Communications Manager

United Statesmid

MarketingPR Specialist

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Key Responsibilities

Maintain NSAC’s website and manage any updates or improvements (note: NSAC retains a consultant for structural website changes) Manage and develop content for a weekly newsletter reaching 20,

Requirements Summary

$78,000-$89,000, commensurate with experience; NSAC uses a predetermined scale to maintain consistency and minimize inequities that come when candidates feel pressure to negotiate.

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MarketingPR Specialist

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is seeking a talented communications generalist who brings a facilitative and collaborative approach to advance our policy and grassroots work. The Communications Manager will help tell our story to the media and the public, as well as steward deeper relationships across our community. If you’re an amazing communicator, a strong project manager, and an enthusiastic collaborator who is passionate about putting your skills to work toward building a more sustainable, equitable farm and food system, this is your opportunity.

What We Offer

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NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. For over 35 years, NSAC’s track record of policy accomplishments and grassroots power-building has been guided by a vision of a future where farmers, workers, and communities sustain a thriving food and farm system that nourishes people, stewards our environment, and builds strong economies. Racial justice – an understanding and acknowledgment of historical and ongoing racial inequities and a commitment to actions challenging those inequities – is a core tenet in our work.

NSAC offers a competitive non-profit salary, dependent on qualifications and experience. The hiring range for this role is the minimum-mid range for the position band: $78,000-$89,000, commensurate with experience; NSAC uses a predetermined scale to maintain consistency and minimize inequities that come when candidates feel pressure to negotiate.

This position offers excellent benefits, including health insurance, matching employer contributions in a retirement plan, financial support for professional and personal development, and generous vacation and other time off, with an office closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Responsibilities

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The Communications Manager will work with staff to develop and implement effective ongoing media and external outreach efforts, with an emphasis on translating complex policy issues for lay audiences and elevating sustainable agriculture stories and voices.

Manage NSAC’s social media strategy and content development to target new audiences and enhance engagement, including piloting and testing innovative approaches to build power in collaboration with NSAC’s grassroots team (Facebook, Instagram, X, Bluesky, LinkedIn)
Pilot strategy and approach for video content on social media

Requirements

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Understanding of and passion for sustainable agriculture and food systems, and willingness to build issue knowledge where needed
4-6 years of experience in communications for grassroots, organizing, and/or policy campaigns, including developing content and strategies for print, radio, and/or online media in an advocacy organization; familiar with the federal policy-making process
Strong editor and writer with excellent verbal communication skills, including comfort with public speaking
Proficient with EveryAction CRM (or similar CRMs), Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Canva, WordPress, Airtable, social media platforms, and Google Analytics
Occasional evening and off-hours availability to attend media events and meet with press contacts
Willingness to travel domestically several times a year

Fluency in and comfort with playing a coordination role for many strategic thinkers; while this role merits a strategic eye for communications, this role primarily serves as a central hub for facilitating the policy and grassroots strategy and expertise across the team
Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and an understanding of how effective communications can advance justice
Exceptional initiative and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work independently and collaboratively, listen well, build trust, and model healthy conflict resolution
Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to work on competing timelines, including a demanding congressional schedule and administrative deadlines
Ability to work effectively with, value differences of, and incorporate the experiences and policy impacts on, diverse groups of individuals, including race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and socioeconomic circumstances; comfort tailoring messages for different audiences

Graphic design and video editing proficiency, such as experience with Adobe Premiere or CapCut
Spanish language fluency
Experience with multi-organization grassroots coalitions or membership organizations
Experience working in or adjacent to agricultural or food system-focused entities, including farms, businesses, or nonprofits, or within advocacy or organizing movement contexts

Communications are treated confidentially. Application review begins immediately. The deadline to submit an application is Monday, August 10th. No phone calls, please.

NSAC makes hiring decisions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. NSAC welcomes applications from groups that have been historically under-represented, including but not limited to people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, LGBTQ people, or those who are members of other marginalized communities.