Role

Coastal Cleanup Day Communications Coordinator – Seasonal

About the Organization

Heal the Bay is an environmental nonprofit group dedicated to making California coastal waters safe and healthy for people and marine life. We achieve our mission by using science, advocacy, community outreach, and public education to create positive change in our environment.

About the Role

Reporting to the Beach Programs Manager, the temporary Coastal Cleanup Day Communications Coordinator creates, organizes, and publishes an inclusive and dynamic digital campaign across Heal the Bay’s channels for the 31^st Annual Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD).  CCD is the cornerstone cleanup program and lives in concert with our suite of beach programs including: Adopt-A-Beach Cleanups, Suits on the Sand Cleanups, and Nothin’ But Sand Beach and Neighborhood Cleanups. The Coastal Cleanup Day Communications Coordinator works closely with the Communications, Outreach, Advancement, and Aquarium teams to coordinate a successful outreach and marketing campaign.

Every year, Heal the Bay organizes thousands of volunteers to come out and clean more than seventy beach and inland sites in Los Angeles County. This year CCD takes place throughout the month of September. However due to the response to COVID-19, and the limit on large gatherings for the health and safety of our community, we will encourage individual, household, and small group cleanups all summer with a culmination during the month of September with themed cleanups weeks such as, river week, neighborhood week and finally beach week culminating on Coastal Cleanup Day. 

This part-time (25 hr/week average) temporary position is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and exposure in the environmental field. It will begin on July 13, 2020 and end on September 30, 2020. At this point in the COVID-19 recovery all staff remain working from home. We continue to evaluate the safety and necessity of returning to the office. AT this point we don’t foresee returning to our office before September 1, 2020. 

Expectations & Responsibilities

Work with Beach Program Manager to:

• Plan, promote, and coordinate a primarily digital campaign for Heal the Bay’s cleanup programs.
• Plan and produce educational activities and content for children, youth, families, businesses, organizations, and adults.
• Make virtual presentations to community leaders and groups about the campaign.
• Work with Beach Programs Manager to update the Coastal Cleanup Day volunteer and contact database.
• Handle logistical concerns by phone, virtual meeting, direct message, and email.
• Attendance (virtually) at some weekend and evening events may be necessary.
• Create wrap up report for funders.

Work with Communications team to produce and publish:

• Solicit support of BIPOC influencers, celebrities, partners, print, radio, television, and digital media for greater exposure and engagement.
• Campaign assets in English, Spanish and Korean languages from an artist.
• Digital content that raises awareness and recruits volunteers from schools, businesses, and community groups to participate.
• New campaign website and/or robust landing page. 
• Promotional content from diverse talent, influencers, and creators
• Health and safety talk video(s) with volunteers, beach captains, and staff for the public to access online. 
• Creative graphics and materials in Canva, Publisher, and Quark.
• Data tracking for volunteers, pollution data, and engagement of community across platforms (Eventbrite, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Emma, Salesforce, Google Analytics, etc.)

Qualifications

• Strong communications and writing skills. 
• Familiarity with Salesforce or similar customer relationship management tool.
• Cultural competency is critical.
• Expertise creating content for website pages, forms, email, videos, graphics, flyers, gifs, and social media posts.
• Well organized and careful attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate large groups of volunteers and community groups.
• Ability to work well both independently and as a team.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly in Excel and Word. 
• Written and oral fluency in Spanish is a plus.
• Passion for the environment is a plus.
• Experience creating a social media or digital campaign in the environmental space is a plus.
• Ability to work remotely.

Wages

$25/hour. This position is a nonexempt part-time position. Compensation includes accrued sick time. No benefits. 

Employment Term

July 13, 2020 to September 30, 2020

How to Apply

Please submit cover letter and resume to Emely Garcia, Beach Programs Manager. Please put “Coastal Cleanup Day Communications Coordinator” in the subject line.

Deadline

July 6, 2020

Heal the Bay is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status

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