Development and Communications Associate

Description

 ABOUT THE POSITION:
The Development and Communication Associate, reporting to the Director of Operatations, plays a pivotal role in Urban Dove's fundraising, marketing, and communication efforts. This position aims to amplify our organization's reach, engaging donors, funders, and the media. The associate will adeptly convey Urban Dove's narrative to diverse audiences, such as foundations, individual donors, and community stakeholders from within the Charter Management Office (CMO).

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
The Central Office is the non-profit entity that manages the Urban Dove Charter Schools. The CMO provides a wide range of services–including back office functions, accounting, hiring, professional development, data analysis, public relations, advocacy, and more. The CMO is also responsible for providing support structures for the schools and ensuring proper replication of the model as the organization expands.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and coordinate clear, engaging communications that strengthen Urban Dove's brand and effectively engage students, families, staff, alumni, funders, board members, community partners, elected officials, and other key stakeholders.
• Create and manage compelling content across multiple platforms, including newsletters, email communications, organizational announcements, presentations, marketing materials, and other print and digital publications.
• Develop, schedule, publish, and monitor content across Urban Dove's social media platforms, working closely with the Leadership Team and school-based staff to highlight student success, school events, staff accomplishments, and organizational impact.
• Maintain and regularly update Urban Dove's website to ensure content is accurate, timely, visually engaging, and aligned with the organization's branding and strategic priorities.
• Capture high-quality photography and video at school, after-school, evening, and weekend events, while maintaining a well-organized digital media library for use in communications, fundraising, grant proposals, recruitment, and marketing efforts.
• Coordinate communications and logistical support for organizational events, including invitations, promotional materials, donor recognition, auction support, photography, event setup and breakdown, and post-event communications.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and present organizational and programmatic data to support communications, grant reporting, fundraising efforts, board presentations, and organizational storytelling.
• Support the organization's grant development efforts through prospect research, proposal writing, document collection, reporting, and grant tracking in collaboration with the Leadership Team.
• Maintain an annual communications calendar to ensure timely and coordinated messaging across schools, departments, fundraising initiatives, special events, and organizational campaigns.
• Ensure consistency of Urban Dove's brand, voice, messaging, and visual identity across all communications, publications, presentations, social media platforms, and marketing materials.
• Monitor and report on website traffic, social media engagement, and other communications metrics to inform continuous improvement and increase audience engagement.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with media outlets, community organizations, elected officials, and external partners to increase awareness of Urban Dove's mission, programs, and impact.
• Support organizational communications during emergencies or time-sensitive situations by assisting with the preparation and dissemination of timely, accurate, and coordinated messaging.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned in support of the Communications, Development, and Leadership Teams.

Requirements

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

Compensation: $50,000 to $55,000 annually based on years of experience and education.

Benefits: Urban Dove provides a robust benefits package designed to support employee well-being, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with employer match; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; and employee wellness supports

OUR MISSION:
Urban Dove energizes, educates, and empowers young people through our network of UD Team Charter Schools serving over-age/under-credited high school students. UD Team's innovative model uses sports, teams, restorative practices and mentoring to create a culture of high expectations and shared responsibility. By instilling our core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Communication, we develop our students into confident young adults ready to reach their full potential.

OUR VISION:
Urban Dove envisions a world where all children receive the high-quality education and support they need and deserve. Through education, they will acquire the critical skills needed to develop into economically, socially, and emotionally independent adults who are empowered to create a more just and equitable society for future generations.

EEOC:
Urban Dove provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.