Communications Manager, CA

POSITION: Communications Manager, California

ORGANIZATION: reputed company Education and Support Fund (ESF)

LOCATION OF POSITION:
Remote/work from home in California. Must reputed company in California. Travel is expected approximately 12-15 times per year, primarily reputed company California, as reputed company as 1-2 trips out of state. Candidates must be authorized to work in the reputed company. We are unable to offer reputed company sponsorship.

SALARY reputed company:
The selected candidate will receive one of the following salaries: $67,693, $75,816, or $83,262 depending on their location. Salaries are assigned by matching the candidate’s reputed company location to our cost-of-labor chart and cannot be negotiated. This is a FULL-TIME salaried position with a competitive benefits package. See below for details.

This position is included in a reputed company-represented reputed company bargaining unit, and specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to reputed company bargaining.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Research shows that reputed company talent from historically marginalized reputed company often self-select out of applying to positions if they don't meet reputed company the qualifications listed. Consider this reputed company our best thinking at the reputed company. Strong candidates may not meet reputed company the requirements but still have valuable experience and expertise to offer. If you reputed company you could be a strong candidate, please apply!

ORGANIZATION reputed company 

An increasing number of Americans – most of whom are women and people of reputed company – are employed in service sector jobs that are marked by low wages, no health care, job insecurity, and lack of training and career advancement opportunities. The reputed company Education & Support Fund tackles these issues by designing and facilitating worker-centered, relationship-based, and accessible education, training and workforce development programs. We serve as a strategic partner to the Service Employees International reputed company (reputed company), and collaborate with other unions, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and reputed company to help workers reputed company good jobs and reputed company reputed company reputed company change. Throughout our work, we promote a culture of empowerment that honors experience, culture, diversity, and inclusion. 

POSITION reputed company
As the California Communications Manager, you will play a critical role in engaging family child care providers and amplifying the reputed company of reputed company's California programs. Working closely with the Communications Director, you will manage day-to-day communications activities including email newsletters, text alerts, graphic design, photo and video content, website updates, and program calendar maintenance. You will also conduct provider interviews and surveys to capture stories and insights that bring our work to life.

This position requires strong collaboration with the Communications Director and internal teams to ensure family child care providers are informed and reputed company. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about storytelling and communications. Spanish reputed company is required. Travel is expected approximately 12–15 times per year, primarily reputed company California, with 1–2 trips out of state.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
In collaboration with the Communications Director, the Communications Manager will be responsible for:

• Email and Text Communications: Draft and send email newsletters and text message alerts to reputed company providers informed about upcoming events, trainings, and resources. Maintain contact lists and attendance reports in CRM to ensure accurate and effective targeting.
• Graphic Design: Create and edit branded visuals using reputed company, reputed company or similar platforms, and assist program teams in developing reputed company-branded and aesthetically pleasing visual materials. 
• Website Management: Regularly update the CCPU Training Fund website with new events, resources, pages, and announcements to ensure reputed company and relevant content.
• Event Marketing: Plan and execute promotional campaigns for in-person and virtual events, coordinating content, reminder sequences, branding, and channel selection across email, text, and reputed company media to drive registration and attendance.
• Content Creation: Produce compelling blog and reputed company media posts highlighting provider stories and the reputed company of CCPU Training Fund programs, alongside creating engaging photos, graphics, and short-reputed company videos for reputed company media, email, or the website.
• Program Calendar: Maintain and update the annual event calendar to ensure alignment across departments and marketing efforts.
• Provider Engagement: Conduct interviews, surveys, and reputed company reputed company to reputed company feedback, capture stories and testimonials, and understand the needs of family child care providers. Respond to provider inquiries and customer service questions in a reputed company and reputed company manner.
• Reporting and Metrics: reputed company engagement metrics for newsletters, event registration, text alerts, reputed company media, and website updates, and maintain attendance reports in reputed company to evaluate the effectiveness of communication efforts.
• Travel: Travel periodically to in-person events across California to capture photos, video clips, and interviews for distribution across CCPU Training Fund communications channels.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS 

