community relations manager South Dakota
Fermilab
Full Time
South Dakota
10.56 - 12.04 USD Today
Job description
We Are:
Fermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and at locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, CERN in Europe and the South Pole.
We are strategic risk takers, innovators, and collaborators. We are engineers, scientists, technicians, administrative professionals. We are 1,800 employees advancing knowledge for the benefit of humankind. Fermilab has been at the forefront of particle physics for more than 40 years. We build world-leading accelerators and detectors to conduct some of the most advanced particle physics experiments possible. We collect and analyze the data from those experiments with some of the most powerful computers in the world. We conduct this research on a 6,800-acre prairie, 35 miles outside Chicago, a treasure that has been designated a National Environmental Research Park.
Fermilab is seeking a Communications and Community Relations Manager for its site in Lead, South Dakota. As a member of the Fermilab Communication Division, you will handle Fermilab’s community relations in South Dakota and lead communication campaigns to advance the laboratory’s reputation and highlight work on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. You will drive our communication strategy, meet with stakeholders, write and post news updates and social media content, answer questions from the community, monitor comments and track metrics.
The right candidate will have experience in big-picture planning, community relations and the hands-on execution of content and communications, ideally for a scientific or engineering project or organization. The person will have the ability to connect with scientific groups and the public and create content from start to finish. You will have excellent verbal and written communications skills, ideally with experience in public relations.
This position is open for relocation.
You Will:
- Implement and lead Fermilab’s communication strategy for its site in Lead, home of the South Dakota portion of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and the large particle detectors of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
- Serve as key point of contact for communication for Fermilab’s South Dakota site, working in concert with members of the Fermilab Communication Division, the LBNF team, the DUNE collaboration and the Sanford Underground Research Facility
- Develop and lead communication efforts involving local stakeholders
- Serve as the media point of contact for the Fermilab Lead, SD site and work with the Fermilab media relations manager to organize interviews
- Help organize and lead tours a mile underground to show stakeholders the progress on LBNF/DUNE
- Work both individually and with team members to write news updates and develop content for our websites, social media channels, public meetings, campaigns and other communications efforts.
- Build the editorial calendar and complete all website and social media posts, including news, achievements and events
- Track metrics and monitor comments; when internal or external issues arise, advise on communication strategy and coordinate messaging
- Uphold Fermilab’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Travel occasionally to Batavia, Illinois and potentially other meeting locations
We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree required; journalism, communications, media or related degree preferred
- At least 6 years of dedicated communications experience
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Outstanding copywriting, editing and grammatical skills
- Ability to create quality content for the public from concept to delivery
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to translate technical concepts into language comprehensible to non-specialists
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with all levels of staff in a team-based environment, and to fulfill urgent requests in a timely and professional manner
- Ability to track, analyze and report on communication performance metrics
- Experience with content strategy and using social media to achieve communication goals
- Experience with graphic design and tools, including photo-editing software, is desirable
- Experience creating short videos for social media is a plus
To be considered for this position, please submit your resume, a cover letter as well as a portfolio with examples of your work in communication.
Fermilab is an Equal Opportunity Employer and believes a diverse and inclusive environment based on mutual respect is essential to our mission. Fermilab is committed to recruiting and developing the most hardworking people and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, country of birth, geography/postal code, disability, marital status, parental or gestational status, or other non-merit factor.
REAL-ID Requirement for access to Fermilab Campus
Fermilab and FRA requires all members of the public to produce a REAL-ID, or equivalent, to access the Fermilab Campus for interviews or career events. A list of acceptable forms of ID can be found here:
Fermilab and FRA requires all members of the public to produce a REAL-ID, or equivalent, to access the Fermilab Campus for interviews or career events. A list of acceptable forms of ID can be found here:
https://get-connected.fnal.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/REALID-Documents.pdf
If a candidate is selected for an interview but does not possess any of the equivalent documents, we may schedule a virtual interview.
Fermilab
www.fnal.gov
Batavia, IL
Nigel Lockyer
$25 to $100 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
National Agencies
