[Hiring] Media Relations Coordinator @World Relief

Role Description

World Relief is seeking a Media Relations Coordinator. This role is responsible for supporting the Director of Media Relations by facilitating World Relief’s earned media presence, supporting external-facing writing projects and conducting relevant research and outreach. They help obtain strategic exposure for World Relief and its programs through informing and responding to the media.

• Stay attuned to organizational milestones.
• Develop pitches.
• Regularly interact with members of the press.
• Coordinate interviews and build a steady cadence of media placements.
• Remain updated on current events and news to identify unique opportunities for World Relief within the news cycle.

Work Location: Remote, preference for proximity to Washington, D.C

Travel: 5-10%

Qualifications

• Mature and personal Christian faith.
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities.
• Undergraduate degree or relevant experience in public relations, communications, marketing, journalism or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant earned media experience.
• Strong research, interpersonal, writing and editing skills.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite and competency with media monitoring tools.
• Ability to adapt to change, meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Eagerness to engage across the political spectrum and champion the organization’s nonpartisan approach to policy advocacy.

Requirements

• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief's Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity, and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document.

Preferred Qualifications

• Located in Washington, D.C. preferred.
• Experience managing earned media at a public relations agency, in political or advocacy campaigns or on Capitol Hill.
• GOTV, fundraising or sales experience.
• Familiarity with policy, advocacy or public affairs contexts.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
• Persistent; seeks to push through challenges and ensure excellence in deliverables.
• Commitment to excellence.
• Works well in a fast-paced environment.
• Good judgment and decisiveness.
• Collaborative, values teamwork, and has strong ability to give and receive feedback and instruction.

Benefits

• $55,000 - $65,000 a year.
• Competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time employees.
• Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program.

Company Description

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.