Third Sector New EnglandCommunications SpecialistUS-NY-New YorkJob ID:2026-2633Type:Fiscal Sponsorship Organizations# of Openings:1Category:Civil Rights, Social Action, and AdvocacyWorker’s Justice ProjectOverview

Workers Justice Project (WJP) (workersjustice.org) was founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that low-wage immigrant workers face in New York City by building collective power to win institutional change. WJP runs two long-standing workers centers in Brooklyn. We promote justice and opportunity for low-wage immigrant workers in New York City by pushing for systematic enforcement and expansion of workplace protections, which include labor and occupational health and safety standards while advocating for industry-specific efforts to improve working conditions. WJP also offers skills-building training to workers in health & safety and industry-specific areas, and we educate immigrant communities about their rights in the workplace and how to exercise those rights.

WJP is a fiscally sponsored project of TSNE (tsne.org).

Responsibilities

The Communications Specialist provides critical capacity and expertise to support strategic community engagement efforts to further the vision, mission, and values of WJP and its Divisions such as Los Deliveristas Unidos, Liberty Cleaners, and Construction Workers.

Fluency in both English and Spanish is required for this position. This role operates bilingually in practice and requires strong professional Spanish fluency. Spanish is central to how the organization communicates and builds power with worker communities. The Communications Specialist will regularly communicate in Spanish with workers, organizers, partner organizations, and Spanish-language media. Spanish-language communications shape how issues are framed, how workers understand their rights, and how the organization is held accountable to the communities it serves.

This position will be involved in all aspects of communications at the organization, including but not limited to press relations, website management, and management of social media platforms, electronic newsletters, and print materials.

In collaboration with the senior management team, this position will help develop and implement communication strategies that advance WJPs objectives, mission, and vision, and amplify the organizations message and campaigns.

Essential Functions

• Assist the Development and Communications Director with press and earned media relations, including responding to press inquiries, reporter questions and requests for follow-up materials with English- and Spanish-speaking media, as well as coordinating, scheduling, and organizing press interviews with WJP staff;
• Collaborate with WJPs divisions and programmatic teams to develop communications and press/social media strategies for their work;
• Provide staff development for WJP staff and stakeholders (e.g. members) to enhance their communications knowledge to develop and promote content for their unique audiences;
• Manage and create donor- and public-facing communications in English and Spanish, such as electronic newsletters, pitch decks, reports, and written and online appeals. Leverage data, results, and stories in communications;
• Plan, create, and post engaging content and graphics in English and Spanish for social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) to support policy and organizing campaigns;
• Collaborate with workers to document their stories through video, photography, and written formats, ensuring an authentic and ethical representation of their experiences;
• Attend internal WJP meetings and organizational events, protests, and interviews to capture real-time content and amplify the organizations work across digital channels;
• Work closely with workers, organizers, and campaign teams to identify storytelling opportunities;
• Manage photography for actions, events, and publications;
• Manage WJPs mailing list and develop bilingual content for print and digital media, including collateral materials such as newsletters, annual report, and event invitations, website design, social media, and email to support annual communications strategy with key audiences (donors, WJP members, employers of WJP Members volunteers, activists;
• Manage and create bilingual communications materials for supporters, allied, donors and stakeholders;
• Participate in the creation of media content in English and Spanish such as op-eds, talking points, briefing documents, background research, press releases, organizational statements, and media advisories;
• Develop bilingual social media content and work with the Director of Development and Communications on managing the social media outlets;
• Monitor messages from the community through social media accounts and properly reply and/or channel it to WJPs appropriate team or division;
• Track and report on community engagement metrics and co-create innovative ways to increase metrics in the various media outlets;

  Applications must be submitted through the official careers portal. Female candidates and candidates from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

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