Iowa State Manager - SCAN (P2)
Save the Children
- Iowa
- $64,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Recruit, engage and maintain a supporter base that includes volunteer leaders, students, and other community members. Engage supporters in online and offline campaign activities, such as letters, phone calls, petitions, social media, in-person lawmaker meetings, letters to the editor, etc.
- Create and/or sustain community and regional action teams to coordinate local, state and national campaigns locally
- Work collaboratively with SCAN’s student engagement team to build student clubs on targeted college and high school campuses and support the outreach and advocacy efforts of college and high school student ambassadors
- Assess Save the Children Action Network’s supporter base, determine key audiences and demographic segments to target, selecting strategies both online and offline to educate and engage targeted individuals and groups to meet our annual goals and deliverables.
- Conduct trainings and provide ongoing support for volunteer leadership development.
- Manage volunteer and campaign activity data, ensuring accurate reporting.
- Cultivate relationships with local, state and federal lawmakers to help advance our legislative agenda
- Register as lobbyist to advance state legislative priorities and comply with all regulatory requirements set forth by the state
- Engage with coalition partners and community stakeholders
- Promote SCAN’s agenda in coordination with partners by collaborating on events, outreach and other local engagement
- High School diploma or equivalent, plus at least three (3) years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience working on state legislative, electoral or local campaigns
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite and social media
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with individuals and teams at all levels
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Demonstrated ability to build and develop lasting relationships in diverse communities
- Willingness to develop expertise in early childhood education and nutrition policies
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% to priority districts
- Experience in campus and youth outreach and engagement campaigns
- Experience engaging parents and caregivers in advocacy
- Geo 1- NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Up to $78,000/ year
- Geo 2-Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Up to $71,000/ year
- Geo 3-Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Up to $64,000/year