings, and that the organization’s activities—often highly technical in nature—are portrayed in clear, concise, jargon-free, and brand-centric communications that match audience sophistication.
Responsibilities
Manages marketing & communications and development team activities and goals by gathering content, editing, and drafting original copy for acknowledgments, newsletters, appeals, annual report, graphic design copy, video and audio scripting, online donor content, and other marketing collateral that shares pih’s global accomplishments and impact
Oversees projects involving multiple stakeholders to ensure content is produced on deadline, meets specifications, and maintains pih branding and tone specific to development materials
Creates and maintains donor communication resources so that they are up-to-date and accessible to staff across the organization
Recommends creative communications solutions to encourage their further engagement and continued support of donors’ needs
Manages coordination among marketing & communications colleagues to ensure content and creative are aligned and meeting deadlines.
Works collaboratively with marketing & communications colleagues to craft talking points and messaging.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of related writing experience
Excellent command of the english language, with strong writing and editing skills
Demonstrated experience writing successful fundraising and/or marketing and communications materials
Demonstrated experience managing multiple deadlines, many stakeholders, and time-intensive writing processes
Experience partnering with multimedia and marketing professionals
Strong computer skills, including fluency in office and literacy in adobe creative cloud
Exemplary interpersonal skills and relationship management; ability to collaborate effectively with culturally diverse staff across departments and countries
Interest in social justice strongly desirable
Fluency in languages other than english a bonus
Partners in health (pih) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the worldPih focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health carePih partners with the world’s leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policiesPih also supports local governments’ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.
As of today, pih runs programs in 11 countries (haiti, peru, rwanda, mexico, sierra leone, liberia, malawi, lesotho, russia, kazakhstan, navajo nation), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.
Partners in health (pih) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employeeIt is the policy of pih not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local lawPih works in and with a number of governments in and outside the u.s., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.
Partners in health participates in e-verify and will provide the federal government with your form i-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the u.sIf e-verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact department of homeland security (dhs) or social security administration (ssa) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employmentEmployers can only use e-verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form i-9.
