Advocacy Manager
Advocacy Manager
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Job Description
CAIRSFBA is recruiting for an experienced and accomplished candidate for its Advocacy Manager position. The ideal candidate for this role should have at minimum five years of nonprofit campaign or community organizing experience focused on building power in communities using multiple strategies with a focus on challenging racism and inequity.
The position will oversee the organizations community engagement and policy work bridging issues across our legal services and programs work.
Title: Advocacy Manager
Reporting Relationships: Reports to the Executive Director. Oversees the work of the Policy Coordinator Community Engagement Coordinator and Community Canvassers.
Schedule Type: FullTime (Exempt). Frequent evenings and weekends required for programming.
Location: Based in CAIRs Santa Clara office. CAIR staff are currently working a hybrid schedule with three days inperson and two days remote. Requires some travel throughout the Bay Area (vehicle insurance and drivers license required).
- Civic Engagement
- Leading CAIRSFBAs voter mobilization efforts including voter registration education and communication
- Leading efforts to engage Bay Area Muslims in policy advocacy through online and inperson efforts
- Overseeing and participating in efforts to build relationships with local state and federal elected officials
- Community Outreach
- Developing and executing plans for purposeful community outreach using both online and inperson strategies
- Identifying and building holistic and reciprocal relationships with new organizational partners
- Speaking at community and allied events about the importance of community engagement and the fight for civil rights
- Communications
- Partnering with the Communications Manager to plan and implement communications and narrative change campaigns related to CAIRSFBAs advocacy efforts
- Management
- Managing and mentoring the CAIRSFBA Community Engagement and Policy staff
- Leading internal educational efforts on CAIRSFBAs advocacy and legislative priorities
- Working with the Executive Director to develop campaigns that cut across CAIRs various work areas and strategies
- Reviewing and making recommendations about external campaigns and/or partnership requests to ensure feedback is elicited from relevant stakeholders and decisions align with organizational capacity and focus
- Participate in CAIRSFBAs Management Team including regular meetings advice to executives and facilitation of organizational goals
Other duties as assigned dependent on organizational needs and employee skills. All CAIR staff are required to assist in general duties such as answering phones weekly outreach fundraising and other office tasks.
Qualifications
- A strong commitment to civil rights and CAIRs mission
- Five years of nonprofit campaign or community organizing experience focused on building power in communities via multiple strategies including at minimum two years of experience managing staff and/or volunteers
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential job duties
- Experience developing and executing advocacy strategies to transform policies and public systems
- Demonstrated track record of successful project and staff management
- Demonstrated success in delivering highquality work product on a consistent reliable basis in a fastpaced work environment with ambitious goals
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to work with diverse communities leaders and staff
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to take on responsibilities independently with only general supervision
- Ability to multitask under deadlines and work well under pressure
- Access to a working vehicle and the ability to drive throughout the greater Bay Area. Must also be able to travel nationally statewide and/or locally on occasion
- Basic computer proficiency including knowledge of MS Office MS Outlook etc.
- Knowledge of cloud and customer relations applications such as Network for Good Office365 and social media applications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in Adobe Acrobat Asana Canva Constant Contact and WordPress
- Experience working with the American Muslim community
- Experience working with nonprofit organizations
- Conversational proficiency in Arabic Dari or Urdu
Compensation
- Compensation in the range of $commensurate with experience
- Fully paid Kaiser Health Insurance and Blue Cross PPO Dental Plan for employee and dependents
- 3 retirement matching contribution
- 12 paid holidays 10 sick days and 12 vacation days
To Apply
Please submit 1 a cover letter discussing your interest in the position 2 your resume and 3 the names and contact information of three references using the link below.
CAIRCA is an equalopportunity employer and adheres to all federal state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
