STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Requisition No: 851518 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 70035920 

Salary:  $64,890.28 Annual Rate 

Posting Closing Date: 05/08/2025 

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***OPEN COMPETITIVE ADVERTISEMENT***

This advertisement is for a SES (Selected Exempt Service) position located at Central Office in Public Affairs.

Salary: $64,890.28 Annual Rate

SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY.

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing internal and strategic communications of the Department's Office of Communications.
• Serves as a Regional Communications Coordinator (RCC) liaison regarding known digital media best practices, department branding, and emerging trends for all program areas, regions, institutions, and offices.
• Creates and disseminates the Department’s statewide in-house publications.
• Collect and process relevant information in the appropriate format, such as a press release, social media, web post, or other method of delivery.
• Format and edit documents, publications and presentations for program offices and department leadership.
• Staff press conference, media events, editorial boards, groundbreakings, ribbon-cuttings, bill-signings, public meetings, and media events.
• Establish an internal communications strategy in conjunction with the Department Director.
• Ensure Department initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders.
• Plan, edit and write content for a variety of internal communications mediums, such as a staff intranet, monthly deliverables, or regular email bulletin.
• Storyboard or translate ideas to the creative team.
• Deliver presentations at statewide events.
• Draft messages or scripts from leadership for presentations to employees in written or spoken form.
• Ensure internal communications messages are consistent across all mediums and for different areas of the Department.
• Ensure internal communication messages are consistent with external communication messages.
• Respond to feedback from staff and adjust communications content accordingly.
• Handle the internal communication response to crisis situations which affect organizational perception and reputation.
• Advise Executive Leadership team members of developments throughout the organization, either face to face or through regular written communication and perform other responsibilities as deemed appropriate.

BENEFITS:

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
• Tuition-Free college courses.
• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System:
  • Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan)
  • Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan)
  • Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop)
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Recently Retired? Beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; beginning with the 7th calendar month from the member's distribution date, there are no restrictions on working for an FRS employer. You will not be required to repay any prior distributions, and you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Four (4) or more years of communications or media experience. Postsecondary education may substitute on a year-for-year bases for the required experience.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks. If you are interested in this position and meet the above indicated qualification and have the desired education, knowledge, and experience, please submit a State of Florida Application and resume through the People First system. If you experience problems applying on-line, please call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.