Organization Profile
Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools in low-income countries during two time periods which are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized and sustained by governments. Room to Read has benefited 10 million children across 17,000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia, and aims to reach 15 million children by 2020.
Position Overview:
The Temporary Communications Assistant will support the Global Business Development (GBD) Team with a focus on growing our Annual Fund, and engaging and supporting our chapter, youth and community networks.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Communications Support
Support draft, test and send of multi-channel campaigns through communications to our constituents through Salesforce Marketing Cloud/Exact Target
Use social media platforms to develop and expand community engagement efforts. Engage existing global Chapter Leadership team and student supporters through social media with ongoing posts. Grow engagement efforts with new affinity groups of supporters
Support recruitment and retention of monthly donors through email and phone. Increase participants and assist with development of targeted communications of this donor segment
Perform ongoing refreshes/edits of website draft and images on our Get Involved pages and community resource portals
Assist with global event collateral production
Monitor marketing and social media reporting to find trends and implement strategies to improve performance
Administrative Duties
Support event registration
Support webinar series, including registration, communications, and technical support
Support peer to peer fundraising platform users
Manage several inboxes, providing customer service support
Update constituent records in CRM Salesforce database as needed, including payment information
Support GBD team with credit card reconciliation and expense reports
Schedule and support internal team meetings and coordinate team performance status update reports
Support ad hoc request from staff/supporters, including but not limited to minor web updates, resource sharing, reporting, mailings, travel arrangement support, liaising with DevOps team for receipting/fundraising requests from supporters, providing marketing cloud support to users as needed
Qualifications:
Required:
Bachelor’s Degree
Superior writing and editorial skills in English
At least 2 years of relevant internship or work experience, preferably in a fast-paced environment managing some aspect of communications, social media or email marketing
Proficiency in MS Office (specifically Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and at least a few social media and email marketing/event technologies a must (Marketing Cloud/Exact Target, Eventbrite, Web Content Management, Peer to Peer, Google Analytics, etc.)
Ability to juggle multiple priorities and to take initiative with excellent attention to detail
Preferred:
Experience working with Salesforce CRM
Experience working with InDesign and/or Publisher
Prior experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization
To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:
Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact an up-and-coming non-profit organization
Be an innovative and creative thinker – you are not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so
Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction
Work well independently as well as part of a team
Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
Compensation:
This is a temporary position. There is a competitive hourly rate for the position and we kindly ask that you send us your hourly requirements with your application. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain nonprofit experience and be part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through education.
Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.
How to apply
Please send a cover letter and resume by email, with “Temp Communications Assistant_ID” in the subject line, (no letters, calls, faxes, or drop-ins) to hiring@roomtoread.org. Due to high applicant volume, we regret that we are not able to send personalized responses to all applicants. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.