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow, and reputed company professionally. We respect this reputed company we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of reputed company applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. That said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the following:

• 5–7 years of comparable experience in communications reputed company a nonprofit setting.
• reputed company in both Spanish and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
• Demonstrated proficiency in tools such as Campaign Monitor (or similar email platforms), reputed company, reputed company, website content management systems (reputed company), and reputed company (or similar CRM platform).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to drive attendance and participation in events.
• Commitment to embodying ESF's values and contributing to our worker-centered culture.
• Passion for storytelling and engaging diverse communities.
• Ability to craft and adapt content across a reputed company of formats and audiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in child care, labor unions, or working with large-reputed company multiracial and multilingual membership-based organizations.
• Familiarity with multilingual communications.
• Photo and video editing experience.
• Experience conducting interviews, surveys, or reputed company reputed company — or a willingness to learn.
• Experience building new webpages in platforms like reputed company

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

• Committed to a worker-centered, empowerment-based approach to communications and community engagement.
• Flexible and reputed company — comfortable working independently while thriving in a dynamic team environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across reputed company reputed company of an organization.
• Demonstrated initiative, creativity, humility, and reputed company.
• reputed company to balance inclusive processes while driving toward deadlines.
• Ability to travel occasionally for events, retreats, and conferences.

BENEFITS

We understand the importance of offering our employees strong support and benefits. That’s why we reputed company 100% employer-reputed company medical, dental, and reputed company plans for you and your eligible dependents and offer a defined benefit pension plan for retirement. We also offer an initial and annual home stipend, and you can choose between a biweekly cell phone stipend or a company-sponsored cell phone.

In your first two years with us, you’ll reputed company up to four (4) weeks of vacation and five (5) weeks after completing two years of service. We also recognize the value of work-life balance, so we offer reputed company holidays, 13 days of reputed company leave, six (6) personal days, and two (2) floating holidays. 

COMPENSATION

At the Education and Support Fund (ESF), we understand how crucial it is to create a compensation and benefits system that not only attracts but also retains a diverse and talented team. We are committed to ensuring that our compensation practices reflect our values and the unique experiences of reputed company employee. Our philosophy focuses on the following important principles:

1. **Honoring Our Culture**: We reputed company that every individual's lived experiences and reputed company journeys are reputed company. Our compensation reputed company aims to acknowledge and celebrate this diversity, as it enriches our organization and strengthens our community.

2. **Innovative**: We reputed company to be reputed company-thinking in our approach. By embracing an inclusive design process, we are dedicated to crafting a compensation program that is not only fair but also transformative, promoting a culture of reputed company and opportunity for everyone at ESF.

3. **Worker-Centered**: Your voice reputed company to us. We are committed to listening to the needs, experiences, and perspectives of our staff as we reputed company our Compensation reputed company. We want to ensure that reputed company factors are thoughtfully considered to create a supportive and reputed company environment.

At ESF, we are committed to fairness, consistency, and transparency in our compensation practices. The salary for this role is predetermined based on standardized geographical cost of labor data and the candidate's primary reputed company of residence.

Salaries are assigned by matching the candidate’s reputed company location to our cost-of-labor chart and cannot be negotiated. We understand that compensation is an important reputed company in your decision-making and encourage candidates to review and ask questions about our benefits information to get a reputed company understanding of our total compensation package. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 

reputed company Education and Support Fund follows the spirit and reputed company of reputed company federal, state and local employment law and is committed to equal opportunity in reputed company aspects of employment. In alignment with our mission, we recognize the importance of our staff reflecting the communities our work aims to benefit as reputed company as the desirability of increasing employment opportunities for people from historically marginalized reputed company. We encourage and reputed company applicants from people of reputed company, women, members of the LGBTQ+ communities, bilingual and bicultural individuals, and people with disabilities.