Communications Coordinator - Donum Dei Classical Academy

About Donum Dei Classical Academy

About Donum Dei Classical Academy

Donum Dei Classical Academy, a Gift of God, opened in August 2019 in San Francisco, California. Our mission is to impart a rich classical Christian curriculum full of Scriptural truth and life-giving experiences. We exist to nourish students' hearts, souls, minds, and bodies for the purpose of growing in them knowledge, wisdom, good character, and Christ-like virtue worthy of bringing glory to our great God. The leadership team has set the foundation for a rich intellectual and spiritual culture, with excellent teachers across disciplines who are dedicated to shaping the hearts and minds of the young.

How this role fits into the team

Each member of our team is essential to building a thriving culture that sees and calls out the image of God in our students and in one another. As we invite students to step into everything they are designed to be and do, our faculty and staff must also reflect and invest in our daily work of responding to God's calling through an inner posture of discipline, diligence, and dedication. The Communications Director will serve to achieve objectives around strategy regarding internal and external communications (plan and action), Editor (website and print materials), and will coordinate the Blog, and will co-facilitate the Academy News.

School Hours

Monday through Thursday, 8:00am-3:15pm and Friday, 8:00am-1:30pm

Job Description and Duties

• Understand and define priorities and opportunities

  • Identify ways in which we need to communicate internally and externally (prospective parents and the overall community)and set objectives for how we will implement those communications effectively

  • Create communications plans and strategies with measurable goals and expected outcomes

• Establish communications as an institutional effort

  • Build and strengthen consistent communications from the Principal, Enrollment Management, Human Resources, and various departments as we develop them (Musical Conservatory, Liberal Arts, Student Activities, Athletics)

  • Seek to continually improve communications efforts

  • Draft and send Academy News on even weeks of each session (weeks 2, 4, 6, etc.)

  • Develop and Create Special Event or Fundraising messages

  • Contribute recruitment messages for students and faculty in collaboration with Enrollment Management, HR, and the Principal

• Grow and Maintain Enrollment

  • Collaborate with Admissions/Recruitment to create collection of communications materials/collateral to reach out to potential parents

  • Establish robust internal and external parent communication efforts

• Communicate about Donum Dei Admissions and Tuitions

  • Ensure effective communications on website and Admissions materials as well as email communications

  • Collaborate with Admissions/Recruitment regarding communication content and frequency to further engage financially qualified families

• Serve as Editor

  • Chief Editor on all website content and editing (interface with outside Marketing Firm)

  • Maintain the content on the website and align it with Admissions/Recruitment and External Constituencies (Giving, Community)

  • Consistently review, edit, and post social media as needed

• Maintain brand consistency and communicate Donum Dei's story

  • Communicate the culture of Donum Dei

  • Collaborate with Design, Production, and Photo teams to work toward branding the Academy

  • Co-lead annual Yearbook production as Content Manager with Graphic Designer

  • Order all Yearbooks or encourage parents to order them; disseminate them accordingly

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• Professional working experience in specified job areas

• Agree with Donum Dei's Statement of Faith

• Serve as a minister of the Gospel

• Complete professional development requirements and safety training throughout the school year on ½ days during Session Breaks and Teacher In-Service as applicable

• Participate in The Greatest Gift, equipping events and fundraisers as applicable

• Attend Faculty staff meetings and assembly weekly as applicable

Key Attributes

• Devote yourself wholeheartedly to the Lord

• Be in good standing with a Christian church

• Have a love for children and display a love for learning and a passion to cultivate that love in their students

Schedule

TBD Schedule, but at least 1 day a week in office.

Employment Type & Compensation

• Part Time - 10 hours a week

• Compensation is annual salaried pay with partial salary paid as tuition credit if applicable.

Faculty Administrative Schedule

• 45 weeks Working Schedule - School In Session, Teacher In-Service, 1 day per break

• 7 weeks of set Paid Vacation Time according to the Academic Calendar

  
  

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