U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Announcement (Master’s level)

A. Statement of Work

1. Agency and Office Mission

The Office of Research and Development at the EPA supports high-quality research to improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its environmental goals. Research is conducted in a broad range of environmental areas by scientists in EPA laboratories and at universities across the country.

2. Project Description

The Science Communications staff within the Office of Research and Development (ORD) at EPA is responsible for choosing research to be highlighted, translating technical research into understandable language, and effectively communicating the value of this research. The team is expected to develop communication materials, engage in social media, facilitate outreach with the public, and illustrate the relevancy and impact of the ORD research program.

This team is seeking an energetic, creative student to assist the team in communicating the work of ORD through innovative, accessible, and accurate science writing.

3. Period of Performance

Work Hours: Up to 40 hours per week.

Approximate Start and End Dates: April 2011 – March 2012, with the possibility of an extension for an additional 12 months. Total potential hours: 1928, per 12 month period.

4. Description of Student Services

The student will assist the team communicating EPA research. Responsibilities will include:

a. The student will identify, review and summarize information relating to environmental science and policy.
b. The student will interview researchers, write stories, and edit content for both internal and external publications.
c. The student will use creative approaches, including interactive web-based tools, to foster communication of research both inside and outside of ORD.
d. The student will help manage and produce a bi-monthly electronic newsletter highlighting EPA research and development impacts and outcomes for lay audiences. This includes writing articles as assigned by the managing editor.
e. The student will be a regular contributor to the “Science Wednesday” section of Greenversations, the official blog of the EPA.

5. Quality Assurance Requirements

The student contractor will maintain computer files and documentation so that work products can be reviewed for accuracy.

6. Description of Working Conditions

Work will be performed in an office building in downtown Washington, DC. The student contractor will be supervised by a mentor who will provide day-to-day direction, as well as coach, advise, and counsel the student, and review the student contractor’s work.

7. Travel

Occasional overnight travel may be required.

B. Required Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education

The student contractor should have a master’s degree in environmental science or journalism from an accredited university or college. This degree must have been received within the past two years. The student should demonstrate education and/or experience in both environmental science and journalism. The student should possess strong written, oral and electronic communication skills.

C. Eligibility

Students under this contract are required to undergo a background check and check of FBI fingerprint files and a suitability determination by the Environmental Protection Agency. Students awarded a contract will have to complete a Standard Form 85 (SF-85) “Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions” and SF-87 “Fingerprint Charts”. All completed forms will be submitted to the ORD Mentor at least 14 business days prior to reporting to work. Fingerprints will either be taken at the ORD duty station (upon reporting for work) or students will be notified to have their fingerprints taken at their local police department. If a background check reveals information to indicate the student represents a risk to the interests of EPA and the national security, the contract may be terminated.

D. Compensation:
The rate of compensation is $30.99 per hour, based on completion of master’s degree. Student contractors will be paid the basic hourly rate only for the number of hours worked and do not receive overtime premium for any hours worked beyond a 40-hour week. Student contractors do not accrue leave or holiday benefits and are not paid for any non-work days, regardless of the reason.

Student contractors are responsible for all costs of transportation to and from the principal duty station location. EPA does not provide housing, meals or other living expenses while working at the principal duty station. Recent graduates are eligible as long as graduation occurred no more than two years ago. Non-U.S. citizens may be eligible to participate, depending on their immigration status and the applicable regulations of the BCIS.

E. Taxes
Federal, State, Local and Social Security taxes will not be withheld; student contractors are responsible for reporting income to authorities and paying all taxes.

F. Principal Duty Station Location:
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC. 20004

Position Summary
We are searching for a director, regional communications to lead our media strategy in eight to ten regions. Our Communications team ensures Teach For America's external reputation accurately reflects its internal programmatic and organizational strength and quality, and strategically leads our media and public relations efforts.

About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of top recent college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting the nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.

In the 2010-2011 school year, more than 8,200 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members will be teaching in 39 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 3 million students. More than 20,000 Teach For America alumni are working in education and many other fields, where they continue to advocate for students and families in low-income communities. While only one in six corps members say they were interested in the teaching profession before joining Teach For America, nearly two-thirds of our alumni remain in the field of education.

We are a high-growth, outcomes-oriented organization, with a $220 million budget and over 1,500 staff. We operate in an entrepreneurial environment, maintain focus on quantitative measures, and are committed to continuous improvement.

