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Stewardship Utah is seeking a Communications Manager to share our work and message with the public, grow our outreach, and build the forward-facing identity of Stewardship Utah’s work.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about protecting rural Utah’s landscapes, the Great Salt Lake, improving air quality, empowering residents to become a part of the political process, and excited to lend their skills towards advancing our work. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about narrative strategy, graphic design, digital organizing, online fundraising, creating strong press relationships, and be able to pivot quickly in response to news, updates, etc..
This position is a full-time, salaried position, and benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, and paid vacation time. This position will work from Stewardship Utah’s office in Salt Lake City. This position must be based in Utah and will require quarterly travel.
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Who We Are:
Stewardship Utah is a non-partisan 501(c)(4) social welfare organization dedicated to protecting the land, air, and water for all people in Utah through elections, policy, and democracy. We are the product of a merger between the Rural Utah Project and O2 Utah. We’re a young organization and are motivated to build a powerful movement with our neighbors that fights for a more just and sustainable future for Utah’s communities and landscapes. We seek to expand civic participation and citizen activism by breaking down barriers to the ballot box, sharing knowledge, and providing organizing tools to local communities.
What You’ll Do:
The communications program of Stewardship Utah is crucial to the organization’s programs, fundraising efforts, and growth. This is also the first touch that many supporters and volunteers make with the organization. Our Communications Program projects our values, programs, and accomplishments. When a strong Communications Program is run, it lifts up the work of our staff and connects us to a broader community and movement. This includes not only digital writing, but all aspects that involve the organization’s communication with donors, partners, and voters.
This role will be responsible for continuing Stewardship Utah’s digital organizing and storytelling efforts, which are critical to the narrative strategy goals of the organization. This will require frequent work with Stewardship Utah’s field and policy teams to collect and create content and learn how to best communicate with our audiences.
The Communications Manager will work to facilitate and manage the creation, design, and execution of any materials, written and creative, that Stewardship Utah produces and circulates. They will also manage all of Stewardship Utah’s online and digital issue advocacy work around public lands, Great Salt Lake, air quality, energy, democracy and voting access, and others, as well as communications about endorsed political candidates to Stewardship Utah’s supporters and voters across Utah. This position will work with the development team to expand the organization’s online fundraising presence. Additionally, the Communications Manager will work to expand Stewardship Utah’s forward-facing presence by building relationships with ally organizations, reporters, and interested supporters on and offline.
Responsibilities Include:
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Create outreach goals and develop marketing strategy for Stewardship Utah, including: Partnerships, press hits, digital metrics, media relations, website, branding and speaking engagements
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Create an outreach campaign, and long-term outreach strategic goals, to build supporters and donors on and offline
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Manage Stewardship Utah’s digital organizing and storytelling programs
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Manage, write, and design all forward-facing materials for Stewardship Utah’s programs, including: Mail pieces, event flyers, emails and digital content, press communications, photography and videography, and field materials
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Manage and facilitate all communication processes that involve Stewardship Utah’s messaging, story, brand, and public presence–ensuring there is a cohesive voice across all communications.
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In coordination with the field and policy teams, manage public communication around Stewardship Utah’s policy goals and encourage Stewardship Utah’s social media and email audiences to become citizen activists on important issues
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In coordination with the elections team, manage public communication about Stewardship Utah’s endorsed candidates and work on mail, digital, radio, and other communications projects to communicate with voters about endorsed candidates
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Manage incoming communication involving Stewardship Utah’s engagement in the press.
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Create long-term messaging that reflects the organization’s current priorities and long-term goals
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Build meaningful relationships with communications and outreach staff at allied organizations
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Create an annual report on Stewardship Utah’s work and mission, as well as any additional auxiliary promotional materials to advertise Stewardship Utah’s work
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Meet digital development goals as set by the Development Director
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Manage all digital communications and work with the Development Director to co-create all donor digital and direct mail communication. Create engaging development materials
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Travel as necessary to Stewardship Utah’s field locations to capture content of Stewardship Utah’s programs
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Work with field staff and policy staff on developing messaging and talking points for projects
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Manage digital and communications budget
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Manage communications calendar including scheduled emails, social media, and mail communications
What Else You Should Know:
Stewardship Utah is an equal opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities where we organize. We especially encourage people who are Indigenous, people of color, people from rural communities, LGBQ people, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities to apply.
