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Crown UEI Senior Leadership
About the Department
As one of the first schools of social work in the United States, the
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice has shaped the
field for more than 100 years. As part of the University of Chicago, the
Crown Family School shares the University\'s core values and distinctive
intellectual culture. Crown Family School faculty, staff and students
focus on identifying solutions to complex problems through the
integration of research, training, and direct community engagement.
Guided by an interdisciplinary tradition, Crown Family School scholars
conduct innovative research to address interconnected social challenges
such as educational inequality, health disparities, crime and violence,
poverty, and child and family welfare-working at multiple scales, from
individual to policy-level interventions.
More than 8,000 Crown Family School graduates in the US and globally
hold leadership positions in academia, at nonprofits, and at
governmental agencies. The Crown Family School is the home of several
academic centers. These include the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for
Global Health and Social Development, the Urban Education Institute
(UEI), the Center for Health Administration Studies, the Smart
Decarceration Project, and the Employment Instability, Family
Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet). More information may be
found at https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/.
The University of Chicago Crown Family School is the academic home to
the Urban Education Institute (UEI), an internationally and nationally
renowned institute addressing educational inequality in urban
communities by conducting rigorous research, informing evidence-based
policies, and implementing innovative practices to promote educational
equity and excellence. At the heart of UEI\'s mission is a commitment to
using rigorous research evidence and authentic community engagement to
transform and promote best practices and policies in education. We
approach this work through an equity lens, ensuring that all components
of our research and partnerships are interconnected and focused on
addressing systemic inequities. These principles guide all our projects
and partnerships, creating cohesive and impactful initiatives.
Job Summary
Reporting to the UEI Senior Executive Director, this seasoned
communications professional will develop and implement a high-impact
communications strategy in support of the Urban Education Institute
(UEI)\'s mission. This role will assist the Faculty Director and Senior
Executive Director with conceptualizing and communicating a compelling
strategic vision that encapsulates UEI\'s objectives and conveys the
synergies among UEI\'s five units, the Consortium on School Research,
the Network for College Success, the To&Through Project, the University
Teacher Education Program, and UChicago IMPACT.
The UEI Communications Lead is responsible for clearly and effectively
presenting the key themes, findings, and impact of UEI\'s work to
external stakeholders across the full spectrum of communications
channels and events. Working closely with the UEI leadership team and
across all teams within the Institute, the UEI Communications Lead will
craft stakeholder engagement events, media pitches, impact statements,
newsletters, annual reports, and messaging to engage key audiences and
translate the impact of UEI\'s research and work with communities and
practitioners to a broad set of stakeholders. The UEI Communications
Lead will collaborate with and support UEI researchers and practitioners
as they engage with and present to local, state and national education
leaders, community partners, schools, school districts, non-profits,
media, and funders. The Communications Lead will maintain strong working
relationships with UEI unit leadership and individual researchers to
remain abreast of research initiatives and coordinate communications
activities across all functions.
The UEI Communications Lead will collaborate across UEI teams, some of
whom have their own dedicated communications staff. Together with these
content specialists, the Communication Lead will help to produce a
variety of news stories, press releases, announcements, newsletters, and
web content to promote education research and advance the communications
and fundraising goals of UEI. The Communications Lead will also work
closely with the Crown Family School Communications and Marketing team,
to ensure cohesiveness and consistency in communications messaging and
presentation. The Communications Lead will have a dotted line reporting
relationship to the Associate Dean of Marketing and Communications and
will align goals and objectives with the Crown\'s School\'s broader
communications objectives.
The successful candidate must be able to perform a wide range of
communications duties, including developing overall communications
strategies across multiple channels, writing and editing content;
drafting mass communications to external stakeholders; designing and
planning events; managing projects for communications campaigns;
maintaining email lists and distributing communications; writing and
managing social media posts; and performing website
