Requisition No: 849993
Agency: Department of Corrections
Working Title: FDC-MEDIA RELATIONS COORDINATOR-70004052-CENTRAL OFFICE
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 70004052
Salary: $59,482.80 Annual Rate
Posting Closing Date: 04/16/2025
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Media Relations Coordinator – 70004052
This advertisement is for a Career Service position located at Central Office in the Office of Communications.
Salary: $59,482.80 Annual Rate
SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
This position serves as Deputy Press Secretary on the FDC Communications Team.
- Serve as the lead for social media - to include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and any other emerging platforms. Manage and create content, monitor correspondence and utilize as a tool for recruitment.
- Respond to questions regarding inmates, institutions, probationers, and statistical research in corrections field from national, international and statewide media, the general public and other state agencies.
- Create, edit and disseminate the Department’s statewide employee e-newsletter; assist with the annual report or other in-house publications; assists with writing, laying out and production of said publications, including newsletter, brochures, fact sheets, slide shows, videos and other projects as needed.
- Assists in advising institutional personnel about the Department’s media relations policies and procedures through daily contact with the institutions, probation and parole offices, and other FDC facilities concerning media requests and visits.
- Monitor and distribute department news clips.
- Answer the public affairs press line and respond to calls from media and citizens.
- Write and distribute press releases and media advisories as assigned.
- Assist with agency recruitment efforts, to include creative content and marketing job fairs.
- Provide staff support to agency leadership at events.
- Researches and analyzes statutes, correctional policies, best practices, trends and other information.
- Assists in coordinating with subject matter experts to research issues and prepare appropriate responses/recommendations for communication initiatives. Responds to questions regarding inmates, institutions, probationers, and statistical research in corrections field from national, international and statewide media, the general public and other state agencies.
- Coordinates news media and media witnesses in the event of an execution by contacting the Florida Association of Broadcasters (FAB) and the Florida Press Association (FPA) when a death warrant is signed; act as liaison between the FAB and FPA and Florida State Prison as media witnesses and circumstances of the execution change; provides non-witness news media with relevant information as the execution process progresses.
- Arranges interviews between reporters and inmates by contacting the designated institution to determine approval or disapproval from the inmates, reviewing the reporter’s credentials and determining when and how the interview will take place.
- Assists in developing and distributing standardized departmental policy related to the operation of the Public Affairs Office to DC personnel regarding media relations, requests and visitors.
- Advises and visits regional and local facilities for the purpose of developing localized information and media relations programs and strategies.
Benefits - Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
- Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
- Tuition-Free college courses.
- Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System:
- Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan)
- Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan)
- Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop)
- Deferred Compensation
- Recently Retired? Beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; beginning with the 7th calendar month from the member's distribution date, there are no restrictions on working for an FRS employer. You will not be required to repay any prior distributions, and you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.
Required Qualifications
- Four (4) or more years of news reporting, public relations, public information, advertising, marketing, mass communications or journalism experience. Postsecondary education may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks. If you are interested in this position and meet the above indicated qualification and have the desired education, knowledge, and experience, please submit a State of Florida Application and resume through the People First system. If you experience problems applying on-line, please call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
