Neighborhood Engagement Coordinator

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD

The Campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan independent city agency that empowers New Yorkers to have a greater impact on their elections. Our mission is to make local democracy more open transparent and equitable by removing barriers to participation.

We make it easier for New Yorkers to vote meaningfully support candidates for city office and run for office themselves. NYC Votes our voter engagement initiative meets people where they are to share trustworthy election information and help New Yorkers make a plan to vote. We publish the citywide Voter Guide which delivers information about candidates directly to voters doors. Our public matching funds program ensures small contributions can make a big difference allowing regular people to run for office by relying on the support of other regular people not just wealthy donors and special interests. And we lift the veil on how candidates raise and spend money increasing transparency and accountability in local government.

We believe that when every New Yorker is empowered to participate meaningfully in elections candidates will better reflect the communities they serve elected leaders will be more accountable to the public and New Yorkers will have a democracy they can truly trust.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Public Affairs division promotes the agencys key role in equipping all candidates and voters to power a fairer and more open democracy in New York City. We engage New Yorkers inform them about elections and boost their civic participation in the democratic process. Within Public Affairs the Partnerships and Outreach unit works to build partnerships across the city to disseminate voting information deliver accessible voter education and conduct direct to voter outreach. The intention of this teams work is to create pathways for all New Yorkers to gain trustworthy and accessible information and education around voting and democracy. Only then can we authentically increase civic participation and mobilize our communities beyond just voting.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking two Engagement Coordinators to join the Neighborhoods Team which is focused on building trusting relationships with community partners and delivering in-language voter education to voters that speak a language other than English (LOTE) in low voter turnout neighborhoods. The Neighborhoods Team works with community-based organizations faith-based institutions libraries businesses local groups and other community partners to disseminate key election information and offer educational workshops covering topics such as Why Vote How to Vote Voting Rights Voter Protections and more.

The Engagement Coordinators will play a critical role in enhancing our civic engagement education and services for community-based organizations in the NYC Votes priority neighborhoods of South Bronx North & Central Queens or East New York. Each Coordinator will take leadership over the implementation of education and engagement strategy in one of these neighborhoods. The role will also support the Partnerships and Outreach team in building and maintaining strong internal systems to organize and track partnership development.

The Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the Neighborhoods Team to identify and forge relationships with key stakeholders. They will be tasked with understanding tracking and meeting community needs through the provision of resources and materials education delivery event execution among other engagement and education approaches. The Engagement Coordinators will also work closely with Public Affairs staff to assist in the overall development of resources and materials and coordination of services.

We are looking for someone energized about on-the-ground community engagement with strong relationship and trust-building skills project management and organizational skills. We seek to work with someone passionate about making the voting process inclusive for those most marginalized in our society. Ideally this candidate is aware or interested in deepening their understanding of how racism ableism classism or other oppressions show up in the voting process.

We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger teams. We strongly encourage people of color/the global majority LGBTQ people people with disabilities and people with other marginalized identities to apply. Members of our team are committed to modeling the values of collaboration and actively seek to disrupt harmful patterns in government service. The Partnerships and Outreach team believes in the redistribution of power and resources to community members who are most impacted by the systemic issue of low-voter turnout. We encourage anyone who shares these values to apply.

Applications must include a cover letter that specifies your preferred priority neighborhood.


RESPONSIBILITIES

Relationship Management:

- Develop and implement a tailored partnership plan for key partners serving immigrants and people that speak a language other than English (LOTE) based on partnership criteria neighborhood demographics language(s) spoken etc.

- Serve as the primary liaison between these partner organizations and the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) as it relates to delivering requested resources and materials scheduling and delivering educational sessions conducting follow up providing election-related updates and questions etc.

- Participate in events hosted by partner organizations and promote civic engagement opportunities.

- Manage Partner accounts contacts and metrics in internal databases.

- Incorporate new learnings regarding partners and immigrant voters into the overall team and division strategy.


Educational Training and Workshop Delivery

- Travel to sites across the city to deliver trainings meet with community stakeholders and serve as a source of credible information for communities across NYC

- Deliver education based on audience needs which may include various formats depending on trust safety engagement-level and other aspects of the audience (conversation circles presentations classroom-style activities etc.)

- Develop paid educational programming with key partners and coordinate invoicing and purchases for education related activities in collaboration with Supervisor and Finance Department.

