Communications Coordinator

Job Description

The town of Dartmouth is seeking a creative and highly motivated Communications Coordinator to lead its town-wide communications and community engagement strategy. This position supports the deployment of customer interfacing and mostly web based software applications, social media applications, and print media to achieve town communications and public participation service initiatives.  It also creates varied resources to provide a diverse public with clear and comprehensive information about and access to town services. The coordinator conducts public outreach, develops and implements internal and external communication strategies to inform and engage elected officials, Town staff, community partners and the public.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism or related field.
• Four-plus years of experience communication/public relations with social media applications and website management.
• Demonstrated proficiency with digital tools, including social media channels, content management systems, web analytics and reporting, team collaboration platforms, graphic design programs, video editing and multimedia production tools, and file storage systems.

Full time, onsite position, 40 hours per week involving office work, meetings, and on-location coverage for events and emergencies.

Salary range is $65,425 – $85,142, with comprehensive and generous benefits.

Complete information and application available on our jobs site.