Communications Manager

We are looking for a creative and passionate writer and marketing manager with first-hand experience managing a nationwide multifaceted organization. The Mission Communication Manager will help establish new ways to reach and engage our community, build brand awareness, create engagement opportunities, and oversee communications. The manager will help develop new channels to reach and engage our audience and bring to life brand and community narratives. They will write strategic marketing plans, work closely with creative teams, and develop content in the voice of the Felician Sisters.

The Felician Sisters of North America serve those in need, support refugees, provide education, fight injustice, care for the sick, share spiritual wisdom, defend the planet, advocate for peace, foster community and offer hope.

The Mission Communication Manager is a full-time, position that offers an exciting opportunity to work with a national faith-based non-profit organization that serves throughout North America. If you live in the greater Pittsburgh area, we offer a flexible workplace that allows for hybrid work. Staff can work 2-3 days per week from our office north of Pittsburgh in North Sewickley Township, PA, and remotely up to 3 days each week.

What you get:

• The opportunity to shape the future—yours and ours—at a well-established non-profit, faith-based organization with ministries across the US and Canada.

• An innovative role in which you will help create and publish marketing materials, our flagship magazine, The Felician, and media content for an organization that impacts and serves tens of thousands of individuals throughout North America.

• The chance to exhibit your writing and marketing skills across multiple channels and platforms.

• The opportunity to travel throughout North America to visit more than 40 ministries and empowering service-based programs.

• An environment that fosters continuous growth, and skill development, and where your team highly values both you and your contributions.

What we provide:

• Competitive salary and annual increase.

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, vision, and dental.

• 30 PTO (paid ti) days/calendar year including holidays and a buyout each year to cash in unused PTO.

• Retirement/403b plan with employer contributions.

• Free parking.

What you will be doing:

• Serve as lead writer for all publications and materials – writing across various genres, including feature and news writing.

• Create communication materials to foster awareness and interest in the Felician way of life through various communications, marketing strategies, and programming.

• Oversee special projects and lead communication efforts for the Felician Sisters of North America and Our Lady of Hope Province initiatives.

• Work as a part of the Office of Mission Advancement team to develop and distribute integrated marketing and institutional content across Felician Sisters of North America (FSNA) channels, focusing on print materials, media, and storytelling.

• Oversee and edit all written materials to provide consistency and the voice of the Felician Sisters of North America.

• Travel across the Province to interview Sisters, donors, and employees of our ministries for feature articles and stories in our print and digital publications.

• Implement strategies and tactics to engage the FSNA audience and build brand awareness.

• Use data, analytics, and best marketing practices to help inform our content strategy and ensure our materials resonate with our targeted audiences.

What we need from you:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, English, or journalism or equivalent required.

• Minimum of five (5) years of communications and media relations experience, preferably in a nonprofit setting.

• Manage time and budget effectively, including balancing multiple priorities to meet deadlines.

• Identify or implement systems and process improvements.

• Work both independently and as part of a team.

• Effectively interact with a variety of work styles.

• Excellent storytelling, copywriting, proofreading, and editing skills.

• Knowledge of the latest marketing trends and how to best leverage them for marketing programs as part of an overall business strategy.

• Think creatively, problem-solve, and drive towards resolution.

• Evaluate creative and marketing programs against strategy.

• Work in a changing environment with multiple projects while maintaining a positive attitude.

• Strong working knowledge of best practices for nonprofit communications and marketing.

• Creativity, proactivity, and willingness to constantly learn and grow.

Who we are:

The Felician Sisters are known for their joyfulness and for serving those in need. Founded in Poland in 1855, the Felician Sisters are Catholic sisters inspired by the spiritual ideals of their foundress, Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska, and Saints Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, and Felix of Cantalice. Arriving in North America in 1874 following Blessed Mary Angela’s directive “to serve where needed,” they helped to weave the social service system that exists today. Following God’s will and constantly evolving to meet the needs of the time, the Felician Sisters continue to grow and have founded or support more than 40 ministries throughout North America.

Join us to be part of something bigger – using your skills to make a difference in the lives of many. To learn more, visit us at feliciansistersna.org!

Felician Sisters of North America