Part-Time Communications Assistant - Chicago, IL

Listed 02-12-2021

Employer

First Unitarian Church of Chicago, 5650 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 | 773-324-4100 | firstuchicago.org/

Location

Chicago, IL

Start Date

03-22-2021

Type

Part Time

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CommunicationsAssistantJobDescription_FirstUChicago.pdf

The First Unitarian Church of Chicago is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Our liberal faith community is currently looking for a part-time Communications Assistant to coordinate our online communication. Since this job will be done remotely, residence in the Chicago area is not a requirement.

Responsibilities:

Content coordination.

• Weekly, solicit announcements and events from staff and leaders, determine best channel(s) for communication.

• Compile weekly announcements from various sources, edit as needed, get approvals as needed.

• Solicit and ensure submission of weekly staff and leader columns.

Platform Management.

• Weekly communications (using MailChimp) o Tuesday: Format and email the weekly staff and leader columns.

  • Thursday: Compile, edit, format a draft email for review and approval.

  • Friday: Send the weekly announcements to the congregation.

• • Facebook. o Create Facebook events for all services.

  • Create other Facebook events as needed.

  • Monitor page comments and messages.

  • Post weekly columns to Facebook as directed.

• • YouTube.

  • Routine maintenance of YouTube channel.

• Website.

  • Weekly updates to website for events, services, and columns

  • Ongoing website management and cleanup as assigned.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong attention to detail; flexibility and ability to work well under pressure; ability to work independently; competence in MS Office; familiarity with Mailchimp or similar email marketing platforms; familiarity with WordPress or similar website platforms; experience with design of social media related imaging and posting to social media, especially Facebook; familiarity and appreciation for liberal religion.

Preferred Qualifications:

College degree, Unitarian Universalist affiliation.

Reports to: Director of Operations

Hours: 10/week

Applications: Please send cover letter and resume to jobs@firstuchicago.org. Posting open until March 8.

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