Job Information
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Water Power Communications Coordinator - Professional II in United States
Posting Title
Water Power Communications Coordinator - Professional II
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Location
Remote
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Position Type
Regular
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Hours Per Week
40
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Job Description
NREL’s Communications Office has two openings for a Professional II Communications Coordinator to support communications for the lab’s Water Power research. The ideal candidates will be skilled in digital platforms, project management, writing, and communications planning; pay meticulous attention to detail and quality; and demonstrate the ability to maintain strong and collaborative working relationships with clients and team members.
This position is a great fit for a communications professional who:
Finds joy in making scientific and technical content relatable, understandable, and memorable to a wide range of audiences.
Is comfortable managing layered communications projects with parallel tasks, deliverables, and collaborators.
Enjoys building client and teamrelationships to become a trusted strategic partner.
Is nimble and wants a workload that strikes the balance between developing creative and strategic communications solutions and tracking details, budgets, and deadlines.
The successful candidates will be part of a highly collaborative communications team in an agency-like setting that includes project managers, editors, graphic designers, web specialists, multimedia specialists, and writers. The team creates integrated communications and outreach campaigns and publishes owned content across multiple channels on behalf of NREL and DOE Water Power clients.
Communications Professional IIs are involved in all aspects of a communications project—from planning and execution to evaluation, helping to keep projects on track, and working closely with collaborators across the communications office. They coordinate multiple moderately complex communications projects and budgets under general supervision, use established procedures, develop, and track multiple deliverables in parallel, and work against deadlines.
Primary job functions will include:
Coordinate, execute, and measure the communication of scientific and complex technical topics from researchers and DOE for a variety of plain language audiences and outlets.
Project management, including tracking project requests, timelines, and small to medium budgets using the team’s project management tool, and collaborating with team members.
Collaborate with clients and team members to plan, create, and coordinate written content for news stories, newsletters, reports, videos, social media, web, and other outreach materials.
Under general direction, serve as main client contact for communications deliverables and small campaigns.
Work with writers, editors, and graphic designers to ensure adherence to NREL and DOE style, brand guidelines, web standards, and best practices.
Provide regular project progress status updates to team and clients.
Build and maintain positive relationships with clients and colleagues.
With your application, please include a cover letter describing why you’re interested in this position and highlighting your specific communications work experience and qualifications for this role.
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Basic Qualifications
Relevant Bachelor's Degree and 2 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant Master's Degree or equivalent relevant education/experience. General knowledge and application of technical standards, principles, theories and techniques. Frequent application of industry concepts and principles. General knowledge of laws, regulations, principles, procedures and practices related to specific field. Skilled in problem solving, written and verbal communication. Ability to use various computer software programs.
* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Additional Required Qualifications
Experience managing projects, timelines, and budgets, including coordinating work with colleagues.
Ability to distill technical information into understandable and engaging content.
Time management skills and flexibility needed to stay organized in an agency-like setting.
Demonstrated experience with traditional and emerging communications best practices.
Excellent writing and storytelling skills.
Team- and client- oriented.
Strong preference will be given to candidates with:
Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, or related field
Experience with existing NREL and DOE programs, or similar communications work experience in water power,renewable energy,science/research, government, and/or the energy sector
Previous roles in internal communications departments or advertising/PR agencies
Familiarity with project management tools like Asana andClickUp, newsletter tools like MailChimp and GovDelivery,webinar tools like Zoom and Webex, content management systems, and the Microsoft Office Suite.
Bilingual English/Spanish
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, or related field
Experience with existing NREL and DOE programs, or similar communications work experience in water power,renewable energy,science/research, government, and/or the energy sector
Previous roles in internal communications departments or advertising/PR agencies
Familiarity with project management tools like Asana andClickUp, newsletter tools like MailChimp and GovDelivery,webinar tools like Zoom and Webex, content management systems, and the Microsoft Office Suite.
Bilingual English/Spanish
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Job Application Submission Window
The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Professional II / Annual Salary Range: $63,600 - $104,900
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Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.
* Based on eligibility rules
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