Community Relations Specialist at Witherite Law Group

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

18 Jun, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Event Marketing, Project Management, Community Relations, Content Development, AP Style, Stakeholder Engagement, Administrative Support, Time Management, Organizational Skills, Communication Skills, Partnership Building, Task Management

Industry

Law Practice

Description

Position Summary: The Community Relations Specialist will execute a wide range of tasks to support larger organizational goals that support our community partners and schools in Georgia and Alabama. This role will provide administrative, planning and content development support to the Director of Community Relations for event and partnership engagement functions. Key Responsibilities: * Community and promotional event marketing planning, execution, and management support. * Task management, with demonstrated initiative in managing projects with agencies and contractors. * Helps to maintain active relationships with various community-based, charitable, governmental, and non-profit organizations and activities in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, AL area. * Proactively addresses and assists in responding to community needs, gaps, and concerns as they arise in the Atlanta and Birmingham Areas. * Handle the support of day-to-day functions of Community Relations administrative services to ensure accurate management of community development programming. * Provide project management support for community development programs, events, and service activities. * Performs other duties as required. * Ability to work across organizational boundaries and build strong partnerships with other departments within the Firm and vendors outside the Firm Education Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English, or a related field required. Previous experience/knowledge of AP style preferred Qualifications: * 2+ years of experience in community initiative or collective impact work. * Interaction with business leaders and community partners and exercise outstanding judgment and communication skills. * Ability to self-lead, work with little supervision, balance multiple contending target dates. Time-management skills, project management skills, attention to detail, and organization are crucial to this position. * Position requires passion for community development work, strong desire to maximize community impact, and strong engagement in meetings and at events. * Ability to work across organizational boundaries and build strong partnerships with other departments within the Firm and vendors outside the Firm. * Travel as needed Physical Requirements: * Office environment with normal business hours necessary to satisfactorily perform job functions. * Stationary Position – Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time. * Move or Traverse – This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, meeting rooms, office machinery, etc. May occasionally ascends/descends the stairs to get to other floors, cafeteria and parking area. * Dexterity – constantly operates a computer and other office machinery such as a copy machine/printer. * Move, Transport, Position, Put, Install, Remove - Occasionally moves supplies weighing up to 10 pounds for various presentation and event needs. * Communicate, Detect, Converse with, Discern, Convey, Express oneself, Exchange information - The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. * Detect, Determine, Perceive, Identify, Recognize, Judge, Observe, Inspect, Estimate, Assess - The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). Benefits and Perks: * Medical, dental, vision * Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance * Company Paid STD (with no waiting period) * Option to purchase additional LTD, Life, and AD&D Insurance * Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity Coverage * 401(k) with company contributions * Paid Time Off * 10 Company Holidays * Tuition Reimbursement

Responsibilities

The specialist will support the Director of Community Relations by executing event marketing and managing partnerships with community-based and non-profit organizations. They will also handle administrative services and project management for community development programming in Georgia and Alabama.