Civic Participation Manager – Statewide
Reports To: Executive Director
Job Description: The Civic Participation Manager is an integral part of the LCF Georgia team leading the efforts of civic education, civic participation, voter registration, voter mobilization, and voter protection with significant input and participation in the advocacy work of the organization. The Civic Participation Manager will use his/her/their skills to increase the number of informed and engaged Latinos in Georgia that volunteer and turn out during elections and keep elected and appointed officials accountable throughout the year and build capacity through our member organizations and leaders across the state.
The manager is responsible for leading the implementation of all civic participation activities including: identifying, coordinating, organizing, and reporting on nonpartisan voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, local civic engagement, and census work in the State of Georgia through our Latinos for Democracy coalition and internal efforts.
The Civic Participation Manager must work independently on their projects, but will coordinate and collaborate with the Program Director, the rest of the management team, and the administrative team for high impact and efficient use of resources and opportunities.
The Civic Participation Manager will work to expand the number of trained volunteers, staff and organizations engaged in the civic participation work upholding the highest quality standards while representing the organization in civic participation activities.
Civic Participation Manager Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage the development and implementation of civic and voter engagement program, including voter registration, non-partisan voter education, voter turn-out efforts, field/data tracking, census, and redistricting efforts.
- Develops and manages the budget and reports for all Civic Participation efforts, including approving hourly expenses from educators and other logistic details.
- Represent the LCF Georgia at the ProGeorgia State Voices Table in the VR/GOTV, census, and redistricting efforts.
- Support the development and implementation of base-building strategies in conjunction with the management team through coalition work.
- Work closely with the management and executive team and funders and partner organizations to plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of our civic engagement strategies.
- Supervise, schedule and evaluate day-to-day maintenance of civic participation activities including volunteer outreach, recruitment, and training, materials development, and event coordination.
- Recruit, cultivate, and train volunteers and staff members reporting in the Civic Participation program.
- Collect and maintain effective data into the organization database and share and upload outreach activities into the ProGeorgia outreach/activity tracker. Weekly uploads are required.
- Represents LCF Georgia at the state capitol and other meetings during advocacy efforts and civic participation campaigns.
- Manages all relationships as the leader of the Latinos for Democracy coalition.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, or and/or experience in community education & organizing
- Fully bilingual (Spanish and English)
- Commitment to LCF Georgia mission, social justice and Latinx communities
- Ability to work with limited supervision / Self-starter
- Tech-savvy using cloud-based platforms and databases
- Access to a dependable vehicle (and drivers’ license)
- Flexible to work and drive around Georgia
- Proven ability to lead a diverse team
- Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude
- Fast learner and outgoing personality
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience with civic and voter engagement strategies (i.e. phone banking, canvassing, mailers, etc.)
- Experience leading successful organizing campaigns
- Experience with voter files and data filtering, management
- Experience with diverse communities, colleagues, funders, donors, and allies
Location Duration & Compensation:
The Civic Participation Manager is a full-time exempt work position.
Benefits include covered parking expenses for work-related events and meetings as well as a monthly parking card at a parking deck close to the office, a health Reimbursement Account is offered to the maximum allowance by Federal Law, generous and flexible paid time-off, and others as documented in the Employee
Handbook.
The position is expected to work from the LCF Georgia downtown office three days M-F and attend events during the weekend or evenings.
Travel across the state to build and cultivate community relationships is expected at around 20% of the time. Annual compensation ranges between $55,000-$65,000.
Latino Community Fund Georgia is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity for all employees and to provide employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on organization needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, sexual orientation, HIV status, marital status, past or present military service, family or parental status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Metro Atlanta Organizer – Must be fluent in Spanish
Reports To : Civic Participation Field Manager
Job Description: The Organizer will be responsible for implementing all civic participation and community education campaigns for the Latino Community Fund throughout Metro Georgia.
Specifically, the Organizer will work to identify, coordinate, organize, and report on educational efforts, nonpartisan voter registration, voter mobilization, and community civic engagement events.
The Metro Georgia Organizer supports the Civic participation program by coordinating events, community networking, support in community outreach, voter registration, and civic engagement education.
The Organizer must be innovative, driven, and feel comfortable working in teams as part of our LCF Georgia state and partner organizations in the Civic participation space.
She/he/they will report to the Civic Participation Field Manager and, ensure all the civic participation in Metro Georgia and certain surrounding areas of Metro Georgia work is being done, upholding the highest quality control standards, meeting all state and federal regulations, and representing the organization when needed including community events, evening meetings and weekend shifts.
The Metro Georgia Organizer will interact with diverse communities as part of a multicultural and multilingual nonpartisan Georgia effort.
Civic Participation Organizer Duties & Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Civic Participation Field Manager to plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of our civic engagement and Metro Georgia community outreach and navigation strategies
- Support the implementation of the plans for civic participation and nonpartisan work in Metro Georgia and other areas of South Georgia:
- The Organizer will develop fieldwork initiatives, creating new opportunities in the community in line with strategic planning and event coordination
- Following the manager’s lead and guidance will create content for educational materials and information and will disperse with coalition members and partners, ensuring field/data tracking.
- Attend the Latino Community Fund Georgia at all L4D or LCF Georgia internal meetings when meetings are held.
- Support the development and implementation of base-building strategies with the Civic Participation Manager including phone banking, canvassing, and text banking.
- Thought partner in collaboration with the Civic Participation Manager
- Outgoing development of relationships with community partners, leaders, and other stakeholders.
- Work closely with the Civic Participation Manager and Civic Participation Field Manager to develop messaging, and communication talking points and materials related to the campaigns as needed.
- Support the development of tactics/strategies to engage the Metro Georgia Latino Community (i.e house meetings, tabling, SMS campaigns & in-person/ virtual events).
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience in community education & organizing
- Fully bilingual (Spanish and English)
- Commitment to LCF Georgia’s mission, social justice, and Latinx communities
- Ability to work with limited supervision / Self-starter
- Very structured and organized
- Flexible to work and drive around multiple areas of Georgia
- Proven ability to work in a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrates ability to collaborate with colleagues and outside organizations.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to foster a cooperative, team-oriented work environment
- Must be able to work weekends and odd hours
- Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude
- Fast learner and outgoing personality
- Good command of Excel, spreadsheets, and Google Suite
- Applicant needs to be able to stand and walk for long periods of time
- Must be a resident of the metro Atlanta area
- Access to a dependable vehicle (and driver’s license)
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with civic and voter engagement campaigns (i.e. phone banking, digital and in-person outreach, canvassing, tabling, etc. )
- Comfortable working with various and diverse community stakeholders, including Black, Brown, White and AAPI communities, grassroots leaders, volunteers, etc.
- Conflict resolution skills
Location, Duration & Compensation
This is a full-time exempt position approximately 40 hours per week with nights and weekends
as needed. Your annual salary will be $40,425 paid on a semi-monthly basis by direct deposit
You will qualify to receive up to $487.50 in health reimbursement per month for health expenses, flexible paid time off, and a stipend of $45 to cover a portion of your cell phone and internet costs.