Hybrid Rapid Response and Outreach Manager

at Partnership for Public Service

• Job title: Rapid Response and Outreach Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $70,000 - $95,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington, United States

About the role

• Rapid Response and Outreach Manager leading strategic communications for the Partnership for Public Service. Designing a rapid response process to effectively engage with media and key audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a rapid response process for the organization.
• Work in coordination with the communications and government affairs teams to craft and execute the Partnership’s rapid response strategy and efforts, including identifying proactive messaging opportunities and coordinating messaging and cross-team alignment to maximize impact and reinforce organization’s mission and policy priorities.
• Develop and manage the organization’s rapid response messaging calendar with input from communications and government affairs teams.
• Identify proactive opportunities to accomplish messaging goals by following news events, tracking interviews, and monitoring breaking news throughout the day on a variety of national, local and nontraditional media sources, including online/print sources, social media, podcasts and cable news.
• Support the Partnership’s media relations efforts in proactive outreach, reporter engagement and responses to press inquiries.
• Assist issue management and policy communications by collaborating with policy staff, distilling complex issues, and ensuring timely coordination across teams.
• Help plan and execute rapid response media campaigns, working collaboratively with colleagues in press, government affairs, digital, and creative to connect messaging across channels.
• Draft a range of communications materials—including press releases, press statements, fact sheets, talking points, digital content, and executive briefing materials.
• Manage existing and future members of the Partnership’s nascent Speakers Bureau, including overseeing speaker outreach and support.
• Gather stories of impact and harms through alumni groups, the speakers bureau and other entities to help support messaging and outreach in response administration and congressional actions.
• In collaboration across the communications, public engagement and government affairs teams, identify speaking and engagement opportunities for speakers bureau members.
• Track and report on engagement metrics for speakers bureau.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience within the social impact, civic engagement, democracy and/or political space.
• Experience writing public-facing materials including press releases, statements, fact sheets, talking points and/or similar deliverables.
• Experience developing, leading and implementing community organizing/issue campaigns and/or narrative strategies and campaigns.
• Proven success in working with traditional or non-traditional media outlets, influencers or others who inform the public and shape public opinion.
• Experience in project management or working knowledge of project management best practices.
• Experience coordinating projects in dynamic, multi-team environments.
• A Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public relations, communications or a similar field, or a combination of experience and education in professional work or military experience.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision coverage
• life insurance
• long- and short-term disability insurance
• a 401(k) program with a 4 percent employer match
• opportunities for training and development
• commuter benefits
• 15 days of annual leave per year
• 10 days of sick leave per year
• all federal holidays and the day after Thanksgiving off
• use of an on-site exercise facility