Center for Economic Democracy Communications and Education Associate Jamaica Plain, MA · Full time

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ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Our communications and education work is collectively held by CED’s “CommsEd Hub,” which will be a team of four. You will be expected to contribute to CED’s overall organizational communications, as well as several CED program areas, in the following ways:

• Coalition and Program Communications 
• Create content for social media platforms (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), newsletters, press, and websites in support of CED’s coalitions and programs (e.g. the Better Budget Alliance, Coalition for Worker Ownership and Power, etc.) 
• Organizational-wide Communications & Infrastructure 
• Regularly create content for and maintain CED’s social media accounts, website, and fundraising communications representing CED’s work
• Create content for and support the design and distribution of newsletters
• Support with setting, executing, and evaluating the strategy for all communications opportunities for the organization
• Support data maintenance and reporting related to social media and CED’s CRM
• Narrative power-building 
• Support CED’s narrative initiatives to inspire and catalyze action toward community ownership and collective governance of economic resources.  
• Support other projects at state, regional, and national levels that build narrative power with community members, grassroots organizations, and coalitions as they emerge.
• Education Programming
• Coordinate all logistics for several in-person and virtual Economics for Emancipation workshops, including participant outreach and communication
• Lead planning and support facilitation of workshops in coordination with relevant partners and guest facilitators 
• Support with curriculum development, including new curriculum related to co-governance, economic democracy, and movement finance 
• Plan and facilitate in-person education programming in support of CED programming and coalitions.
• Participate in CED’s organizational development and culture work (all staff): 
• Team Meetings - participate in all-staff meetings, retreats, Program Circle meetings, and Organizational Development Circle (time bound), including rotating facilitation and notetaking roles
• Team Responsibilities - fulfill general CED staff responsibilities, such as participating in Accountability Processes, annual budgeting, team goal setting, supporting fundraising etc. 
• Participate in co-learning with other members of the CED team
• Support  coordination between the CommsEd Hub and other circles within CED.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND/OR ATTRIBUTES

Required Skills

• Recognizing that any one individual is unlikely to have all of the skills below, a successful candidate will have a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience in two or more of these areas, and will be excited to grow in the other areas:
• Popular education, workshop facilitation, and/or curriculum development
• Social media, journalism, and/or other communications roles
• Visual artistic practice, graphic design
• Progressive, multi-racial organizing
• Writing for publication
• Web development and maintenance
• Public narrative for social change work, people-first digital organizing, storytelling, etc.
• Organizing for social, economic, and/or environmental justice with a anti-racist, class-conscious, feminist and queer-positive lens
• Experience using social media platforms and digital organizing tools to educate and mobilize a broad audience and influence decision-makers.
• Interest in developing content knowledge about political economy and economic/racial/environmental justice
• Strong writing and communication skills 
• Experience with facilitation, workshop development, supporting educational materials
• Experience with Google suite, Microsoft suite, Zoom, and Canva/Adobe Suite tools for content creation and educational programming

Desired qualities of all CED employees:

• Demonstrated commitment to economic/racial/environmental justice and systemic change; support reparations for Black and Indigenous communities, has a healthy critique of capitalism
• Work well independently and across teams, bringing camaraderie, humor, and a can-do attitude
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to support multiple projects with competing levels of urgency; ability to balance short and long-term objectives with the big picture
• Experience with and/or excitement to step into an increasingly horizontal, collaborative and self-managed leadership structure. Learn more about our team here
• High emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal communicator with a collaborative orientation in teams
• Can align with CED’s guiding team principles: 
• Practice trust (i.e. choosing to trust, earning it, and bolstering it by practice) through rigorous communication, collective reflection and input, and democratic work planning.
• Create a community of collective care through support and accountability to our own lives, each other, our organizational partners, and the movement.
• Find joyful abundance through collective problem solving.
• Embodies the venn diagram below:

Salary & Benefits

• Full-time position, 40 hours/week
• Salary: $55,000-$70,000, based on our organization’s salary rubric that includes factors like relevant work experience, specialized skills, and relevant credentials
• The position offers competitive benefits, including generous health/dental and retirement contributions
• CED offers generous responsible paid time off for vacation and personal time

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Center of Economic Democracy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services.

HOW TO APPLY 

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and 1-2 writing and/or visual design samples.