Job Details

Job Description

Position Title: CUREkids Coordinator
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Project Manager (operationally)
Communications Manager (functionally)
Supervises: None
Frequency of Travel: 2-3 weeks per year
Department: Projects

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The CUREkids Coordinator’s primary responsibilities involve the collection, authoring, and uploading of content and media to support the CUREkids program as well as other communications meant for use on the website, social media, and in print both for the MSC and in support of the local hospital’s marketing and donor support needs. The CUREkids Coordinator is essentially the eyes and ears of CURE, documenting the lives of those the organization serves and the people serving them.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. Capture before images and media for each child undergoing treatment at CURE Hospitals
2. In conjunction with the communications manager, select the highest priority stories and capture them during patient visits at CURE.
3. Effectively document compelling stories that communicate the overall experience of children who are undergoing treatment at a CURE hospital.
4. Provide quality content for the CUREkids program by creating CUREkids profiles and keeping all profile data updated with the most recent information.
5. Collaborate cross-departmentally at the local hospital for a variety of content regarding the child or child’s family that can be added in order to develop a holistic and robust story during their stay and updates for the future.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

SECONDARY DUTIES:
1. Complete regular check-ins with the Executive Director and/or Spiritual Director at the local hospital in order to assess the hospital’s internal communications, marketing, and/or donor support needs.
2. Communicate with the Manager of Communications through regular teleconferences and email.
3. Provide communications support to the MSC Advancement team through donor thank you videos.
4. Be an active participant in helping to host and represent CURE to individuals who visit the hospital.

OTHER DUTIES
Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the co-worker for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
1. A degree in Mass communication with a minimum of 1-2 years experience with photography, videography, and photojournalism.
2. Ability to communicate effectively in written English
3. Experience with Internet social media tools including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, blogs, and email.
4. Experience using, or exposure to, Adobe Lightroom or related software.
5. Experience using, or exposure to, Mac OS X.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
1. Passionate about the mission of CURE.
2. Love for children and their families.
3. Comfortable working in a medical setting.
4. Advanced photography and video competence regarding DSLR cameras, lighting, composition, editing, etc.
5. Excellent ability to write and communicate in short form for a Western audience.
6. Written and spoken fluency with the English language.

COMPETENCIES:
1. Attention to Detail: Able to be alert in a high-risk environment; follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation and data; carefully monitor processes; concentrate on routine work details, and organize and maintain a system of records.
2. Communication Skills: Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word; read and interpret complex information; listen well.
3. Flexibility: Able to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information; perform a wide variety of tasks and change focus quickly as demands change; manage transitions effectively from task to task; adapt to varying customer needs.
4. Initiative: Able to bring about great results from ordinary circumstances; prepare for problems or opportunities in advance; transform leads into productive outcomes; undertake additional responsibilities and respond to situations as they arise without supervision.
5. Innovative/Innovation: Challenge conventional practices; adapt established methods for new uses; pursue ongoing system improvement; work with concepts and ideas to create novel solutions to problems; evaluate new technology as potential solutions to existing problems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a co-worker encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The co-worker must perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a co-worker to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
The co-worker must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this position, the co-worker is required to:
Occasionally sit
Occasionally use fine finger dexterity
Frequently talk
Always hear
Frequently stand
Frequently walk
Frequently reach with hands and arms
Frequently climb
Frequently balance
Frequently stoop
Frequently kneel
Frequently crouch
Occasionally crawl