Program Coordinator II

Program Coordinator II

BC forward is currently seeking an initiative to take Program Coordinator II for Remote Location.

Position Title: Program Coordinator II

Location: Remote _California

Anticipated Start Date: 3/17/2025

Please note this is the target date and it is subject to change. BC forward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $40/hr. to Max $45/HR W2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Summary:

Client is looking for a media analyst to join our Communications Measurement team to analyze the impact of our comms work across traditional press as well as social media and our owned channels. The analyst should have solid numeric and quantitative analysis skills. Fluent knowledge of both English & Spanish is preferred.

The analyst will be responsible for monitoring news cycles, providing qualitative analyses as well as quantitative data insights for Client's most pressing issues. Additionally, this role will sit at the heart of Client's global effort to quantify the impact of the work of its communications team for all reactive as well as proactive activity, establish strategic KPIs and identify leanings from evaluating media activity.

The ideal candidate will excel at working collaboratively with colleagues all over the world (our working language is English) and can consistently deliver high-quality work even under severe time constraints. Candidates should be strong communicators. Attention to detail, ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment, strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills as well as organizational skills are critical.

Overall, you will play a key role in analyzing the true impact of major news stories about the company. In turn, you'll be feeding into important strategic decisions by Client's global Communications and Public Affairs leadership team.

This role is ideal for someone who has experience in a journalistic and/or communications career, in academic research, at a think tank, or after working for a media agency, media analysis firm, or media measurement platform. By analyzing Client's media activity, you will gain a thorough understanding of how to define the impact of proactive and reactive media cycles at a very large scale around the world. This knowledge will be the ideal basis for a further career in the communications team of Client or in some of the world's largest organizations in the public eye.

Responsibilities

Read, analyze, and summarize media coverage of important Client issues

Inform the wider team on news cycles and policy issues domestically and internationally, and put them into their local context

Create reports with media insights (including visualization) to assess the impact of different news cycles and inform future strategy

Support the communications team in developing meaningful success metrics for its campaigns and initiatives across traditional (news) media outlets as well as owned, paid-for and earned social media activity

Minimum Qualifications

2+ years of experience in a media analysis, research, journalistic, communications or related role, or working for a media agency, media analysis firm, a media measurement platform or think tank

Experience owning multiple deliverables and working in a deadline driven environment

Experience in handling data sets and visualizing data a plus

Experience drafting messaging materials; writing news summaries is a plus

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Broadcast, Political Science, Marketing, Economics, Statistics or related field

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Spanish a very strong plus

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 234678 when responding to this ad.

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