K-SAA is Hiring a Director of Operations and Communications and 2 Communications Fellows
Director of Operations and Communications
Job Description
Keats-Shelley Association of America
Honorarium: $10,000/year
Hours: 10 hours/week
Acts as administrative home for the organization: streamlines its internal communication; oversees administrative workflow for K-SAA officers; schedules and organizes officers meetings, directors meetings, and members meetings
Maintains and actively manages K-SAA calendar of meetings and events, including reminders to officers and directors of upcoming and urgent tasks
Keeps track of all projects, committee/working group reports and other Association documents
Oversees and monitors social media accounts (X/Instagram) and the K-SAA Blog
Maintains an active flow of posts on these accounts (see activity expectations in Communication Fellows description)
Designs and delivers new media content (Blog series etc.), with the support of the Communications Fellows
Strategizes how to increase engagement on social media and readership on the Blog
Selects new Communications Fellows each year (with the assistance of the K-SAA Board), supervises them and hosts regular online team meetings
Works with the K-SAA Secretary and VPs to circulate news of K-SAA events and projects over feeds
Responsible for timely organizing, adding, and updating website content (alongside Fellows)
Other Helpful Skills
High-touch alacrity with email and other forms of communication
Excited by ongoing organization and fast-paced communication with a wide variety of people inside and outside academia
Quick editor and nimble social media poster
Skilled with Squarespace, Venmo, and other web-based software
Thoughtful and adept with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts within higher education
Communications Fellows (x2)
Job Description
Keats-Shelley Association of America (K-SAA)
Stipend: $1000
Hours: 5 hours/week
To set up regular content for our X feed and Blog (approximately 4 blog posts + 8 social media posts per month)
To update website content where necessary
To promote K-SAA calendar of meetings and events
To develop our new Instagram feed and monitor its progress
To respond to enquiries on social media platforms
To design and curate blog posts, including soliciting authors from the academic community
To monitor the success of these endeavors and to research potential further developments
To attend regular online meetings with the Director of Communications
Desirable: individuals already active on X, who can be reactive and responsive to our audiences and current discourses in Romanticism
Aware of and adept in higher education’s attention to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
It is not a requirement that candidates be based in the United States. All candidates should, however, belong to the K-SAA or be willing to become a member. We are especially committed to a diverse Board and staff at K-SAA alongside equitable working conditions that put thoughtful inclusion at the center of our values.
To Apply:
Please send a resume and a paragraph of interest to ksinger@mtholyoke.edu by May 24th. Brief interviews will be held the following week, with the positions to begin mid-June.