Team Overview
The Public Affairs team manages Teach For America's government affairs, media and communications relationships, research and policy, and legal affairs. The team works to build support in the media, policy, academic, and nonprofit communities for Teach For America's ongoing efforts, ensuring that our external reputation accurately reflects our programmatic and organizational strength and quality.

The Communications team strives to leverage national and local media to drive broad public understanding of Teach For America's mission and impact and support key organizational goals.Teach For America's communications directors work closely and collaboratively with regional and national internal teams. They are responsible for developing and ensuring the alignment of communications tactics and messages with the regions' unique strategic priorities and assets. Communications directors also serve as the key liaison between Teach For America and all media outlets within assigned regions.

Responsibilities
Ongoing
Working closely with Teach For America's executive directors to develop and execute regional strategic plans that are aligned with organizational priorities
Working with executive directors to manage portfolios of critical regional relationships with print, broadcast, radio, and online journalists as well as district PR contacts
Developing and implementing response strategies for a variety of media requests, including crisis communications situations
Managing regional media events, such as press conferences, Teach For America Week, and regional alumni summits
Preparing Teach For America staff and corps members for media opportunities
Developing and implementing creative story ideas that support regional and national communications objectives
Working closely with the managing director, regional communications on the organization's broader regional media strategy and outreach

Qualifications

Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites
Education and skills
Bachelor's degree is required
Formal communications/public relations and/or journalism experience is preferred, but not required
Approach to Work
Ability to set vision & direction, and to motivate and inspire team members
Ability to work through others to meet aggressive goals
Must be an excellent strategic thinker with the ability to prioritize tasks and effectively work toward deadlines
Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects while maintaining a firm grasp of individual project details
Ability to build and manage relationships with external parties and internal team leaders
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with a sense of possibility, high expectations and an entrepreneurial spirit
Technical Skills
Must have exceptional written and oral communications skills
Advanced Excel skills
Benefits and Salary
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity
Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort.

Position Summary: The Director, HR Communications will ensure that best practices are used to communicate new human resources initiatives and talent programs internally and externally to various audiences. This will include leading the formulation and roll-out of an information dissemination strategy for new education programs, talent recruitment and retention programs, and teacher effectiveness initiatives. Performs related work.

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer, Division of Human Resources

Direct Reports: TBD

Key Relationships:Serve as point of contact for communications needs originating from leadership talent, labor and innovation including media and intergovernmental communication.

Responsibilities:
· Design and develop a comprehensive communications strategy that provides timely and easily accessible information to central administrators, network staff, school leaders, teachers and parents around new initiatives and current programs offered by the various divisions and offices overseen by the Deputy Chancellor for Talent, Labor and Innovation. This will include web-based and written communications about:
o New programs being piloted at the DOE.
o Teacher recruitment initiatives that promote the hiring and retention of top teacher talent for DOE schools.
o Teacher effectiveness initiatives that will link teacher ratings, compensation and tenure decisions directly to student outcomes.
· Serve as quality control for all communication materials coming from various offices reporting to the Deputy Chancellor and measure the effectiveness of HR communications by soliciting feedback.
· Provide oversight for Talent, Labor and Innovation content residing on the DHR website and the Principals Portal.
· Work in a consultative capacity with HR Connect staff on high profile information releases and communications that will be disseminated through the call-in and walk-in centers as part of a larger information rollout strategy.

Qualification Requirements:
Minimum
1. A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four plus years of experience in public relations, journalism, advertising, personnel administration, public administration or education administration or a closely related field including 18 months of supervisory or managerial experience; or
2. A satisfactory combination of post baccalaureate education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' above.
3. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of supervisory or managerial experience

Preferred
· Experience in communication, marketing or government relations in writing and editing materials for print and web-based communications vehicles.
· Advanced degree in business management, communications, human resources or another related field.
· Experience leading communication change in the public sector/unionized environment.
· Knowledge of internal and external communications in the public sector.
· Creative and strategic thinker, as well as someone who has the technical expertise to take on new internet-based projects.
· Project and team management experience, exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, demonstrated ability to multi-task.
· Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.
· Ability to work with a variety of situations and people coupled with the ability to lead teams of people to meet project goals and deadlines.
· Working knowledge of online communication strategies, desktop design and layout, and print production processes.
· Familiarity with education and the NYC Department of Education.

