Details
11/05/2019
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Reading Recovery of North America
The Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc. (RRCNA) is a non-profit professional association of over 3,700 scholars, teachers, administrators and literacy coaches focused on helping young struggling readers learn to read and write. Reading Recovery is a school-based, short-term intervention focused on first graders with over 35-years of proven evidence that it helps struggling readers accelerate the growth of their literacy skills to grade-level. As the professional association of educators involved in facilitating this intervention across North America, RRCNA provides strong professional development and educational resources in K-6 literacy and early childhood education and is the voice of the Reading Recovery movement.
With a reconfigured and expanded Marketing and Communications Team, RRCNA is seeking two marketing and communications professionals that will bring a variety of well-developed skills, experiences and knowledge that will advance their work on behalf of the Reading Recovery Community. RRCNA provides a unique opportunity for professional staff:
- To work at both strategic and operational levels in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- In a setting that allows for a wide range of opportunities to advance your skills and experience beyond a narrowly focused role.
- For a program that truly can change the lives of the students for which it serves.
They are intentionally searching for two positions simultaneously. Candidates will be asked to self-assess their mastery of and interest in leading a number of different areas of work as part of their application.
This position will lead and support several areas of need within their team focused on marketing and communications as indicated on the application form. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s in marketing, communications, or closely related field, and 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in marketing and communications.
Candidates should have the following characteristics consistent with the level of the position to which they apply:
- Especially interested in candidates with direct understanding of/experience in both a wide range of roles within marketing and communications (generalists) and strength in specific areas for leadership (expertise).
- Experience in professional associations and the non-profit context.
- Understanding of broader literacy issues, early-childhood education, and the PK-6/8 environment or ability to learn quickly about these issues.
- Self-starter and team player that thinks strategically and creatively while also handling multiple logistical priorities and details.
- Experience managing budgets and finances of complicated initiatives appropriate for the level of the position.
- Confidence to effectively interact with volunteer leaders and stakeholders of varying organizational levels and types and diplomatically handle complex relationships often involving differing ideas and priorities.
- Robust technological skills and willingness to explore new ways to use technology.
- Some travel to Council events and meetings required (10%).
RRCNA is a tight-knit, non-profit association of 11-professional staff members. In addition to providing webinars, print and electronic educational resources, and advocacy efforts, they host two primary events each year, the National Reading Recovery and K6 Literacy Conference of 2,500 literacy educators and the Teacher Leader Institute of 300 leaders in literacy and Reading Recovery.
Benefits
They value their employees’ time and efforts. RRCNA works with Insperity, Inc. in a co-employment situation as a way to enhance the benefits offered to their professional staff that go beyond what a smaller Association can typically provide. Their commitment to your success is enhanced by their competitive compensation and fringe benefits including health, vision, life, retirement contributions and strong paid time-off.
Plus, they work to maintain the best possible environment for their employees, where people can learn and grow with the Council. They strive to provide a collaborative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to their processes, decisions, planning and culture.
To Apply
Check-out their webpage for more information about Reading Recovery and RRCNA.
To respond to the Specialist position, please select this link.
Insperity, Inc. will be facilitating the initial review of applications, and assisting with background checks of the successful candidate.
RRCNA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. RRCNA strongly encourages applications from candidates from underrepresented populations.
