The Chesapeake Bay Foundation seeks a VP of Communications to be based at the Philip Merrill Environmental Center located in Annapolis, Maryland.
The Vice President of Communications serves on the Executive Management Team and partners with other senior staff on enterprise-wide management. In addition to shared resource allocation and strategic planning duties, the VP of Communications leads a 16-member staff in three states. The Vice President is responsible for developing and executing CBF’s marketing, public relations, and integrated communications plans and strategies relative to the strategic direction and positioning of the organization and its leadership. Responsibilities also include managing all aspects of public opinion research (both policy support and messaging); developing and disseminating research-based, understandable messaging; marketing CBF’s policy, education, and litigation agendas; educating and engaging strategic public audiences; expanding and diversifying CBF audiences and membership; writing, designing, and disseminating issue- and organization-based reports and other publications; and mobilizing its support for priorities, including advocacy and member-development objectives.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the largest regional non-profit conservation organization working solely to restore the Bay. Established in 1967, CBF has a staff of approximately 185 employees working in offices in Annapolis Maryland; Richmond and VA Beach, Virginia; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C., and in 15 field education program locations. Our staff and volunteer corps work throughout the region educating students and adults, advocating for clean water polices, restoring waterways, and litigating when necessary.
CBF’s headquarters office in Annapolis, MD is the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, the world’s first U.S. Green Build Council’s LEED platinum building. In 2014, CBF opened The Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, VA. The Brock Center is one of the most energy efficient, environmentally smart buildings in the world.
CBF has an annual budget of approximately $21 million and is supported by more than 200,000 members and e-subscribers.
Benefits: CBF offers a comprehensive benefits package to include: 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, health, vision, dental, life insurance, and a tax deferred annuity plan. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Apply by: April 11, 2017