ID Media is the largest direct and digital media services agency in the U.S., with offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. We enjoy a uniquely supportive and friendly work environment. Our client list includes top brands in Pharmaceutical, Consumer Electronics, Beauty, Liquor, Travel, and Consumer Package Goods.

We are looking for a strong writer who likes interacting with people and can be intellectually intrigued by the fast-changing digital media sector. This Manhattan-based position, which reports to the CEO, is with a media services ad agency that for the last three years has been named in Crain’s New York Business as one of The Best Places to Work in NYC.

Responsibilities:
What we'd like you to do:

-- Develop and implement strategic communications plans targeting multiple audiences: current and prospective clients and employees, the advertising industry at large, IPG partner agencies, reporters and bloggers, and social media followers
-- Create press materials (Releases, Pitch Letters, Key Messages, Q&A) for external audiences, mining agency activities for what is newsworthy
-- Develop white papers and opinion pieces for press distribution highlighting unique technology advances and strategies
-- Establish and grow relationships with key reporters in the advertising/marketing industry, as well as business and lifestyle press
-- Regularly develop speaker proposals for agency executives to industry conferences and submissions for industry awards
-- Develop monthly employee newsletter, providing meaningful insight for employees into business news, company resources, ID Media’s community mission, and employee activities
-- Create content updates for public Web site, IPG newsletters, and digital bulletin boards
-- Foster community mission working closely with the employee taskforce “Caring about Cancer”
-- Edit and proofread agency communications prior to distribution

Citi Velocity is the future of e-trading platforms for fixed income and equity markets. The platform provides world-class research, commentary, and color on a broad range of capital markets product areas, including credit, rates, equities, fx, commodities, and securitized structured products. Citi Velocity is currently in beta, with over 3800 internal users, and it will be rolled out to external institutional clients over before year end.

We are currently seeking qualified candidates to edit and manage the flow of credit market information. We seek individuals with demonstrated credit product knowledge and editorial skills who can translate large amounts of internal information (e.g research, strategy, trading and intellectual capital within our sales and trading staff) into valuable content for our clients.
We need someone experienced in using content to gain readership and someone who can think innovatively about how we source the content and distribute it. Ideal candidates will have experience working in a newsroom, trading floor or other fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

Responsibilities include:
Identifying and accessing relevant credit information within the organization
Organizing and prioritizing that information to enable delivery
Consistently editing to highlight the content credit professionals value most
Defining our on-line strategy to deliver the information
Ensuring consistency/regularity of service
Ensuring quality of service
Working with information providers and users to improve the service
End-to-end delivery of stories from source to clients

Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree
Experience in the global credit market space
3+ years of relevant experience either as a journalist or editor
Experience developing content for electronic publication
Experience and evidence of using content to increase readership
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Understanding of web-browsing and Internet use
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
Work experience in financials is preferred, but not mandatory

Oversee Club Monaco Web Experience
• Manage all web partnership: EPSILON, CHANDELIER, MBS, VBP, POLO.COM
• Create, manage and maintain a calendar to insure a timely, efficient and creative process
• Organize monthly meetings with external partners, Visual team, Designers, and CEO
• Partner with VP of Store Experience and the Creative team in the developmental process of the website and emails
• Ensure the brand’s point of view online is consistent and reflects the store experience
• Write all content for the website
• Manage the trafficking of samples on a monthly basis
• Organize the monthly photo shoots including maintaining and oversee the shot count
• Manage the email process
• Liaise with the Creative team in the creation of the emails
• Attend all monthly sign-offs
• Create the email calendar
• Oversee the deployment of each email
• Oversee the Club Monaco culture club blog: write all content on submissions for them to be brand appropriate
Organize and Deploy all Branded Materials and Collateral
• Distribution to internal departments and external partners: Chandelier and International
• Partner with the Creative team on the execution of all materials/branded collateral
Skills and Requirements
Excellent interpersonal skills supporting a team environment
Excellent English communication skills - verbal and written
Excellent time management/project skills
Strong planning and organizational skills with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail
Ability to recognize and react to changing work demands
Comfortable and confident in making effective autonomous (and group) decisions in a timely manner
Goal oriented: ability to stay focused on creating winning results
Keep the VP of Marketing and Communications abreast of important daily news alerts
Maintain an overall sense of efficiency, timeliness and highly organized processes

Are you a news junkie with an appreciation for FRONTLINE’s unique brand of journalism? FRONTLINE is seeking a smart, news-savvy, go-getter eager to assist the editorial department with everything from the small to the large. Those seeking a career in business administration need not apply.

