The Associate Regional Director will be responsible for managing State Mobilization Managers in Colorado, New Mexico and Washington who are charged with developing infrastructure and executing advocacy and electoral campaigns. The Associate Regional Director will be responsible for all activities and campaigns that take place in these states, including the recruitment and ongoing engagement of the states’ volunteer base, building SCAN’s Leader and Training Program and closely coordinating the engagement of SCAN’s Student Ambassador Program. This staff person will work with the rest of the mobilization team to ensure that field staff are fully implementing SCAN campaigns focused on early childhood education domestically and maternal, newborn and child survival globally.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Manage state mobilization managers charged with developing advocacy infrastructure in Colorado, New Mexico and Washington. (50%)
- In collaboration with the State Director of Mobilization, be responsible for all hiring of mobilization managers. Provide regular feedback on performance and address any issues. Work closely with the State Director and Senior Director on job descriptions.
- Establish and implement communications processes that allow managers to have regular meetings and best practice discussions with each other.
- In close collaboration with Mobilization and Government Relations staff, implement the legislative and electoral goals related to SCAN’s priority issues in the states.
- Provide guidance to state mobilization managers to ensure they are meeting expectations for the Volunteer Leader and Student Ambassador Programs and working collaboratively with DC staff to build SCAN infrastructure in targeted communities and college and high school campuses. (20%)
- Work with the State Director to manage data collection and manage internal systems for impact reporting. Train staff on data collection processes and systems. (10%)
- Ensure that state mobilization managers have the training and tools necessary to implement their programs. Ascertain needs and arrange for the correct courses, trainings, etc. to address those needs. (10%)
- Help the State Director, Associate Director of Mobilization & Leader Training and other mobilization staff develop and plan aspects of the national Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network Advocacy Summit and State Advocacy Summits. (10%)
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree.
Skills/Experience:
- At least 5-7 years' experience in developing and executing national or state grassroots political advocacy campaigns, with tangible evidence-based results.
- Experience managing staff, with a preference for remote management experience.
- Proven experience and knowledge in working with complex data systems for mobilization tracking.
- Proven experience in developing and executing integrated online-offline organizing, field-based events and grassroots recruitment for advocacy campaigns.
- Strong public speaking and training experience.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Team-player with excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
- Significant comfort level with social media and technology.
- Highly professional, motivated, energetic and well organized.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize a number of ongoing projects.
- Ability to travel frequently to priority districts, and additional travel to meet campaign-specific needs when required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree
- Experience working on state legislative or local campaigns.
- Experience in campus and youth outreach and engagement campaigns.
Compensation/Benefits:
- Meaningful work, with a knowledge that you are changing the lives of children all around the world
- A family friendly work environment
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Generous paid vacation days, holidays, family leave days, and sick time
- Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and life insurance
- Retirement savings account with matching company contributions
- Structured and formalized management development and coaching programs for mid and senior level managers
- Extensive e-learning opportunities on a variety of topics offered through our affiliation with several prestigious universities as well as language learning opportunities.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jun 15 2018
Active Until:
Jul 15 2018
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit