Associate Director of Campus Communications - University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS
About the Job
The Associate Director of Campus Communications is an integral member of the KU Lawrence and Edwards Campus Team and contributor to robust distribution of essential communications within the University of Kansas. Campus Communications serves as the communications hub for the several reporting administrative and support units of the Provost’s Office (e.g. Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology). The primary audience is KU faculty and staff, and, on occasion, students and external audiences. This office works very closely with and provides information and input to guide communications decisions, messaging and/or coordination for Faculty Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Success, Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies, Policy Office, International Affairs, and Analytics, Institutional Research and Effectiveness etc. This position is a liaison to units such as Public Affairs, the Office of Research, and academic unit communicators.
Like the units represented, individuals working on campus communications must have broad and deep knowledge of the institution, as well as possess teamwork fluidity, being able to address pressing needs quickly and interchangeably. Campus Communications has the goal of ensuring internal audiences are regularly informed of news and information that will assist in their professional success and bring them ever more closely to the vision, mission, values, priorities, and goals of the University of Kansas.
This position will provide communications planning, message development, message process control and message delivery covering activities, projects and initiatives for the highest level of a range of administrative units. The Associate Director will further develop relationships with campus partners, identify appropriate audiences and channels, and evaluate effectiveness of communications efforts. The Associate Director will build collaborations that raise the profile of internal messaging, administrative units, and administrators and increase the potential success of campus efforts. In addition to developing messages, this position manages and editorial calendar and assigns work for two full-time staff who also develop written and visual content in a variety of formats and manage social media accounts. The Associate Director should stay current on available and emerging communications tools and strategies and, when appropriate, advocate for their adoption to ensure the best possible outcome for the varied audiences KU serves. The Associate Director will also oversee periodic evaluation of communications effectiveness. The position, while focused on internal audiences, also must consider a message’s impact on external audiences. This individual will need to prepare accordingly and work collaboratively with the Office of Public Affairs, KU News Service and with General Counsel.
Like the units represented, individuals working on campus communications must have broad and deep knowledge of the institution, as well as possess teamwork fluidity, being able to address pressing needs quickly and interchangeably. Campus Communications has the goal of ensuring internal audiences are regularly informed of news and information that will assist in their professional success and bring them ever more closely to the vision, mission, values, priorities, and goals of the University of Kansas.
This position will provide communications planning, message development, message process control and message delivery covering activities, projects and initiatives for the highest level of a range of administrative units. The Associate Director will further develop relationships with campus partners, identify appropriate audiences and channels, and evaluate effectiveness of communications efforts. The Associate Director will build collaborations that raise the profile of internal messaging, administrative units, and administrators and increase the potential success of campus efforts. In addition to developing messages, this position manages and editorial calendar and assigns work for two full-time staff who also develop written and visual content in a variety of formats and manage social media accounts. The Associate Director should stay current on available and emerging communications tools and strategies and, when appropriate, advocate for their adoption to ensure the best possible outcome for the varied audiences KU serves. The Associate Director will also oversee periodic evaluation of communications effectiveness. The position, while focused on internal audiences, also must consider a message’s impact on external audiences. This individual will need to prepare accordingly and work collaboratively with the Office of Public Affairs, KU News Service and with General Counsel.
Source : University of Kansas
