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The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the office of the Assistant Regional Director for External Affairs (EA) in the Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, is recruiting one Public Affairs-Communication Specialist to join GBI’s Research Associates Program and participate in the Service’s mission by communicating about Service issues and activities with a wide variety of audiences, including employees, members of Congress; Alaska Native peoples, Tribes, and organizations; the news media; other federal and state natural resource agencies, non-government organizations, and individuals. In this work, the RA will use writing, speaking, audiovisual products, and an array of electronic communications media, including numerous social media platforms, to increase understanding of and support for the work of the USFWS. In addition, employees work with other Fish & Wildlife Service programs to coordinate, analyze, advise, recommend, and report to the Alaska Regional Director on issues throughout the state. A shared position between the field and the regional office, the RA will split their communications work between priorities of the Southern Alaska Fish and Wildlife Office and the External Affairs Program, including the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program.

Primary Responsibilities:

Contribute to development and implementation of the Alaska Region’s overall strategy for External Affairs, Story Corps, and Regional Directorate communication priorities, with at least 50% of focus on strategies for migratory bird communications. This includes a range of internal and external communication and relationship-building efforts.

• Craft communications and storytelling focused on the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program, which improves lives by expanding access to green space, education and outdoor recreation for people living in and around cities. Work includes a range of internal and external communication and relationship-building efforts. Emphasis placed on collaborating with counterparts in other programs to develop stories that demonstrate how the region has worked to engage and connect with urban audiences.

Draw upon a variety of communication tools to produce content, including designing and producing written, audio, visual, and multimedia content and stories.

Develop content for interpretive material such as brochures, exhibits, and signs. Design products using standard graphic design programs such as Adobe InDesign. 

 

• In coordination with the regional Digital Strategist (EA) and appropriate program staff, develop and contribute content for social media, websites, and other electronic platforms. Help maintain web content for the Southern Alaska Fish and Wildlife Field Office. May be asked to become proficient in creating content in Drupal, the agency’s Content Management System.

• In coordination with the regional Digital Strategist (EA), identify or create high quality imagery that illustrates the conservation work and focus of the Southern Alaska Fish and Wildlife Office and the Kenai Fish and Wildlife Office. Create engaging print artwork for use in both offices.

Participate in and contribute to EA and Regional Story Corps training network by providing skill sessions in areas of expertise when called upon.

In coordination with the regional Public Affairs Specialist (EA), contribute to development of communication plans for priority initiatives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, environmental science, or natural resource management; or related coursework and commensurate field experience;

• Experience with a variety of communication tools to produce content, including designing and producing written, audio, visual, and multimedia content and stories;

• Experience with photography and graphic design, highly desirable;

• Experience living or working in, and/or knowledge of the Alaska ecosystems and natural/cultural resources, desirable;

• Experience with digital media communications;

• Motivated, self-starter who is detail oriented and capable of working with little direct supervision to develop and present programs;

• Flexibility to handle competing and changing priorities;

• Willingness to commit (pending performance and funding) to the full duration of the project, desired;

• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse public in a variety of forums;

• Ability to work in harsh and rapidly changing environments; and

• Possess valid, clean, state-issued driver’s license.



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