Social Media Specialist

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Do you enjoy storytelling and generating public interest for causes that make a difference? Come help make equal access to justice in our community a reality by assisting Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) with creating and sharing content and writing communications. Since 1989, ELAP has provided legal services for low income residents of the Eastside and survivors of domestic violence throughout King County. ELAP programs provide a variety of civil case services enabling equal access to justice including, one-on-one legal clinics, unbundled legal services, brief services and community education seminars.

Your role as the Content Developer & Social Media Specialist will be to generate compelling and interesting content through research, observation, and interviews with the goal of informing and engaging community members, organizations, businesses, donors, volunteers and the general public at large. Created content would be used for publishing electronically and/or print.

Duties:

• Interview and create profiles of clients and volunteers and/or ELAP events and milestones
• Generate human interest stories and informative articles for newsletter, blog, website and print usage

• Manage all daily social media activities, including posting daily on Facebook and Twitter; fostering follower engagement through conversation replies; and monitoring related activity to ensure compliance with relevant community standards.

• Analyze outcomes and strategize effective long term methods for reaching out via publications and communication vehicles of all types
• Report to Alex Comstock, ELAP Development Director

Hours:

This volunteer position requires a minimum of five to ten hours per week. We ask for a six month to one year commitment.

Qualifications:

• Commitment to ELAP’s mission in promoting equal access to justice
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
• Storytelling skills required
• Strong experience creating and updating social medial content that generates followers
• Ability to take initiative, work well independently and in collaboration with others
• Applicants with journalism experience encouraged to apply

Benefits:

This position is a great way to make a difference in your community by providing the public with an insight into client success stories, the various faces behind ELAP and informative material stressing the need to bring critical legal services to vulnerable populations, who may otherwise have no access. Statistics show that low-income individuals and families have, on average, at least one situation each year where they require legal advice. The need is great as ever to improve accessibility to the legal system for residents. With your help, we aim to make equal access to justice a reality. Serving as an ELAP volunteer is a terrific way to engage with your community while developing publishing design, communications and marketing skills.

Application Process:

To apply please submit a completed ELAP General Volunteer Application Form available on the ELAP website. Please be sure to indicate your schedule availability, length of commitment and what interests you in this position. We will contact you shortly to discuss your interest in this position. If you have any questions, please contact Ngoc Nguyen, ELAP Operations Director at ngoc@ELAP.org or at 425-620-2047. Thank you for your commitment to equal access to justice.