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Mental Health Connect Communications Specialist
Vision: Faith communities with no mental health stigma.
Mission: As a collaborative of faith communities, Mental Health Connect (MHC) builds capacity by providing support and education to reduce sigma and improve access to mental health services.
Value: We believe mental health is health and everyone deserves health care—no exceptions. Each person is worthy of dignity, respect, and love. Working at the intersection of faith and mental health we value:
- Inclusion – Embracing a diversity of backgrounds, faiths, and spiritual beliefs.
- Collaboration – Working together to de-stigmatize mental illness.
- Hope – Seeing, hearing, supporting, and understanding.
- Support – Accompanying individuals navigating mental health services and resources.
MHC Description: MHC is unique because of the Mental Health Navigation warm line, Ambassador collaborative program, education events, and collaborative community-building. MHC is an interfaith collaborative that works to bring faith communities together, provide mental health education, and support for people looking for resources.
About the Role: The Communications Specialist will promote MHC services through digital and print avenues, newsletters, websites, social media, and events. Supporting the team in promoting mental health awareness and increasing access to services is key in this role. The MHC team engages with an array of partnering agencies to meet the needs of the Collaborative. MHC services are free of charge to the collaborative community.
Ways the Communications Specialist partners for success:
Reports to: MHC Executive Director
Hours: Part-time, flexible, 5-15 hours per week, mostly remote. Wage: $22-25/hour DOQ
- Attend biweekly staff meetings.
- Meet with the Executive Director biweekly to help strategize and move efforts forward.
- Develop and plan communication strategies and content; suggest strategies to engage readers and expand audiences through multiple platforms and formats; electronic newsletters, websites, social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), events, and digital/print materials.
- Create graphics, content, video, imagery, website links, etc. to promote MHC communication efforts.
- Website design, content, maintenance, and development.
- Create monthly electronic newsletters.
- Research, create, and schedule posts for social media platforms.
- Assist event teams and volunteers in coordination and promotion of events, as needed.
- Supportive of the mission, vision, and values of MHC and the diverse Collaborative of faith communities.
- Have genuine interest in supporting people with mental health concerns.
- Outstanding communication, written, verbal, and organizational skills with an editor’s eye.
- Creative with the initiative to think about the need and make suggestions.
- Experience with Squarespace, Mailchimp, Adobe, and Google products, etc.
- Must be able to work independently or with a small team of staff and volunteers.