If you are passionate about journalism, documentary filmmaking and eager to learn the ropes then this entry-level position offers you an incredible opportunity into the editorial world at FRONTLINE. Under the supervision of the Series Senior Producer and in concert with the editorial researcher, the Secretary provides direct administrative and general support to members of the editorial staff and senior management. A successful candidate should be ready to take on heavy administrative demands, but be versed in current events and ready to contribute editorially.

Responsibilities in this fast-paced work environment include travel booking, scheduling, answering phones, expense reports, filing & mailing, research, coordinating rough cuts, some database entry, drafting correspondence and assisting with the day-to-day administrative process. Working closely with the Executive Producer and Series Senior Producer this position offers an opportunity for advancement.

A candidate must be able to juggle competing demands while seeing projects through from finish to start. This person should possess an unflappable and upbeat demeanor, a take-charge attitude, and the ability to meet constant deadlines. Strong writing and copy-editing skills required.

GLAAD’s Director of National News is responsible for executing the organization’s work in the national news media to ensure fair and accurate representations of LGBT people and issues in mainstream national newspapers, magazines, television, radio and new media. This position will be located in our New York office.

Job Responsibilities

• Set vision, goals and objectives for GLAAD’s national news team
• Identify and develop strategic opportunities to elevate stories to illustrate the concrete harms faced by LGBT people due to lack of equal protection
• Identify, develop and lead campaigns to challenge defamatory news coverage and encourage fair and accurate reporting of LGBT people and events
• Analyze national news coverage, determine fairness and accuracy and develop strategic response. Persuade media outlets to correct stories with problematic language/content
• Build and sustain relationships with key national news gatekeepers and decision makers
• Maintain database of contacts across mainstream national media outlets
• Identify stories and spokespeople that fit into the movement’s public education goals, with a particular focus on reaching people of faith and people of color
• Broker high-level diversity meetings with key national news gatekeepers and decision makers
• Media prep and coordinate crisis communications plans for leaders, organizations and everyday people in advance of high-level broadcast news and print opportunities
• Engage GLAAD members to take action against a wide range of faulty media reports, prompting apologies and corrections
• Execute effective media campaigns
• Brainstorm strategic national story pitches and placements for GLAAD constituents and GLAAD leadership
• Develop high-level national spokesperson trainings
• Plan, write, edit and proof written materials including press releases, calls to action, blog posts and letters to media professionals, op-eds and letters to the editor
• Identify, research and document trends and developments within the news industry
• Maximize GLAAD’s visibility at conferences as a resource to journalists
• Serve as GLAAD spokesperson on as needed basis to communicate media advocacy work
• Oversee staff, fellows, interns/ maintain departmental budget

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in media or communications or related field
• At least seven years of work within the national news media or communications related field
• Demonstrated success in writing, editing and reporting
• Dynamic speaking skills
• Network of national media contacts and experience communicating with high-level media decision makers
• Excellent relationship-building skills and extremely positive attitude
• Media campaign experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines
• Media training experience
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to work under deadline pressure
• Internet savvy including experience with Facebook, Twitter and other online organizing tools
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork among staff and volunteers
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ages, ethnicities and sexual identities
• Excellent knowledge of word processing, database programs, internet research,
Lexis Nexis, Cision and spreadsheet programs

Supervision

The Director of National News reports to the Deputy Director of Media Programs and supervises the Associate Director of National News, a fellow and an intern.

Compensation

Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include: 403(b) retirement plan; escalating vacation beginning with three weeks+; Paid sick, personal days and holidays; and 100% organization paid health benefits for employees including medical, dental, vision, flex spending accounts, flexible work arrangements, employee assistance program and life and long-term disability insurance.

Contact

Name: jobs@glaad.org - no phone calls please
**Please submit resume, cover letter and salary requirement in order to be considered**

Other Notes:

GLAAD is a business casual dress environment.
GLAAD does not have the ability to provide sponsorship or relocation benefits to candidates at this time.