- Work with Training Coordinator to develop and implement various methods to collect and incorporate audience feedback including real-time survey pre and post event surveys follow up phone calls etc.

- Work with Marketing and Communications team to update trainings and resources to ensure they are up-to-date with election information and tailored to specific audience needs


Project Management

- Work with partners and internal staff to coordinate logistics for workshops materials delivery and other events and support collaborative interdepartmental projects.

- Manage and maintain comprehensive partner data within the internal database including up-to-date contact information organizational affiliations partnership tags engagement history and accurate partner list segmentation.

- Work with Neighborhoods Manager to track metrics and measures of success for education delivery; create reports and tools to assess impact

- Propose and implement new ideas or processes to manage and maintain a strong partner portfolio


Mission

- Adhere to the agencys code of conduct COIB guidelines ethics code EEO and Accessibility policies dress code teleworking policies and any applicable local state federal rules regulations laws and policies.

- Perform assigned tasks and special projects (occasionally when deemed necessary by supervision) in service (or in furtherance) of the agencys mission and strategic plan.

- Attend full staff meetings division and unit meetings strategic planning retreats agency events.

- Perform tasks related to assigned Objectives and Key Results by assigned due dates.


Specialized Knowledge:

- Work with Policy and Research to utilize data and reports to develop strategy for voter engagement in East Brooklyn South Bronx or North Central Queens

- Play a key role in the agency-level projects and programs by participating and delivering specialized knowledge and providing input on new projects


ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES & OTHER BEHAVIORS (KSAOs)

Were seeking individuals eager to make an impact even if they dont tick every box on our job description. We believe in the power of diverse perspectives and the unique blend of lived experiences non-traditional education pathways practical know-how and a variety of skills and abilities that each candidate brings to the table. If youre ready to learn and grow with us we encourage you to apply and be part of our dynamic team.

Knowledge

- Knowledge of and experience in working with strategically overlooked communities specifically in one of the NYC Votes priority neighborhoods of South Bronx North Central Queens or East New York

- Knowledge of civics or policy issue areas impacting communities

- Understanding or experience with New York City systems such as government libraries advocacy and nonprofit organizations criminal legal system etc.

- Interest in democracy politics elections community organizing and/or social justice


Skills

- Public Speaking & Facilitation: demonstrated skill and experience teaching/facilitating workshops to diverse audiences.

- Relationship-Building: clearly communicate with partners and stakeholders and build authentic relationships rooted in trust and understanding.

- Project Management: strong organizational skills ability to follow procedures and consistently track data and metrics and comfort coordinating and collaborating with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

- Communication: can express themselves clearly with an emphasis on cultural awareness and diverse partner/audience needs.

- Accountability: Hold themselves and partners accountable open to giving and receiving constructive feedback and engaging in disagreement productively.

- Software: Proficient with Microsoft Suite.


Abilities

- Can understand the feelings motivations and challenges of team members and partners as humans first.

- Can travel independently to events across New York City often outside of regular work hours. This is necessary to participate in community events reaching out priority neighborhoods. Car service is provided by the office in certain circumstances.


Other

- Members of our team are committed to modeling the values of collaboration and actively seek to disrupt harmful patterns in government service. The Partnerships and Outreach team believes in the redistribution of power and resources to community members who are most impacted by the systemic issue of low-voter turnout.

- We encourage anyone who cares about New Yorkers and shares these values to apply regardless of your experience level. We especially encourage applicants who have direct life experience navigating these systems to apply.


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Location (preferred): Lives in and operates from one of NYC Votes priority neighborhood clusters of South Bronx North Central Queens or East New York

- Community: Existing engagement in the New York City community including local businesses government libraries advocacy or volunteer groups etc.

- Software: Proficient with Salesforce Google Suite Zoom and Lattice

- Data and Analytics: Ability to analyze aggregate manipulate and present data outcomes.

- Strategic Perspective: can understand the larger organizational goals and engage in planning & reflecting on community needs in this context

- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

ANALYST CFB AL 2&3 ONLY - 0660A

Qualifications :

- A bachelors degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by at least twelve-semester credits (or the equivalent of twelve-semester credits) in accounting auditing business or public administration computer science economics finance statistics graphic design personnel or human resources administration user experience design or a closely related area of study and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in accounting auditing (including compliance or investigative auditing) business or public administration business analysis computer science database administration economics finance fiscal or economic management or research statistics graphic design personnel or human resources administration user experience design or a closely related field; or

- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in 1 above; or

- Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time