BILINGUAL DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST

Job no: 233861-AS
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department: EXT/YFH/HLTH/NUTR/FOODWI
Location: Madison
Categories: Communications, Editing, Broadcasting, Media, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement, Food Science, Nutritional Science



Position Summary:

The Bilingual Digital Media Specialist is an integral part of the UW-Madison Division of Extension and the FoodWIse team and works alongside the people of Wisconsin to improve lives and communities. Extension serves the people and communities of Wisconsin by addressing local, statewide and national issues, improving lives through research-based education, fostering partnerships and action, and facilitating positive impacts.

This dynamic position will review, edit, and produce content for videos and online presence across different platforms; assist with overall planning for video development and production; support social media maintenance and expansion; keep current on digital trends, and engage in forward-thinking about upcoming content needs.

This position is a part of the Division of Extension Institute of Health and Well-Being and the FoodWIse Program. FoodWIse is a community-based nutrition program, funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) grants. FoodWIse seeks to empower individuals with limited incomes to make healthy choices to achieve healthy lives and reduce health disparities. The ideal candidate is adept at applying an equity lens towards transforming lives and communities. As such, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.

Position Duties:

List of Duties

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Degree and Area of Specialization:

- Bachelor's degree is preferred.
- A Bachelor's degree is not required for this position. Please refer to the "minimum years relevant work experience and/or credentials" section below for more information on position requirements.

Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:

- Position requires 2 years of applicable experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

Required:
- Bachelor's degree or 2 years of applicable experience
- Spanish speaking, writing and comprehension skills; knowledge and understanding of Hispanic/LatinX culture. Language skills will be evaluated.
- Work, volunteer or life experience with people or groups with limited income
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively using a variety of methods, including video filming and editing, and technologies including social media platforms
- Experience managing organizational social media sites
- Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and problem-solving skills in a team setting
- Ability to manage work responsibilities with flexibility and prioritizing workloads to meet deadlines
- Knowledge and skills to effectively interact with people from different cultural backgrounds, including those associated with race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and other aspects of human diversity

Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Volunteer or work experience related to nutrition education or health promotion
- Experience working effectively as a member of a work group or committee
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional work environments
- Demonstrated understanding of and ability to work cooperatively with Extension staff, other local and regional agencies and partnerships, and other community-based organizations

Additional Information:

- Starting salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
- The primary accountability relationship for this position is the Health Communications Outreach Specialist for supervision, compensation and benefits, and performance reviews
- Expectation to make arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions
- Work evenings or weekends as needed to meet programming needs

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Department(s):

A473631-EXTENSION/YFH/HLTH/NUTR/FOODWI

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $41,823 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Instructions to Applicants:

We are eager to learn more about how your experience and passion may align with this position. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all required qualifications in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications should share those too in the cover letter and/or resume. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to preliminary interviews.

We are committed to reducing bias in the recruitment process and utilize a redacted application process, which is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from application materials, before the screening of applicants begins. This may include, but is not limited to, name, gender, age, education, address, dates (such as graduation dates), photos, references, links to personal webpages, supervisor names, and/or citizenship.

Contact:

Kathryn Boryc Smock
kathryn.boryc@wisc.edu
608-890-3234
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )





Official Title:

MEDIA SPECIALIST(S76DN) or ASSOC MEDIA SPEC(S76FN)

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

233861-AS

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/ .

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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Applications Open: May 10 2021 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Jun 7 2021 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time