Director of Communications, Educating Character Initiative

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Summary The Director of Communications provides essential communication, digital media, and creative support for the Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a grant-funded project working to catalyze a movement in character education at colleges and universities across the U.S. Since 2023, the ECI has built a community of character among over 2600 individuals and 850 organizations / institutions; awarded nearly $60 million in grants to our partners; hosted educational and community-building webinars, conferences, convenings and other events; and become a major team in its unit, the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, and a significant presence in character education around the world. This position is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive communications strategy to successfully drive continued engagement with the ECI Community, encourage connection between members, amplify our grantees’ work, oversee storytelling about the impact of our work, contribute to the design and dissemination of character-related resources and reports, and attract participants to apply for grants. The role requires a style that encourages community-building, excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences and stakeholders, and the interpersonal and organizational skills to collaborate with the Executive Director of the Educating Character Initiative and the Director of Collective Learning on a variety of projects. The Director of Communications may also support other communications activities of the Initiative and the Program for Leadership and Character on an as-needed basis. This is a grant-funded position supported by a multi-year grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to academic excellence in liberal arts, graduate, and professional education. Located in Winston-Salem, NC (“The City of Arts and Innovation”), the University has a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world, as indicated by the motto Pro Humanitate (for humanity), which encourages students to develop the qualities of human character needed to serve humanity. With the aim to educate the whole person, the University has established an innovative Program for Leadership and Character that plans creative programming and courses to help students develop the character needed to lead inclusively in an increasingly complex world. The Program is based on cutting-edge academic research on leadership and character, including research conducted by Wake Forest faculty in various fields who are leading experts on the study of character. For more on the Program, see https://leadershipandcharacter.wfu.edu/. Over the last few years, the Program for Leadership and Character has received major grants and gifts to develop leaders of character at Wake Forest and support other