Director, Policy & Communications

We need to output HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Sections present: - About Us (maybe "About Us" could map to "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a heading we can use for description of role. The posting includes "About Us" describing organization. Could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use "About the role" heading for the description of the role and organization? Probably we should put the description of the role under "About the role". The "About Us" text is about organization; we can include that under "About the role". Or we could treat "About Us" as part of role description. - Responsibilities: The posting includes "Scope of the Role" with subparts: Communications Strategy & Leadership (70%) and Policy Strategy & Analysis (30%). Also "What Success Looks Like". Those could be responsibilities. So we can put responsibilities under a

Responsibilities

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• items. - Requirements: The posting includes "Qualifications Experience" and "Skills and Competencies". Those could be qualifications and skills. So we need separate sections: Qualifications and Skills. - Benefits, Pay, Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should not include those sections. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details from About Us, Scope of Role (including sub-bullets), What Success Looks Like, Qualifications Experience, Skills and Competencies. We must not include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Director, Policy & Communications — New York". Good. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll structure:

  About the role

  ... (combined About Us and maybe role emphasis)

  Then

  Responsibilities

  • ... each bullet
  We need to break down responsibilities into items. From Scope of the Role: Communications Strategy & Leadership — Approximately 70%: - Campaign Communications and Narrative Strategy: Own and execute the communications strategy for E4E-New York’s advocacy and policy campaigns. - Develop campaign message architecture, narrative frameworks, communications plans, audience strategies, and editorial calendars tied to measurable campaign objectives. - Translate complex education policy and research into compelling, accessible narratives for educators, families, policymakers, media, and the public. - Ensure communications strategies are integrated into campaign planning from the beginning rather than added after advocacy strategies have been developed. - Identify opportunities to elevate educator stories and experiences as evidence supporting E4E-NY’s policy agenda. - Maintain consistency of message across earned media, digital communications, advocacy materials, public testimony, events, and executive communications. - Build rapid-response plans and messaging for major policy announcements, breaking education news, legislative developments, and other high-profile moments. - Media Relations and Public Affairs: Develop and maintain strong relationships with education reporters, editorial boards, columnists, producers, and other relevant media stakeholders. - Proactively identify opportunities to position E4E-New York and its educator members in public conversations about education. - Pitch educators, organizational leaders, research, campaign developments, and policy perspectives to media outlets. - Write and oversee press releases, media advisories, statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, talking points, briefing documents, and other external communications. - Prepare the Executive Director, staff, and educator leaders for media interviews and other public-facing opportunities. - Build and maintain a diverse bench of educator spokespeople who can effectively communicate E4E’s campaign priorities. - Monitor education media coverage and advise chapter leadership on emerging narratives, reputational issues, opportunities, and risks. - Serve as a senior communications advisor to the Executive Director during high-profile or sensitive moments. - Digital, Content, and Executive Communications: Lead the chapter’s content strategy across email, social media, web, newsletters, advocacy communications, and other digital channels. - Partner with national digital and communications teams to ensure New York priorities and educator voices are represented in organizational communications. - Develop content that moves audiences beyond awareness toward meaningful engagement and action. - Draft and edit communications on behalf of the Executive Director, including public statements, speeches, presentations, talking points, opinion pieces, and stakeholder communications. - Establish and maintain a chapter-wide editorial and communications calendar aligned with campaign milestones. - Use audience and performance data to evaluate communications effectiveness and improve future strategies. - Ensure public-facing materials meet high standards for accuracy, clarity, accessibility, message discipline, and brand consistency. - Communications Capacity Building: Coach organizers, policy staff, and educator leaders on messaging, storytelling, public speaking, and media engagement. - Develop communications templates, protocols, processes, and tools that allow the chapter to move quickly while maintaining quality. - Establish clear review and approval processes for external communications. - Partner with organizing staff to ensure communications authentically reflect educator experiences rather than simply speaking on behalf of educators. Policy Strategy & Analysis — Approximately 30%: - Policy Development and Analysis: Serve as a policy thought partner to the Executive Director and chapter leadership team on New York City and New York State education issues. - Monitor significant education policy, legislative, regulatory, budget, and implementation developments related to E4E-New York’s advocacy priorities. - Analyze proposed policies and legislation and clearly articulate their potential implications for educators and students. - Conduct and synthesize research to inform chapter policy positions, advocacy strategies, and communications. - Develop policy memos, issue briefs, fact sheets, talking points, policy summaries, and other materials that translate technical issues into actionable information. - Work with national policy staff and external experts to ensure chapter policy positions are research-informed and substantively sound. - Maintain sufficient depth across E4E’s advocacy agenda to respond quickly to emerging policy developments. - Policy Communications and Public Affairs: Translate E4E-New York’s policy priorities into clear public messages without sacrificing policy accuracy or nuance. - Draft or support the development of legislative testimony, public comments, coalition letters, hearing materials, policy presentations, and executive remarks. - Prepare the Executive Director, educator advocates, and other organizational representatives for meetings, hearings, panels, and public events. - Partner with campaign and organizing teams to identify the evidence, educator experiences, and policy arguments most likely to advance campaign objectives. - Support conversations with policymakers, coalition partners, researchers, advocates, and other external stakeholders when policy expertise is required. What Success Looks Like: - E4E-NY has a clear and recognizable public narrative around its priority campaigns - Communications are consistently connected to campaign goals rather than measured solely by the volume of coverage or content produced. - Educator voices are regularly and authentically represented in media, digital communications, testimony, and public events. - E4E-NY is a reliable resource for reporters and stakeholders seeking educator perspectives on major New York education issues. - The Executive Director and educator spokespeople are well prepared for public-facing opportunities. - Campaign teams have clear message architecture and communications plans tied to major advocacy milestones. - Complex policy proposals can be quickly translated into accurate, understandable public communications. - Communications performance is assessed through defined indicators such as earned media quality, message penetration, educator spokesperson engagement, audience growth and engagement, supporter action, and campaign conversion. We can combine these into responsibility bullets. Now Qualifications Experience: - Approximately 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in communications, public affairs, advocacy, journalism, policy communications, political communications, nonprofit communications, education policy, or a related field. - Significant experience developing and executing communications strategies tied to advocacy, policy, organizing, or systems-change goals. - Demonstrated success securing earned media and building productive relationships with reporters and other media stakeholders. - Exceptional writing and editing skills, including experience producing op-eds, press materials, speeches, talking points, digital content, and executive communications. - Experience translating complex policy or technical information into clear and compelling communications for nontechnical audiences. - Working knowledge of public policy analysis and the legislative or regulatory process. - Experience working in education policy, K–12 education, government, advocacy, organizing, or another relevant policy environment strongly preferred. - Experience advising senior executives or organizational leaders on communications strategy strongly preferred. - Familiarity with the New York City and New York State education environment preferred. Skills and Competencies: - Strategic communications judgment: Knows not only how to write a message, but when, where, how, and through whom it should be delivered. - Exceptional writing: Can move comfortably between a policy memo, reporter pitch, op-ed, social post, executive talking points, and educator story without losing authenticity. - Policy fluency: Can quickly understand complex policy questions, identify what matters, and translate them accurately for different audiences. - Narrative strategy: Understands how communications can shape public understanding and advance advocacy objectives. - Media sophistication: Understands earned media strategy, news cycles, reporter relationships, spokesperson preparation, and rapid response. - Political and organizational judgment: Can operate effectively in complex, fast-moving environments while protecting organizational credibility. - Collaboration: Works effectively across organizing, policy, communications, development, and executive leadership functions. - Project management (cut off? The text ends abruptly: "Project ma". Likely "Project management". We'll include as "Project management: ..." but we only have partial. We should not invent. The text ends: "Project ma". That's incomplete. We should not include incomplete info? We must preserve ALL substantive information; but the snippet is truncated. We could include "Project management" as is? It's ambiguous. Safer to omit the incomplete line. We'll stop before that. Thus Skills and Competencies list includes the items above. Now About the role paragraph: combine About Us and role emphasis. About Us paragraph: "Our nation’s education system is leaving millions of students—including an overwhelming number of students of color and low-income students—unprepared for college, career, and life. Research shows that classroom teachers are the single most important in-school factor in improving student achievement, and we believe a truly thriving teaching profession requires educator voice and leadership. We work to build durable teacher power, especially with those who have been historically excluded from decision-making, to shape the systems and policies that define education. Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence is a growing movement of nearly 40,000 educators working together to build a high-quality, diverse teaching profession with the resources and conditions necessary to help every student thrive. Together, we research and develop educator-informed solutions, build teacher power, and advocate for policy change at the district, state, and national levels." Then maybe add role emphasis: "Role Emphasis: 70% Communications / 30% Policy". Could be included. We'll put that in the About the role paragraph. Now produce HTML. We need to use

  for each section heading. Use

  for prose. Use

  • for lists. We'll have:

    About the role

    ...

    Responsibilities

    • ... each bullet

    Qualifications

    • ... each bullet

    Skills

    • ... each bullet
    We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Now ensure we don't repeat any heading with empty content. Now craft the HTML. We need to escape any HTML special characters like &, <, >. The text includes ampersands, etc. We'll keep them as is; they are okay in HTML content. We'll produce:

    About the role