COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, Institute for Global Sustainability
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Boston University (BU) Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) is a university-wide center that builds research initiatives to advance a sustainable and equitable future. Our focus areas are planetary and environmental health climate governance and energy systems and our cross-cutting approaches are equity and justice robust data science and real-world impact. The Institutes approach combines interdisciplinary research policy analysis and collaborative engagement with partners. Learn more at Skills
The IGS Communications Specialist will coordinate internal and external communications strategies and event production in collaboration with the IGS communications team which reports to the IGS Executive Director. This role will: - contribute to the development and execution of outreach strategics in support of IGS research with key audiences including BU faculty students and staff and externally with community organizations media policymakers and industry. This includes contributing to policy briefs reports and multimedia offerings. - contribute to content development and promotion for IGS events including coordination with internal and external partners promotional content development and event logistics. - managing social media accounts including day-to-day content strategy and creation for interpretation of faculty research and coverage of institute events. - manage website content and regular updates in support of research and events. - participate in the recruitment and management of student communications assistants. - manage internal communications mechanisms including updates to IGS email lists calendars and databases. IGS offers a vibrant staff community with opportunities for staff to lean into creative ideas to advance the institutes mission in parallel to individual professional development. Bachelors degree with 2 years of related work experience. A cover letter is required for consideration.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or because of marital parental or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Program Management
- Data Collection
- Environmental Services
- Industrial Cleaning
- Root cause Analysis
- OSHA
- Project Management
- Team Management
- EPA
- Leadership Experience
- EHS
- Manufacturing
About Company
Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