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) seeks a full-time Associate Editor to assist the Editor in producing our bimonthly magazine on Latin American politics and U.S. relations with the region, NACLA Report on the Americas (nacla.org). The ideal candidate will have a background in both Latin American studies and magazine journalism. Working in our New York office, the Associate Editor will perform the following tasks:

* Assigning and editing the Reviews section and the media-critique column
* Collaborating with the Editor on copyediting, fact-checking, and proofreading all sections of the magazine
* Photo and illustration editing, caption writing
* Establishing and moderating a new NACLA blog with three or four contributors
* Maintaining an editorial internship program (one intern per semester)
* Collecting author contracts and performing post-publication duties, including uploading each issue to our website, handling contributor payments and thank-you letters, and maintaining general author communications
* Convening and planning bimonthly meetings of the NACLA editorial committee
* Planning events in the New York area to promote the magazine, such as author lectures or media appearances

Required qualifications:

* Copyediting experience, preferably with The Chicago Manual of Style
* Solid research skills and familiarity with fact-checking
* Excellent written English
* Knowledge of Latin American politics and history, as well as U.S. policy toward the region
* Familiarity with Macintosh computers and the editing tools in Microsoft Word
* Compatibility with the goals and perspective of NACLA

Preferred qualifications:

* Fluency in Spanish
* Academic training in Latin American studies
* Familiarity with Adobe InDesign
* Knowledge of HTML and online content-management systems

Salary: $32,000. Full health and dental coverage. Start date: February 2011 (if not sooner). Minimum one-year commitment. Women, people of color, LGBTQI, and people of various physical abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Send résumé, cover letter, and two writing samples (published or otherwise) to nacla.job@gmail.com. No phone calls, please. Deadline: Monday, January 17, 2011.

Position Summary:

We are searching for a director, regional communications to lead our media strategy in eight to ten regions. Our Communications team ensures Teach For America's external reputation accurately reflects its internal programmatic and organizational strength and quality, and strategically leads our media and public relations efforts.

About Teach For America:

Teach For America is the national corps of top recent college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting the nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.

In the 2010-2011 school year, more than 8,200 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members will be teaching in 39 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 3 million students. More than 20,000 Teach For America alumni are working in education and many other fields, where they continue to advocate for students and families in low-income communities. While only one in six corps members say they were interested in the teaching profession before joining Teach For America, nearly two-thirds of our alumni remain in the field of education.

We are a high-growth, outcomes-oriented organization, with a $220 million budget and over 1,500 staff. We operate in an entrepreneurial environment, maintain focus on quantitative measures, and are committed to continuous improvement.

Team Overview:

The Public Affairs team manages Teach For America's government affairs, media and communications relationships, research and policy, and legal affairs. The team works to build support in the media, policy, academic, and nonprofit communities for Teach For America's ongoing efforts, ensuring that our external reputation accurately reflects our programmatic and organizational strength and quality.

The Communications team strives to leverage national and local media to drive broad public understanding of Teach For America's mission and impact and support key organizational goals.Teach For America's communications directors work closely and collaboratively with regional and national internal teams. They are responsible for developing and ensuring the alignment of communications tactics and messages with the regions' unique strategic priorities and assets. Communications directors also serve as the key liaison between Teach For America and all media outlets within assigned regions.

Responsibilities:

Ongoing:

Working closely with Teach For America's executive directors to develop and execute regional strategic plans that are aligned with organizational priorities

Working with executive directors to manage portfolios of critical regional relationships with print, broadcast, radio, and online journalists as well as district PR contacts

Developing and implementing response strategies for a variety of media requests, including crisis communications situations

Managing regional media events, such as press conferences, Teach For America Week, and regional alumni summits

Preparing Teach For America staff and corps members for media opportunities

Developing and implementing creative story ideas that support regional and national communications objectives

Working closely with the managing director, regional communications on the organization's broader regional media strategy and outreach

Qualifications:

Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites:

Education and skills:

Bachelor's degree is required

Formal communications/public relations
and/or journalism experience is preferred, but not required

Approach to Work:

Ability to set vision & direction, and to motivate and inspire team members

Ability to work through others to meet aggressive goals

Must be an excellent strategic thinker with the ability to prioritize tasks and effectively work toward deadlines

Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects while maintaining a firm grasp of individual project details

Ability to build and manage relationships with external parties and internal team leaders

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with a sense of possibility, high expectations and an entrepreneurial spirit

Technical Skills:

Must have exceptional written and oral communications skills

Advanced Excel skills

Benefits and Salary:

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity:

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort.