Communications & Policy Assistant
Hopelab
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $29 - $45 per hour
About the role
- Assist with drafting and editing blog posts, partner spotlights, and social media content under senior guidance; support the relaunch of the Instagram account and associated creative content.
- Track and analyze youth mental health legislation and regulations at both state and federal levels; provide research assistance for policy concepts and help create information briefs.
- Support team members in engaging with portfolio companies, partners, grantees, and young leaders; assist with outreach for collaborative content projects and manage follow-up communications.
- Support newsletter production, website updates, and special projects like research reports or fellowship announcements; maintain organized content archives and project files.
- Assist with logistics for partner convenings and policy events, including scheduling, travel coordination, note-taking, and record-keeping.
- Help maintain organized tracking systems for projects and partnerships; keep content calendars updated and monitor upcoming project deadlines.
- Present content related to our work through written and verbal professional communication outlets.
Requirements
- A combination of education, relevant work experience, and/or training resulting in demonstrated ability to successfully complete the job tasks
- Typically, a Bachelor’s degree with academic studies in a relevant field (communications, marketing, and/or public policy) is a plus
- Interest in learning about communications strategies and youth mental health and well-being policy.
- Experience with communications concepts and tactics.
- Strong project administration skills, including detailed tracking of project tasks, deliverables, and goals.
- Strong research skills and strong attention to detail.
- Experience and enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary environment and learning about approaches from other fields
- Experience and comfort in communicating with diverse audiences, verbally and in writing
- Experience building relationships and partnerships and communicating sensitively with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including young people
- Experience coordinating essential communication with external collaborators
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
blog writingcontent editingsocial media content creationresearch assistancepolicy analysisproject administrationcontent managementlogistics coordinationtracking systemscommunication strategies
Soft Skills
attention to detailinterpersonal communicationrelationship buildingcollaborationorganizational skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationadaptabilityteam supportstakeholder engagement