Job Description

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Location : Florence, SC

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: 00432

Fund-Department: Administration

Division-Slot: Public Information Officer

Opening Date: 06/19/2024

The Public Information Officer is responsible for writing and coordinating media releases, events, and Florence County's social media outlets.

Essential Functions:

• Creates engaging content for media releases, social media platforms, and newsletters.
• Provides assistance to the County Administrator and department heads to showcase programs.
• Disseminates information to the general public as required.
• Responsible for scheduling, attending, and organizing events.
• Monitors media coverage on events and issued media releases and provides information when needed to various media outlets.
• Works with county's Sheriff's Office and EMD PIO's when required and Florence County's Unified Fire District when needed.
• Creates presentations for County Administrator and department heads.
• Operates a variety of office equipment.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Performs administrative duties.
• Performs all other related duties as required.

Qualifications: Education and Work Experience

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and/or two to four years of experience in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Knowledge and skills in Public Relations, Newsletter Design, Graphic Design, and Microsoft Office.
  
• Skills in public and interpersonal relations and oral and written communication is required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally be required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• Must be able to reach, bend, stoop, carry, move and lift 10 lb. objects regularly.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must have the ability to travel up to 15%.

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Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement,

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