This is a full-time position located at the
Office of Cultural Development/CODOFIL in Lafayette, LA.About this position:**APPLICANTS MUST BE FLUENT IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH**
Communication - 70%Public Relation/Media
-Works with the Office of the Lieutenant Gov. (OLG) and Dept. of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism (DCRT) communications team to ensure public information standards are met.
-Works with the OLG and DCRT communications team to respond to social media inquiries.
-Develops and implements public programs for both ongoing and new programs. this includes preparation of news releases, fact sheets, media advisors, brochures, posters, news conferences, articles, PSAs, audio-visual programs, and/or billboards.
-Conceptualizes and implements strategic campaigns to raise awareness of CODOFIL's mission and the Louisiana French language movement in the media and public in coordination wit the OLG and DCRT communications teams.
-Develops and maintains media contacts for both English and French media, locally and internationally. Contacts media representatives regarding special agency activities.
-Interacts with top agency staff, news media, public officials including legislators, federal, and international agencies and organizations on public relations issues within the agency.
-Identifies potential public relations problems and advises agency officials of appropriate preventative actions.
-Guides Office of Cultural Development programmatic staff in technical aspects of external communications for special projects overlapping with CODOFIL's mission.
-Other tasks as assigned by the director.
Website/Social Media
-Develops and implements agency webpage policy.
-Assists with updates to CODOFIL website.
-Maintains the CODOFIL social media pages-Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, etc.)
-Serves as CODOFIL's social media manager, enforces internal social media policy, creates and posts content, updates accounts, monitors comments, and provides engagement statistics.
-Conceptualizes, writes, and distributes a monthly online bilingual (French-English) newsletter.
-Builds relationships with the states diverse francophone and creolophone communities.
-Assures the visibility of francophone/creolophone projects and people in the community and media.
Program Management - 10%-Works with Agency Administrators and Section Heads in ongoing promotions designed to enhance agency image.
-Coordinates special project activity performed by private contractors to ensure quality of product and on-time/on-budget delivery,
-Drafts, edits, and designs graphic content for the office and sister agencies.
Administration and Management - 10%-Assist in the organization of international accords ratification.
-General management of the office.
Clerical Assistance - 10%-Helps and assists the director and serve as liaison.
-Maintains files in order.
-Manages the mail, answer the telephone, and respond directly to the public and to partners.
-Other tasks as needed by or assigned by the director.
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSESS THE FOLOWING COMPETENCIES:Competency #1: Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Competency #2: Driving Vision and Purpose: The ability to consistently communicate a compelling picture of the vision and purpose of the organization.
Competency #3: Managing Projects: The ability to initiate, plan, execute, manage, and close-out all project goals within the established timeline.
This position is in a Career Progression Group to a
Public Information Officer 3. As part of a Career Progression Group,
vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Public Information Officer 2 or 3 based on the qualifications of the selected applicant. Please refer to the "Class Specifications" page by clicking
here,for specific information of salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.* The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.
Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities. For further information about this vacancy contact:Pacee WallaceDepartment of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism1051 N. 3rd Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802Phone: 225-342-8202pwallace@crt.la.govMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus one year of professional level experience in marketing, public relations, library science, and/or the research, written preparation and dissemination of information to the public or on behalf of an organization to its customers through such medium as publications, broadcasting, Internet web pages, social media, or public speaking.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Experience in marketing, public relations, library science, and/or the research, written preparation and dissemination of information to the public or on behalf of an organization to its customers through such medium as publications, broadcasting, Internet web pages, social media, or public speaking will substitute for the required degree on the basis of one year of experience for thirty semester hours of college.
A baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in English, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting, library science, public relations, or a combination of the above courses to total twenty-four semester hours will substitute for the one year of required experience.
Graduate training which included a combination of eighteen semester hours per thirty in English, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting, public relations or library science will substitute for the one year of required experience.
A master's degree in English, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting, public relations or library science will substitute for the one year of required experience.
A baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in English, French, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting, or public relations, or a combination of the above courses to total twenty- four semester hours will substitute for the one year of required experience.
Graduate hours which included a combination of eighteen semester hours per thirty in English, French, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting or public relations will substitute for the one year of required experience.
A master's degree in English, French, speech, journalism, marketing, mass communications, broadcasting or public relations will substitute for the one year of required experience.
NOTE:
Specialized college credit will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
NOTE:
Graphic design, graphic art and technical jobs in radio/TV production will not be considered as qualifying. Some examples of technical radio/TV production jobs include but are not limited to TV camera operators, directors, production technicians, sound technicians, or video technicians. In addition, retail sales is not qualifying under marketing.
Function of Work:
To gather and disseminate information on departmental programs, inform media of departmental program activities and persuade them to report on those activities and develop and implement ongoing public relations programs for the agency or office.
Level of Work:
Experienced.
Supervision Received:
General from a Public Information Director or other higher level personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Public Information Officer 1 by the presence of independent and persuasive responsibility for public information/relations initiatives.
Differs from Public Information Officer 3 by the absence of responsibility for having as the principal assignment more complex duties such as program development of new public relations programs, developing and implementing crisis management plans, training media liaisons, and/or serving as a departmental web or electronic commerce administrator.May serve as lower level webmaster for the office or agency.
Responds to electronic media inquiries for the office or agency.
Initiates, develops and maintains media contacts for disseminating information.
Persuades the media to report or not to report on agency programs.
Researches and develops public relations program components such as scripts, news releases, speeches, brochures, publications, fact sheets, billboards, and posters.
Plans and coordinates agency seminars and special events. Assists with program selection, schedules speaker, selects sites, designs and distributes invitations and arranges equipment.
Gathers, prepares and distributes information about a department, agency, or office to the media and directly to the public.
Assists in developing and implementing public relations programs for the agency or office.
Contacts media representatives to inform them of special agency events.
Develops audio-visual presentations.
Interacts with top level departmental staff for the purpose of gathering and disseminating information on departmental programs.
Researches materials for and writes speeches on selected topics for agency executives.
Coordinates publicity for agency events. Sets up displays, gives tours, and audio-visual presentations.