TITLE: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

STATUS: FULL TIME, PERMANENT POSITION

REPORTS TO: DEPUTY DIRECTOR

LOCATION: PORTLAND, OREGON

Download the PDF job posting here: https://www.coalitioncommunitiescolor.org/s/CCC-Civic-Engagement-Manager-Job-Posting.pdf (PDF)

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) seeks a new member of its team to lead its civic engagement work around creating more equitable forms of government and elections.

This is a new role at CCC that will build on our existing advocacy and engagement around creating inclusive and representative governments. This role will focus on building campaigns and a broad based coalition to seek meaningful community input on local government issues, develop policies that create the conditions for equitable government, advance these issues in appropriate forums, and ultimately build a campaign to promote and win these policies at the ballot.

The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate engagement around local government reform efforts, particularly the City of Portland’s current decennial charter review, as well as other engagement, advocacy, or policy work around elections, districting, voting rights, and governance, such as campaign finance and other key reforms.

The Civic Engagement Manager reports to the Deputy Director and will work closely with partners, including member and BIPOC representing organizations, as well as mainstream organizations and stakeholders. This position has no direct reports.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Coalition management

  • Plans, launches, and manages an active coalition around relevant topic areas, including developing the structure of the coalition, coalition agreements and decision making processes; outreach to new members and partners; ongoing engagement; and communications to coalition members

Advocacy campaigns

  • Campaign management: Develops and manages campaign plan during policymaking and potential ballot measures

  • Manages relationships with external stakeholders and decision makers

Community engagement

  • Develops political education curriculum

  • Supports CCC member and partner organizations to engage community members, such a listening sessions

  • Records and synthesizes feedback from community

  • Represents CCC in relevant tables, committees, and with partners

  • Creates, maintains, and reviews relevant contact databases of community via internal CRM

Policy analysis

  • Track and summarize work of relevant policymaking bodies at the city and state levels

  • Research, develop, and analyze policy proposals and clearly communicate findings

  • Advocate for policy positions to partners and decisionmakers

Communications

  • Create communications plans for broader campaigns

  • Develop strategic communications and messaging

  • Draft website content, blog posts, social media, earned media, and regular email updates

  • Represent coalition work in public settings such as events and speaking engagements

  • Creates, maintains, and reviews relevant contact databases of community via internal CRM

Fundraising

  • Identify and pursue funding for civic engagement activities, including grants and individual giving from political funders and individual donors at the local and national levels. Trains community members and manages volunteers

Other duties as assigned

  • May include administrative activities, general CCC events, and other community engagement efforts.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum 2 years experience in a field such as campaign management, community or grasstops organizing, coalition management, lobbying, political staffing, and/or community engagement experience. This experience may be met by volunteer activities or internships.

  • Commitment to racial justice, and experience working with communities of color

  • Excellent skills in relationship building, project management, community engagement, strategic judgment, and communications

COMPENSATION

Starting salary is between $55,000 – $65,000, dependent on experience. This is a full time position. Paid time off is based on tenure with the organization and includes accrual of sick and vacation hours, beginning with 10 days of sick leave and 15 days of vacation/PTO in the first year of employment. We also provide medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee, a Flexible Spending Health Savings Account, a Transportation Savings Account,  life insurance, and monthly phone and transportation stipends. Employees may enroll in a matching 401k retirement plan after one year of employment.

POSITION DETAILS

Duration: Full-time, permanent, and exempt position

Travel and hours:  

Local travel will be required for this position to conduct engagement activities. Work activities may include periodic evening and weekend events or meetings. Mileage and travel expenses are reimbursed per CCC policy.

Location: Portland, Oregon/Remote. Currently, CCC is working only remotely. The Civic Engagement Manager must live in or be willing to move within commuting distance of the Portland metro area.

TO APPLY

Please send a cover letter and resume via email to HR@coalitioncommunitiescolor.org, with the header “Civic Engagement Manager — [your name].” No phone calls, please. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but applications received before April 15, 2021 will receive highest priority and preference. Interviews are anticipated to be scheduled to begin the week of April 26. You will be contacted if you are to be interviewed for this position.

WORKING AT CCC

CCC is a small but growing mission-driven organization with 10 full time positions. We operate in a highly collaborative environment and growing synergy between our various programs and staff positions. As a cross-cultural organization, we have opportunities to learn from each other, our members, and partners to build a collective analysis around racial justice and strategize together to achieve this vision. We recognize that while all BIPOC communities experience the oppression of white supremacy that some communities face additional harm, such as anti-Blackness or land theft and colonization, and we are  at the early phase in our efforts to address these both structurally and within our own coalition practices.

Our staff’s work frequently covers a wide range of issues as well as work activities, giving extensive learning opportunities. While our work is often responsive to the current climate and greatest opportunities, staff have a high degree of autonomy in developing program goals and workplans in collaboration with their teams and organizational leadership.

We are actively working on organizational development, strong support for staff and investment in their growth, and addressing equity issues within our organization, including anti-Blackness and other intersecting oppressions impacting BIPOC individuals and communities. Our physical office is located in Old Town/Chinatown in Portland, with strong access to transit.