Communications Coordinator

• Develop digital tools to support SFL goals and community standards, including the use of graphics, video, social media, and other electronic communications.
• Develop and implement strategic social media campaigns to highlight SFL goals, community standards, positive events for councils/chapters, risk reduction strategies, and important community reminders.
• Maintain SFL website and seek opportunities to create web-based resources for constituents.
• Maintain regular SFL newsletters or similar communications tools for various constituent groups.
• In collaboration with the Senior Associate Director and SFL staff, identify emergent needs in the SFL community and develop appropriate communications tools to support constituent needs
• Assist with emergency communications to the SFL community as needed.
• Collaborate with SFL staff and the Office of Admissions to enhance, create and implement outreach programs including, but not limited to programming for incoming high school and transfer students.
• Provide strategic communications support for other Student Affairs units as needed and approved by the Senior Associate Director for External Relations.
• Establish and maintain collegial relationships and collaborations with chapter and council leadership, advisors, inter/national headquarters, university/community stakeholders, and local law enforcement agencies. Communicate with constituents as needed to design and implement strategic campaigns.
• Manage the departmental email and the SFL calendar

• Work collaboratively with Intake/Recruitment officers to execute the recruitment activities. Support formal and informal recruitment processes for all SFL councils.
• Collaborate with SFL staff to create educational, cultural, and leadership development programs for the various membership elements of the fraternity and sorority community.
• Manage and maintain rosters, grade report records, and officer information for chapters following KU FERPA policies and procedures.
• Manage the officer coding for KU Endowment

• Create SFL annual report, as well as strategies (report, scorecard, social media, etc.) to communicate annual SFL Community Standards results to internal and external constituents.
• Manage, compile, and distribute council statistical information and database reports, including grade reports, in collaboration with SFL staff.
• Coordinate the evaluation and assessment of designated departmental programs.
• Contribute to the overall Student Affairs assessment efforts and reporting.

• Serve on University committees external to Sorority and Fraternity Life when asked by the Senior Associate Director for External Relations of Sorority and Fraternity Life.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, public relations, marketing, graphic design, communications, or related area with one year of related experience.
• Experience developing websites, newsletters, social media, graphics, videos, or other communications strategies for an organization, as evidenced in application materials.
• Experience designing and executing strategic communications campaigns to engage different constituencies within an organization, as evidenced in application materials.
• Prior work experience serving college students, as evidenced in application materials.
• Excellent written communication skills, as evidenced by application materials.

• Prior experience developing communications materials for a college or university, as evidenced in application materials.
• Work experience that required the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a variety of situations as evidenced by application materials.
• Minimum of one-year full time experience advising fraternities/sororities or student organizations on a college campus or related responsibilities. (Two years as a graduate assistant equals one year of professional experience.)
• Experience working with students, volunteers, and/or staff associated with sororities, fraternities, student organizations, or other campus-based organizations, as evidenced in application materials.

• Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
• Resume
• List of three (3) professional references

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