Tennessee Business Roundtable
Communications & Meetings Specialist
Tennessee Business Roundtable
Job Summary
The Communications & Meetings Specialist will support the Roundtable’s member companies by executing, at the direction of the President, in five areas which drive organizational success.
Job Responsibilities
Outline of Duties
- Social Media (30%): Leads content creation and strategic messaging efforts on social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
- Member Communications (20%): Collaborating with senior staff, manages content creation, delivery and coordination of member email, newsletter and print communications.
- Meetings & Events (20%): Takes active role in scheduling, planning, execution, and follow-up tasks for online and live meetings of member groups as well as broader stakeholder convenings.
- External Engagement (20%): Maintains and updates content and design of website; creates digital and print materials for marketing, policy and membership; manages visual communications/video; and interacts with media and external communications stakeholders.
- Other duties as assigned (10%): May include assisting with vendor management, budgeting, bookkeeping, member invoicing, or other assigned tasks depending on ability and need.
Qualifications
Qualifications and Skills
- Written Communication: Excellent writing and editing skills required; successful experience in business, news, government, and/or political writing preferred.
- Social Media Management: Proficiency in consistently developing engaging, idea-oriented social media content, and ability to coordinate messaging across media platforms required.
- Member Meetings/Events: Experience in scheduling, planning, and executing group meetings is required; experience in developing content for online and executive meetings is preferred.
- Digital Communication: Experience developing content and designing email and newsletter communications required; experience with business/professional audiences preferred.
- Website Management: Experience maintaining and building web pages required; Wix preferred.
- Technical/Digital Tools: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, social media platforms, email, and internet and online interfaces required; experience in photo/video, SurveyMonkey, Canva, desktop publishing, graphic design, analytics, and/or video editing software preferred.
Key Incumbent Attitudes and Attributes
- Ability to understand and to make personal commitment in support of organization’s Core Values, Mission, Vision for Tennessee, and Organizational Vision
- Commitment to embrace and “own” responsibility to solve problems and create solutions daily through self-education, self-motivation, drive, and continuous improvement
- Ability to accept executive direction, consistently apply individual initiative and acquired experience to role, and grow scope and responsibilities of role within appropriate boundaries
- Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration with organizational staff, members, and external stakeholders, at executive and peer levels
- Proven ability to work diligently, productively, and consistently in both office and remote-work settings, both in collaboration with others and independently
- Ability to understand importance of and to reliably meet deadlines, while consistently delivering work product meeting/exceeding organizational and management specifications and standards
- Commitment to operating ethically and with integrity at all times and to good stewardship of organizational and personal time, resources, and talent
Education and Experience Requirements
- Associate’s degree and minimum of five years’ experience directly relevant to this role required
- Professional experience in a corporate, nonprofit, or government organization preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in related discipline (e.g., communications, nonprofit management, public relations, public policy, business administration, etc.) preferred
Additional Requirements
- Mon-Fri, avg. 30-35 hours/week, depending on candidate availability and organizational needs
- Must be able to work in our Nashville office; partial remote work considered upon request, subject to organizational needs and incumbent’s productivity, at management’s sole discretion
- Employment is at will; offer contingent upon successful reference and background checks
- The incumbent will perform this position’s duties in a second-floor, non-elevator office environment on multiple days each work week, and infrequently at external locations as needed, and must be able to:
- Operate office equipment/fixtures, telephones, personal computers and similar devices
- Engage regularly in verbal and digital communications with staff, members and external parties
- Travel infrequently to external meeting locations within Middle Tennessee
Additional Information
Benefits
- Paid Time Off: 4 days paid leave upon hire, accruing 6 additional days during first year of service; accrue 1 day of leave per month (12 days/year) after first year of service
- Paid Holidays: 13 paid state holidays per calendar year
- Potential to earn discretionary bonuses, consideration for promotion and compensation enhancements, based on incumbent and organizational performance
- Individual health or retirement benefits may be negotiable
- Organizational support for appropriate professional development opportunities
How to Apply
To Apply: Qualified applicants should email a letter of interest, resume and link to candidate’s LinkedIn profile by September 20, 2021 to psheehy@tbroundtable.org.
Details
- Date Posted: September 7, 2021
- Type: Full-Time
- Job Function: Communications / Marketing / PR
- Service Area: Other
- Start Date: 10/01/2021
- Salary Range: $23.00-27.00 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience
- Working Hours: Avg. 35 hrs/wk, M-F between hrs of 8:30-5:00