This position requires quarterly travel to regions where Stewardship Utah organizes and operates, and partial remote work can be accommodated. All Stewardship Utah staff members receive a professional development stipend that can be used to learn or improve skills required for this position. This position reports to Stewardship Utah’s Development Director, but will work closely with all team members. The salary for this position ranges from $55,000 - $65,000, with exact salary depending on experience. We also offer excellent benefits such as dental, vision, health insurance, and a 401(k) retirement account contribution.
How to Apply: Please submit your application (including resume, cover letter, and a writing sample) to Stewardship Utah’s Operations Manager, Greg Yerkes, at greg@stewardshiputah.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Stewardship Utah is seeking a Community Engagement Organizer to grow our volunteer program, increase our organizational capacity, and assist with our electoral and policy programs.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about protecting rural Utah’s landscapes, the Great Salt Lake, improving air quality, empowering residents to become a part of the political process, and excited to lend their skills towards advancing our work. The ideal candidate will be eager to participate in community events, build volunteer leaders, assist with fundraising and communications goals, and get Stewardship Utah’s name and brand out into the community.
This position is a full-time, salaried position, and benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick leave and paid vacation time. This position will work from Stewardship Utah’s office in Salt Lake City.
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Who We Are:
Stewardship Utah is a non-partisan 501(c)(4) social welfare organization dedicated to protecting the land, air, and water for all people in Utah through elections, policy, and democracy. We are the product of a merger between the Rural Utah Project and O2 Utah. We’re a young organization and are motivated to build a powerful movement with our neighbors that fights for a more just and sustainable future for Utah’s communities and landscapes. We seek to expand civic participation and citizen activism by breaking down barriers to the ballot box, sharing knowledge, and providing organizing tools to local communities.
What You’ll Do:
The Community Engagement Organizer will increase our organizational capacity by taking on elements of fundraising, communications, political, and policy work - specifically assisting with all of these efforts when community-facing work is the best way to achieve our goals. The Community Engagement Organizer will also be responsible for Stewardship Utah’s volunteer-focused activities, including managing our volunteer database and holding at least monthly volunteer opportunities.
Responsibilities Include:
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Organize community engagement events and low-dollar fundraising events
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Manage and build Stewardship Utah’s volunteer program with at least monthly volunteer opportunities
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Recruit and manage interns.
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Recruit volunteers to assist with electoral goals, including frequent canvasses and phone banks during election season (typically summer and fall)
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Recruit activists to speak to key legislative issues, especially during the legislative session (January - March)
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Represent Stewardship Utah at community events, and identifying community events that are important list-building or community engagement opportunities for Stewardship Utah
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Manage Stewardship Utah’s tabling program, including event prospecting and volunteer recruitment and training
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Work with Stewardship Utah’s Communications Manager to collect pictures and other content to be used for Stewardship Utah’s social media and email program
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Travel across the state to community events as needed to represent Stewardship Utah and train regional volunteers
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Assist with growing the organizational capacity of Stewardship Utah
What Else You Should Know:
Stewardship Utah is an equal opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities where we organize. We especially encourage people who are Indigenous, people of color, people from rural communities, LGBQ people, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities to apply.
This position requires regular travel to regions where Stewardship Utah organizes and operates, and remote work can be accommodated when in-person presence at an event is not necessary. All Stewardship Utah staff members receive a professional development stipend that can be used to learn or improve skills required for this position. This position reports to Stewardship Utah’s Development Director, but will work closely with all team members. The salary for this position ranges from $45,000 - $55,000, with exact salary depending on experience. We also offer excellent benefits such as dental, vision, health insurance, and a 401(k) retirement account contribution.
How to Apply: Please submit your application (including resume, cover letter, and a writing sample) to Stewardship Utah’s Operations Manager, Greg Yerkes at greg@stewardshiputah.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.