The Manager, Advocacy & Outreach is a cross-functional team leader. She/he is responsible for providing implementation for the statewide community outreach and local advocacy strategy in in Texas and the targeted communities therein reporting to the State Director, and leads results-oriented implementation of the national, state and community priority issue agenda. As part of the Texas Leadership Team, comprised of the State Director, Manager of Communications, the other Manager, Advocacy and Outreach, the Supervisor of Operations, works with the Texas Executive Council and the State Director to integrate the strategy into the overall state plan.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Builds and maintains a strong multi-functional team, consisting of high-functioning generalists and skilled subject matter professionals in an assigned region in Texas to implement advocacy, community impact & education, volunteer engagements, multicultural relevance, brand, and member experiences.
- Leads an approach for Community Presence/Outreach, Multicultural Member Engagement and Volunteer Management to work with team members and colleagues, and with national AARP colleagues to implement goals, campaigns, work plans and metrics. The manager cultivates and maintains relationships, both external and internal across the AARP Enterprise, and empowers team members to do the same.
Specific Responsibilities for the Advocacy Manager & Advocacy are as follows:
- Plans and recommends strategic vision to the State Director and Executive Council for targeted local advocacy, and translates the vision and strategy into a plan that can be readily communicated and implemented with Texas team members, volunteers and external partners.
- In conjunction with the Texas leadership team, executes the strategic plan for the Community Presence/Outreach, Multicultural Member Engagement and Volunteer Management and assigned market to defined results, and with clear lines of accountability for staff and volunteers. Manages budget and resource allocation for community outreach and local advocacy.
- Supervises and leads a multifunctional team of professionals in Texas, using best in class practices of management to motivate, support, recognize and continually improve team performance to achieve enterprise goals and a shared vision. Develops and monitors work plans for and with staff; manages and documents staff performance and takes corrective action when necessary. Ensures that policies and procedures are carried out appropriately and identifies training/development needs of staff. Engenders results-oriented collaboration across the matrix functions and team members; and operates with transparency in decision-making and in the allocation of resources.
- Leads team in a cross-functional implementation of the state plan, incorporating specifics of demographic, cultural and economic dynamics into how Texas’ enterprise goals are presented and perceived by the 50+ public, media and decisions makers across public, private and social sectors, to grow relevance and impact in targeted communities. The Manager helps integrate other functions to meet the goals of the market.
- Calibrates implementation of the state plan regularly, in conjunction with the Texas Leadership team and national office, to reflect changing needs of the 50+ population, or dynamics in the environment or enterprise.
- Builds strong, collaborative working relationships with AARP Texas Leadership Team and participates as an active member of the team with an eye to achieving statewide goals and vision.
- Represents AARP Texas in relevant forums, serves on AARP Enterprise task forces and work groups, representing both state and national priorities.
- Exhibits AARP values in all interactions.
Skills/Experience:
- Has a track record of communicating effectively with the media, policymakers and other external stakeholders
- Able to build quick rapport for results-oriented relationships, with a lens of cultural competence, 2 years managing external relationships, including with diverse audiences.
- Strong understanding of public policy issues facing the state and AARP membership in particular, some policy experience preferred.
- 3 years of experience managing a diverse workforce environment.
- Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) preferred.
- Demonstrates a high level of competence with oral and written communication, computer literacy, social media, strategic thinking, and people management skills
- Experience with strategic planning, and financial/budget management
- Completion of Bachelor’s degree in public administration, social work, community organization/development political science, public policy, law, or related discipline.
- Knowledge of and experience with common approaches for marketing research and marketing data analysis.
- 5 years of experience in designing public-facing experiences and programs, with multicultural audience experience preferred.
- 3 years of experience managing a volunteer structure that is distributed and complex, and related operational needs including working with volunteers at the executive and grassroots level.
Compensation/Benefits:
AARP offers competitive benefits with a 401K, 100% company funded pension plan, health, dental, vision and life insurance, STD/LTD, paid vacation and sick, and other benefits.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 17 2019
Active Until:
Oct 17 2019
Hiring Organization:
AARP
industry:
Nonprofit