Position
HEET is seeking a Director of Communications to oversee and execute communications strategically. As HEET’s work rapidly gains national prominence, the Director of Communications has the opportunity to drive a national clean energy campaign and define to the public a pathway (heet.org/geo) that gas utilities, municipalities, workers, and climate advocates are increasingly recognizing as a viable way to transition off natural gas for good.
HEET interacts closely with a wide range of audiences and stakeholders, including climate advocates, utility executives, union representatives, gas workers, legislators, regulators, geothermal experts, and more. It is vital to the Director of Communications’ role to understand the political and relational landscape in which HEET operates and develop communications that resonate and build trust with a wide range of audiences.
We are a small team with an adaptive organizational structure. Position descriptions are, therefore, approximate, not inclusive of all possible job duties, and dynamic. Applicants should be comfortable and excited to try new things, learn, and pitch in to support colleagues as needed. We are looking for a motivated and mature self-starter who can work independently and as a collaborative team member dedicated to promoting HEET’s mission and committed to HEET’s values: integrity, abundance, inclusion, practicality, nimbleness, innovation, and compassion.
Essential Functions
As Director of Communications, you will work closely with all team members, including HEET’s Executive Director, board of directors, and strategic partners, to craft outreach materials, in addition to planning and guiding a long-term strategic communications plan for the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
• Develop and execute communications strategies and a comprehensive communications plan that advances HEET’s mission.
• Create and edit content for HEET’s website, social media channels, and email outreach, including
regular newsletters and press releases.
• Use metrics to monitor and cultivate constructive engagement across all platforms.
• Cultivate relationships with both national and local media contacts.
• Prepare team members for media engagements.
• Send outreach materials and manage contacts through customer relationship management software (prior experience with this software is not expected).
• Help plan and facilitate external events, including outreach, education, and fundraising.
• Plan and facilitate regular communications team meetings.
• Meet regularly with project team leads to create materials as needed.
• Collaborate with the fundraising team on donor outreach and donor engagement.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with partner organizations for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to expand HEET’s network.
• Participate in monthly staff Learning and Growth sessions focusing on professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion topics.
Skills & Qualifications
• Highly skilled communications professional with experience leading and managing a communications team or function, developing content, and driving a communications strategy in a nonprofit, startup, or related industry.
• Excitement for and commitment to HEET’s mission.
• Compassionate prioritization of people and relationships over metrics and products.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Adept with social media content development and using metrics to track engagement. Experience using social media engagement tools or dashboards, such as Hootsuite, Hubspot, Semrush or Sprout Social, is strongly desired.
• Ability to create messaging for a diverse range of audiences and communicate complex topics in a creative and digestible way.
• Comfortable speaking with others and doing outreach to maintain existing relationships with external organizations and broaden HEET’s reach.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Experience organizing and coordinating multiple projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable pivoting in response to new opportunities.
• Creative, open-minded, and self-driven.
• Experience developing communications language and goals through an equity lens.
• Skilled at developing communications that support fundraising and development efforts.
• Graphic design experience is a plus, working knowledge or Adobe CS or Canva is preferred.
• Knowledge about the clean energy field and a just transition is a plus.
Location
HEET is a hybrid work environment. Weekly in-person team days at our Boston office are required and additional in-person work throughout the week is expected. This is a full-time position, negotiable between 30-40 hours per week.
Compensation & Benefits
HEET offers 100% health insurance, FSA/DCA, pre-tax retirement and transit accounts, three weeks of paid leave plus the week between Christmas and New Year’s, 12 holidays, two floating holidays, two personal days, and 12 days of sick leave. Employee scheduling needs can generally be accommodated in our highly flexible work environment. We strive to create opportunities for professional development and growth for everyone on the HEET team. HEET prioritizes the health and safety of its team members and their families, guests, visitors, and the community. All offers to work, intern, or volunteer with HEET are conditioned on the candidate complying with HEET’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. The range for full-time work (30-40 hours) currently is: $71,000 to $94,000.
Equal Employment Commitment
HEET values diversity in all forms and is committed to an inclusive and transparent recruitment and interview process. We recruit and hire without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, religion, creed, disability(actual or perceived), medical conditions including genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic partnership status, citizenship, military service, height, weight, HIV/AIDS status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law or local ordinance. BIPOC and people of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
To Apply
Please provide a resume and a 1–3 page writing sample, or other communications material, that best represents your work to jobs@vamos.llc. Be sure to put “HEET Director of Communications” in the subject line. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
