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Boston College is a leading national Jesuit, Catholic university, enrolling 9,000 undergraduates and close to 5,000 graduate and professional students. Located six miles from downtown Boston, the University has approximately 680 full-time faculty and 2,300 full-time employees, an operating budget of $767 million, and an endowment of $1.5 billion.

Department: 057481 - Center Retirement Research
Position: 00010539 - Communications Specialist
Grade or Band: 2ND

Communications Specialist

The Communications Specialist will play a key role in several aspects of the Center's core public relations activities, including producing 50 or more publications (including our bi-weekly Issues in Brief); designing and creating PowerPoint presentations for the Center's Director; overseeing day-to-day website maintenance; coordinating and producing a key quarterly report for the Center's largest funder; responding to queries from the general public; assisting with event and conference planning; and supervising the activities of student assistants. All of these activities, particularly the publications and presentations, are critical to the Center's goal of achieving recognition as the nation's premier research institution devoted to retirement income issues.

(1) Exceptional ability to manage deadlines.
(2) Exceptional interpersonal and oral communication skills.
(3) Exceptional attention to detail.
(4) Flexibility in juggling multiple assignments and shifting priorities quickly.
(5) Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access).
(6) Strong working knowledge of desktop publishing.
(7) Quark, PowerPoint, Adobe Indesign, Joomla and Dreamweaver (and/or .html) is
required
(9) Interest in public relations, communications, and/or public policy is desirable.
(10) Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

*Bachelor's degree preferred
*Past experience in communications, public relations or marketing is required.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Regular/Temporary: Temporary

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