Operations & Communications Associate

About LARC:

Los Angeles Reporting Collective (LARC) is a small but growing nonprofit project that supports emerging reporters, builds community and creates accessible programs for journalists and civic media makers in Los Angeles. We run a reporting fellowship, collaborative events, workshops and other initiatives focused on local journalism in Southern California.

Role Overview:

LARC is looking for someone to support our senior staff, help drive LARC’s communications, collaborate with our partners and help keep our projects moving forward. We’re a three-person team looking for someone who’s excited to work hand-in-hand with our staff. The person who’ll do best here is highly organized and eager to learn new things.

The role is a 12-month position (with the possibility of continuing beyond that period).

This role sits at the intersection of operations and communications, with time divided evenly between the two. Some days you’ll be helping move projects forward behind the scenes. Others, you’ll be focused on how LARC shows up publicly.

On the operations side: you’ll support our team in building and maintaining LARC’s relationships with our partners (local news outlets, funders, community organizations) and the people we serve (journalists, creators, nonfiction storytellers). Through this work, you’ll support collaborations and help turn relationships and ideas into actual programs, especially around LARC’s live events. A big part of this role is helping with the day-to-day operations work that moves projects forward. That means taking good notes in meetings, keeping track of where projects stand, doing background research and drafting emails and project proposals.

On the communications side: we’re looking for someone who gets excited about leading creative, engaging messaging. That might mean turning a live educational event into a short video, creating a fun profile of one of our grantees or adapting a piece of reporting we supported into a carousel. Through comms projects, you’ll help local journalists get useful resources and information. This is an area where we want to empower the person in this role to exercise leadership skills as time goes on.

Qualifications

• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience (ideally in communications or project management)
• Direct professional experience managing social media and creating digital content
• Strong writing skills, including comfort drafting external emails and partner communications
• Strong organizational skills and consistent follow-through
• Basic fluency with graphic design and short-form video editing software (our org primarily works in Adobe and/or Canva, but neither is mandated)
• Familiarity working across common communications and organizational platforms (Google Suite, CRM/project management software, social media drafting platforms, etc.)
• Familiarity with the Los Angeles journalism, media or nonprofit landscape is a plus

Key Responsibilities

Operations & Team Support (40%)

• Support the Associate Director and Strategic Advisor on ongoing projects and internal organization
• Keep project trackers and shared systems current
• Keep partner and community records current in LARC’s CRM
• Help senior staff with outreach, follow-up and project development
• Take on delegated administrative work across projects (note-taking, calendar, research, meeting prep)
• Share communication across the org on assignments coming out of staff meetings

External Communications (35%)

• Own LARC’s day-to-day social media and keep our public presence active between major events
• Create graphics and other public-facing communications
• Keep LARC’s public-facing platforms up to date (website, newsletter, social accounts)
• Draft external emails and other communications to partners, participants and the broader LARC community

Event Support (20%)

• Track registration and attendee communication before and after LARC events
• Coordinate with speakers and partners on scheduling and other event needs
• Help prepare materials and communications for each event

Program Administration (5%)

• Handle routine communication with grantees and fellows participating in LARC programs
• Coordinate scheduling for fellowship, grant and mentorship activities
• Keep program records organized and up to date

Compensation

• Commensurate with experience: anticipated hourly rate of $28–35 per hour
• Eligible for 401(k) plan after six months
• Optional open-enrollment health care plans available (offered through our fiscal sponsor)

Working Conditions

• Must currently live in the Los Angeles area
• This role is designed around a four-day workweek, generally Monday through Thursday, with room to flex when needed.
• Part-time, non-exempt W-2 employee position, paid hourly, with an anticipated schedule of 32 hours per week.
• This is a hybrid position: flexible hours, with time split between remote work, LARC’s office in Virgil Village and occasional event staffing at partner sites in Los Angeles

To Apply

Please email info@lareportingcollective.org with a resume and a brief message about your interest in the role and your relevant experience. Links to relevant work or other communications samples are welcome.

• Eligible for 401(k) plan after six months
• Optional open-enrollment health care plans available (offered through our fiscal sponsor)