Job Information
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Corporate Communications Project Coordinator - Professional II in Golden, Colorado
Posting Title
Corporate Communications Project Coordinator - Professional II
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Location
CO - Golden
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Position Type
Regular
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Hours Per Week
40
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Working at NREL
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.
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Job Description
Passionate about a clean energy future and making science relatable, understandable, and memorable to a wide range of audiences? Experienced at juggling several projects at once, creating communications plans and tracking timelines, details, and budgets to move projects forward? Skilled with building relationships to become a trusted partner?
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Communications Office has an opening for a Communications Project Coordinator to communicate NREL’s impact collaborating with industry, government, non-profit, and startup partners. You’ll work closely with a core group of dedicated, creative communicators to develop materials that help NREL tell the stories of its important research and strategic partnerships.
The Communications Professional II position requires the ability to build and manage relationships with ease, and quickly learn and handle a variety of tasks, whether that’s scoping and managing a strategic communications project from beginning to end, coordinating branded merchandise, drafting a social media plan, managing a routine web update, or building a PowerPoint deck for a presentation. We are looking for a self-starter with good judgment and the ability to take initiative and often work autonomously.
The perfect candidate is a self-motivated individual who is familiar with traditional and digital communications strategies, including email marketing, demonstrates attention to detail and quality, and is comfortable interacting directly with research staff and management. Our team works in an agency-like setting, where you’ll help produce content through collaboration with business development professionals, technical minds, project managers, writers, editors, videographers, web specialists, and graphic designers.
Primary Job Functions
Project coordination: Create, track, and manage multiple projects to completion for a variety of multichannel outreach campaigns. Inform other team members on project status and collaborate on day-to-day problem-solving. Oversee and execute plans including organizing event materials and logistics, collaborating with designers to develop or update graphics, coordinating with experts on web content, and more.
Relationships: Build and maintain positive relationships with teams, peers, and clients. Find innovative solutions and act as a strategic partner.
- Professional II Communications Coordinator will serve as a communications representative—for two-to-three projects, programs, or offices—working closely with senior communicators.
Content: Develop and edit reports, email, web, PowerPoint presentations, and social media, and other program and outreach content following established standards and best practices and adhering to style guide(s). Coordinate with contributors to steward content and products through multiple reviews and approvals.
Internal Communications: Utilize internal communications methods and channels to help team and clients spread the word to NREL’s growing staff about various partnerships related information.
Events: Support event and manage logistics for communications products (booths, signage, handouts, etc.) needed for in-person (or virtual) events.
Your success will depend on your adaptability, flexibility, and willingness to learn; can-do attitude and collaborative work style; and the ability to react positively to rapidly changing circumstances. In addition to your resume, please include a cover letter describing why you are interested in this position and your specific qualifications related to communications project management.
The NREL Communications Office comprises communications experts in a variety of disciplines focused on raising awareness about the lab and DOE programs. This position resides in the Communications Office’s Corporate Communications Group, which includes the media team, employee communications, and events and visits team.
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Basic Qualifications
Relevant Bachelor's Degree and 2 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant Master's Degree or equivalent relevant education/experience. General knowledge and application of technical standards, principles, theories and techniques. Frequent application of industry concepts and principles. General knowledge of laws, regulations, principles, procedures and practices related to specific field. Skilled in problem solving, written and verbal communication. Ability to use various computer software programs.
* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Additional Required Qualifications
Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience professionally in communications
Experience working collaboratively and solving problems with teams and clients
Demonstrated experience with digital communications and application of marketing concepts and practices
Experience writing and/or editing stories and presenting scientific and technical content in plain language
Experience writing/editing web and/or social media content
Experience following corporate branding standards and building PowerPoint Presentations, following templates
Experience with project management and collaboration platforms, such as Microsoft Teams
Strong writing skills to communicate effectively through internal and external channels including email, web, social media, and outreach/educational materials
Experience coordinating and hosting virtual meetings
Ability to work under guidance to complete moderately complex communications assignments including research, writing, and editing for a variety of products
Adhere to budgets and schedules to meet deadlines for deadline-oriented projects
Ability to work on campus 2-3 days or more per week in a hybrid work arrangement.
Preferred Qualifications
Previous science-, energy-sector, government-, technology-, or research-related communications experience
Experience adhering to an in-house style guide, AP style, and/or Chicago style
Experience with project management and collaboration platforms, such as Microsoft Teams and ClickUp
Prior roles in a communication/public relations/advertising agency or similar corporate/organization department
Familiarity with renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, and/or other technical subject matter.
Familiarity with Salesforce platform
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Job Application Submission Window
The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Professional II / Annual Salary Range: $63,600 - $104,900
NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.
* Based on eligibility rules
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If you are offered employment at NREL, you must pass a pre-employment drug test prior to commencing employment. Unless prohibited by state or local law, the pre-employment drug test will include marijuana. If you test positive on the pre-employment drug test, your offer of employment may be withdrawn.
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