Director of Strategic Communications and Special Initiatives

at  Community College of Aurora

POSITION SUMMARY

The Community College of Aurora, under the leadership of Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee, the sixth president of CCA, has established an Office of Strategic Communications to usher the institution into the next era of internal (student/employees) and external (community/partners/donors/alumni) communications, publicity, promotion, advertising, marketing, and branding efforts.
The Director of Strategic Communications and Special Initiatives position will report directly to the Chief of Staff and will lead the development and implement work-flow processes within the Division of Strategic Communications and special projects or initiatives for the President Office as assigned. This role will manage and prioritize a large volume of complex projects and own the critical project path from timeline development through final delivery ensuring flow of resources and deliverables and driving on-time completion. The purpose of this new role is to provide focus on projects/events/initiatives to identify details, and to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

OVERVIEW OF CCA

The Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. We are particularly interested in applicants that demonstrate a commitment to working with individuals and groups from diverse identities, including but not limited to: socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, multilingual learners, veterans, non-traditional, race and ethnic backgrounds.
More than 20 different languages and 60 countries are represented at CCA. In addition to traditional degree and certificate programs, CCA offers non-credit professional development courses, customized training, and economic and workforce development resources to employer partners and individual professionals seeking to enhance the capacity and productivity of their workforce or individual knowledge and skills. The college centers diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek to employee partners who want to join us in working to reducing outcome gaps among our diverse student population.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY

• Goal-oriented, entrepreneurial, and self-starter who is flexible.
• High degree of emotional intelligence and strong intercultural appreciation and awareness.
• Helpful, motivated to serve others, and collaborative spirit.
• Commitment to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion and adhere to ethical marketing practices.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong organizational skills and project management skills

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree
• Training and Development in Project Management
• Experience coordinating/managing and tracking multiple simultaneous projects and priorities.
• Demonstrated excellent communication, collaboration and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and cooperatively.
• Experience setting priorities, meeting deadlines and achieving goals.
• Experience working collaboratively with internal and external constituents.
• Experiencing working with vendors to secure a good or service.
• Experience using project management related software and processes for tracking towards project completion
• Experience providing budget management and/or making purchases in compliance with state and fiscal rules.
• Experience and an ability to develop systems, processes, and work flows for efficiency
• Commitment to the values of collaboration and shared success.