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Position Summary:

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is hiring a Communications Manager to join our team. The Communications Manager will support marketing and communications efforts and strategy across the organization and its programs. This role will uphold the organizational brand while increasing WRA’s ability to influence decision makers, donors, partners, reporters, and others to accomplish the organization’s mission and objectives. This position will be primarily responsible for guiding and executing a broad range of public relations activities targeted to key audiences across WRA’s programs and states that advance specific organizational and policy priorities. Specific duties include implementing communications strategies with staff and coalitions to help advance policy outcomes; crafting effective and persuasive audience-centric messaging and communications materials; supporting with writing and fulfilling communications elements in specific grants; facilitating earned media opportunities in collaboration with staff; and contributing content, feedback, and ideas to other marketing and communication efforts.

About Western Resource Advocates:

WRA fights climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. We respect the different needs of diverse people and partner with them to develop a shared vision for progress-one that advances communities while protecting biodiversity.

Our team of policy experts, scientists, economists, and attorneys has a 30-year history of working where decisions are made, sweating the details, creating evidence-based solutions, and holding decision makers accountable. This on the ground work with policymakers and other advocates advances clean energy, protects air, land, water, and wildlife-and sustains the lives and livelihoods of the West.

Location:

This position may work remotely in our seven-state region, in one of our six offices, or a hybrid of the two. Our seven-state region includes Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. WRA has offices located in Boulder, CO; Carson City, NV; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; and Santa Fe, NM. Access to a major airport is required, as this position involves some travel.

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Programmatic Communications:

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Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of three to five years of relevant experience.
• An understanding of or a willingness to learn the politics and landscape surrounding the issues WRA works on at the national level and across our seven-state region.
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate articulately, persuasively, and effectively with varied audiences.
• Aptitude for translating complicated technical concepts into accessible written and spoken content.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Success in garnering earned media coverage and cultivating long-lasting relationships with journalists.
• Experience working effectively and diplomatically with coalitions and partner organizations to advance shared objectives.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with excellent attention to detail and follow through.
• Ability to stay nimble and organized while managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Interest in continuing to build WRA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work into our marketing and communication practices.
• Genuine passion for the mission and work of WRA.