Senior Vice President, Communications

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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👔 Vice President

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Armed Services YMCA National Headquarters

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1861

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Logistics • Non-profit

Armed Services YMCA National Headquarters is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting military members and their families. The organization offers a variety of programs and services aimed at enhancing the lives of military personnel in spirit, mind, and body, addressing the unique challenges of military life. Key initiatives include child development and camp programs, emergency food assistance, and holiday support for families. The ASYMCA works closely with military installations to provide support and resources, focusing particularly on single or married junior enlisted personnel and their families. Its mission is to ensure no military family is left behind by fostering access to essential resources, relationships, and opportunities.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute comprehensive internal and external communications strategies aligned with organizational priorities, growth objectives, and mission advancement • Advise the CDMO, CEO, and leadership team on organizational communications, public relations, reputation management, and stakeholder engagement • Establish messaging frameworks and communications standards across National Headquarters and branches • Integrate communications with fundraising, corporate partnerships, marketing, and audience engagement strategies • Establish measurable goals, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to evaluate communications effectiveness • Build and lead an enterprise-wide internal communications strategy connecting National Headquarters and branches • Coordinate communications needs and priorities across Human Resources, operations, finance, programs, Development, Marketing, and branch leadership • Translate strategic decisions, organizational initiatives, and operational changes into clear employee communications • Develop executive updates, town halls, manager resources, and other employee communications • Support employee engagement, organizational culture, change communications, and two-way feedback • Lead external communications and media relations strategies to elevate national visibility and reputation • Build relationships with media outlets, industry influencers, community leaders, and strategic partners • Develop messaging and content for initiatives, campaigns, events, impact stories, and public engagement • Serve as organizational spokesperson when appropriate and support designated spokespersons • Lead the organization-wide crisis communications plan, response protocols, approval processes, and escalation procedures • Advise leadership on sensitive issues, reputational risks, and crisis communications strategy • Develop holding statements, talking points, media responses, stakeholder communications, and employee guidance • Conduct crisis preparedness exercises and post-incident reviews • Review and provide strategic and editorial guidance on executive communications, speeches, presentations, written messages, and thought leadership content • Support Board communications and stakeholder engagement initiatives • Prepare executives for public appearances, interviews, conferences, and media opportunities • Collaborate with Development on fundraising campaigns, donor stewardship, major gifts, annual giving, sponsorships, partnerships, and revenue-generating initiatives • Develop impact stories and donor communications demonstrating mission outcomes • Partner with program and branch leaders to communicate ASYMCA’s impact on military families

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field and at least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in communications, public relations, or related disciplines; or an equivalent combination of education and experience • Minimum of seven years leading teams and managing complex organizational communications strategies, including budget management, staff leadership, and vendor oversight • Demonstrated success building or significantly strengthening internal communications within a geographically dispersed or multi-site organization • Experience translating organizational strategy, complex change, and executive decisions into communications that improve employee understanding, engagement, and alignment • Demonstrated success developing and executing external communications, public relations, and media relations programs • Experience serving as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and boards • Proven experience leading crisis communications and reputation management, including coordinated response across social media • Ability to collaborate with executive peers, influence across functions, build trust across leadership levels and locations, and communicate with exceptional writing, editing, presentation, and verbal skills • Preferred experience within a national nonprofit organization, association, military service organization, foundation, healthcare organization, or other mission-driven enterprise • Preferred experience working in an organization with a National Headquarters and branch or affiliate structure • Preferred experience supporting corporate partnerships, fundraising, donor engagement, advocacy, membership, or public policy initiatives • Familiarity with employee communications platforms, digital publishing tools, social media monitoring, and communications analytics • Military spouses, veterans and military affiliated job seekers encouraged to apply

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a passionate team driven to fulfill the organization’s mission • Culture of caring and focus on working together • Equal employment opportunity and discrimination-free workplace • Military spouse, veteran, and military-affiliated-friendly organization

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