Monday, 30 November 2015

[YEP-DC] Open Positions on the YEP-DC Leadership Team-Deadline Extended to Friday, December 4th!

Are you interested in taking on a more active role with YEP-DC?  The Leadership Team is excited to announce that we have several positions open on our leadership team! We have the following positions open:
  1. Vice President of Membership
  2. Operations Chair
  3. Social Media Coordinator
  4. Recess Editor

 

To apply, email your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications for the position to dc@youngedprofessionals.org. Please note that these are volunteer positions. The deadline has been extended to Friday, December 4th!

 

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us dc@youngedprofessionals.org.

 

Vice President of Membership

 

Specific responsibilities for this position include:

  • Be an involved member of the YEP-DC Executive Board, communicating, collaborating, and bringing thoughtful ideas to the table on a consistent basis.

  • Be the face and voice of YEP members, keeping pulse on the education sector and the needs and priorities of YEP-DC's members.

  • Creating member recruitment strategies that integrate with programming initiatives, as well as standalone recruitment initiatives

  • Managing member data: analyzing and delivering reports on membership, leveraging our Salesforce CRM data and surveys to help YEP-DC provide value to our members in a timely and innovative fashion.

  • Develop and manage member programming: from ideation to delivery, develop engaging, exclusive events and integrated programming opportunities alongside the VPs of Programming to provide tailored value to members.

  • Drafting and delivering membership communications for listserv and other communication channels

  • Managing the Recruitment Chair, Community Engagement Chair, and Social Chairs

 

Time commitment: 20-30 hours per month (includes 3-hour monthly meeting and 3-hour monthly event; note that monthly meetings are hosted by Executive Board members on a rotating basis)

 

Operations Chair

Overview:

The Operations Chair plays a critical role in the delivery of content to both Members and non-Members, managing key communications through multiple listservs and being the first point of contact to our constituents. As such, the Operations Chair must have a keen ability to think analytically about touch-points within the YEP-DC organization. The Operations Chair works closely with the VP of Operations, who oversees communications channels, content delivery, talent recruitment, knowledge management, and membership data. This is a role for someone who is savvy with communications, wants to grow in human resources/talent recruitment capacities, and is passionate about YEP's mission to connect and empower the next generation of education leaders through professional, career, and knowledge development.

 

Key responsibilities include:

 

  • Being an involved member of the YEP-DC Leadership Team
  • Managing external communications to YEP-DC members and non-members, including the YEP-DC listserv and YEP-DC email
  • Managing information flows to ensure all Executive Board and Leadership Team members are informed about cross-team initiatives
  • Supporting the VP of Operations in talent recruitment, onboarding, offboarding.
  • Supporting the VP of Operations in tracking Membership data, including information capture on demographics, location, professional roles to ensure programming is informed and aligns with Members' needs
  • Maintaining the YEP-DC Google Drive and other organizational structures

 

Key skills include:

 

  • Pithy and punchy writing skills
  • Experience with MailChimp a plus
  • Experience with Salesforce a plus

 

Time commitment:

10-15 hours per month

 

Social Media Coordinator

 

Specific responsibilities for this position include:

  • Manage day-to-day presence on YEP-DC social media accounts, seeding content as needed, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate. Duties include online advocacy, outreach efforts, promotions, etc.

  • Promote all Recess blog activities and link to policy and practice content which data has shown to garner traction with members.

  • Implement social media strategies, coordinating with stakeholders across YEP to ensure its effectiveness.

  • Monitor analytic tools for measuring the impact of social media campaigns and general activity. 

  • Analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results. 

  • Additional duties as assigned by the Vice President of Communications and Outreach

 

Desired experience/qualities:

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of social media platforms and their respective participants (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr etc.) and how they can be deployed in different scenarios; personal use of social media platforms a plus

  • Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format, and build and maintain relationships

  • Strong project management and organizational skills

  • Team player, with the confidence to take the lead and guide other volunteers when needed

  • Photography/Video experience a plus

 

Time commitment:

5-8 hours per month

 

Recess Editor

Specific responsibilities for this position include:

  • Working with another co-editor to oversee a team of 4 to 6 staff bloggers

  • Recruiting, interviewing, and selecting candidates

  • Helping writers revise blog posts for clarity, structure, and organization

  • Scheduling and posting blog content

  • Working with at least two bloggers on two posts per month, with the opportunity for more as abilities and time commitments allow

  • Identifying and recruiting "VIP" guest bloggers from the DC education community

  • Working with the YEP-DC Communications team to strategize new tactics for engaging the YEP-DC community and promote content

  • Editing posts for spelling, grammar, punctuation

 

Experience/skills/abilities:

  • Editing experience (preference for candidates with experience editing blogs)

  • An eye for spelling, grammar, and punctuation, particularly in AP Style

  • Comfort and confidence editing and providing support to bloggers via email

  • Project management experience

  • Experience working with Weebly or other publishing platforms

  • Familiarity with or interest in web analytics a plus

 

Time commitment:

10-12 hours per month



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