JOB DESCRIPTION

The Internal Communications Strategist partners closely with communications and marketing leadership, business units and other enterprise stakeholders to develop internal messaging and internal communication systems tailored to multiple audiences.

RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL:

Partner closely with communications and marketing leadership, business units and other enterprise stakeholders to develop internal messaging and internal communication systems tailored to multiple audiences. Manage communication initiatives from conception to execution and evaluation, including reporting. Helps manage and support internal communication systems, including the intranet and employee self-service portal. Implements, revises, and sustains policies, procedures and programs. Typically works on projects and initiatives that span 3 – 12 months.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

1. Partners with assigned internal stakeholders, communications and marketing teams across the organization to develop and support initiatives through the development of communication materials and strategies.

2. Provide well-written, researched, validated, clear, consistent business communications on a range of topics that span company announcements, leadership communication, meeting presentations, multimedia, scripts, key messages, and talking points. Distill change impacts into crisp, user-friendly communications including emails, frequently asked questions (FAQs), videos, how-to guides, presentations, and articles.

3. Contributes to and helps manage enterprise-wide internal communications editorial calendar. Provide ongoing creative ideas to ensure company messaging is forward-looking, innovative and resonates with the intended audiences. Executes internal communications using organizational systems, including the intranet and employee self-service portal.

4. Track and report content effectiveness metrics to internal stakeholders, as well as continually monitor, analyze and tune messaging to maximize impact. Seek out and analyze employee feedback mechanisms and interpret data to recommend improvements and best practices.

5. Project and Change Management: Effectively plans and manages own work to reliably complete routine job responsibilities and special assignments. May serve as a team member or subject matter expert on formal projects or within the department. Effectively engages in change affecting her/him, communicating appropriately with supervisor. Follows through on learning, skill building, and practice necessary to adapt to change.

6. Problem Solving: Light supervision; works independently. Periodic review of work by manager or senior coworker. Solves problems of moderate to advanced complexity; able to identify root cause, interpret data and resolve issues.

7. Technical Skill: Understands and applies professional principles and skills within area of specialization to modify processes to resolve situations.

8. Community Engagement: Champions Goodwill’s community engagement initiatives and serves as an ambassador for Goodwill in the wider community.

9. Responsible for completing other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Associates Degree or experience equivalency, and a minimum of 3 years’ experience.

2. Proven experience working collaboratively and managing internal communications initiatives from conception to execution and evaluation, including reporting, for a large-scale and diverse organization.

3. Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 Suite, Sharepoint, digital communications and measurement systems, intranet platforms, content management systems, and other technologies designed to support internal communication strategies.

4. Proficiency with AP style copy writing and editing, presentation and reporting skills.

CORE CULTURAL COMPETENCIES:

1. Customer Focus: Independently anticipate and meet customer needs, while searching for ways to improve customer service. Internalize customer feedback, and follow up with customer to ensure problems are solved by providing innovative ideas to meet their future needs.

2. Values Differences: Seeks out the diverse perspectives and talents of others, striving to work effectively with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds or styles. Behave with sensitivity towards differences in cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating. Challenge stereotyping or offensive comments.

3. Communicates Effectively: Shares information and updates with others, while ensuring a clear, concise and professional communication through reports, documentation, written and other communications. Listens with interest to what others have to say.

4. Situational Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility of responses to different situations through adapting to the changing needs, conditions, priorities or opportunities. Monitors how well an approach is working to see if a change is needed, recognizing cues that suggest a change in approach or behavior is needed.

5. Drives Results: Demonstrates a strong drive to achieve meaningful results, through driving tasks to successful completion and closure. Sets high standards for own performance, showing determination in the face of obstacles and setbacks.

6. Ensures Accountability: Takes responsibility and ownership for successes and failures in own work. Monitors progress of performance and changes approach accordingly, following through on commitments.

PHYSICAL/SENSORY DEMANDS:

Job requires the following: remain stationary for sustained periods of time; ability to move about to accomplish tasks; must be able to operate a computer or similar technology, which typically involves substantial motions of wrist, hands and/or fingers; visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing data, operating equipment or review thoroughness of work; ability to communicate with others and exchange information. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. is a nonprofit organization serving Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago helping people overcome challenges to build skills, find employment and progress in their life and careers. For more than 100 years, Goodwill has been connecting job seekers with employers in the community and inside our own retail, laundry and staffing social enterprises to provide employment, training and support services.     As the largest Goodwill among 155 nonprofit Goodwill organizations in North America, the organization has more than 90 locations across a 23-county territory. In 2021 we served over 42,000 people experiencing employment challenges and made 4,105 job placements in the community.