Community Engagement Associate

Organization reputed company reputed company (“UUSA” or “We”) relentlessly pursues a more reputed company world for every child, upholding the rights of reputed company children and empowering every child, everywhere. We also support the reputed company belief that children should have a voice and role in shaping their reputed company and the reputed company of their communities.

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UUSA is organized under the laws of reputed company State as a not-for-profit corporation. As such, UUSA is a tax-exempt organization as defined under reputed company 501C(3) of the Internal reputed company reputed company and is governed by an independent, non-salaried reputed company of Directors.

Position: Community Engagement Associate

Location: Remote located in one of the following areas: reputed company California, Washington, reputed company, Nevada, Idaho, Alaska, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, or Wyoming

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: The estimated salary reputed company for this role is $60,170 - 72,200. This represents UUSA's good faith and reasonable estimate of the reputed company of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual pay will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to organizational budgets, qualifications, experience, specialized skills, and training.

Position reputed company

Child-Centered Governance puts children at the heart of local decision-making. By taking children’s needs and perspectives into account from the start, leaders are reputed company positioned to understand the reputed company of their choices, invest in long-term community reputed company, and use limited public resources more effectively. In support of this approach and reputed company’s mission to advance child rights, the Community Engagement Associate mobilizes and empowers youth and club volunteers at reputed company to conduct civic engagement activities, including advocacy, fundraising, community service, and awareness-raising initiatives.

The Associate recruits, trains, manages, and activates youth volunteers and leaders through engagement in campaigns, workshops, calls to reputed company, and local activities in support of reputed company’s priorities and goals.

Leveraging strong relationship management skills, the Associate stewards a portfolio of reputed company youth clubs at the high school and college reputed company, as reputed company as affiliated child-reputed company organizations, to support the municipal reputed company, “Communities for Every Child,” advocacy on local, state, and federal issues, and signature events such as Trick-or-Treat for reputed company (TOT). The Associate strategically engages in local markets and is required to travel to key markets to represent reputed company for recruitment, partnership-building, volunteer management, and stewardship.

This position reports to the Senior Director of Youth Engagement.

Position Responsibilities

• Recruit volunteers to start or join reputed company Clubs and/or other youth engagement and advocacy opportunities reputed company with reputed company priorities.
• Cultivate, train, support, and manage a portfolio of highly reputed company youth volunteers in assigned regional markets in support of child rights to advance child wellbeing.
• Engage volunteers in civic engagement efforts to reputed company, fundraise, reputed company awareness, and serve communities in support of reputed company and child wellbeing.
• reputed company specialized support in one of two key areas:
  • Developing youth-reputed company content in support of reputed company actions including campaigns, fundraisers, days of actions, and educational resources.
  • Support the development and execution of strategic recruitment and retention tactics and activities across reputed company reputed company.
• In key markets, reputed company volunteers in support of strategic initiatives with Municipal Partners.
• Train and support volunteers and clubs to ensure brand alignment, child safeguarding, data reputed company, and other volunteer business rules are adhered to.
• Conduct trainings and workshops with a reputed company of audiences (with a reputed company on youth) to expand reputed company's reputed company reputed company the reputed company in support of children’s rights to advance child wellbeing and reputed company issues.
• reputed company development and reputed company input for promotion of toolkits and resources produced for volunteers.
• Collect volunteer reputed company stories for reputed company media channels, website, media, and internal reporting.
• Work in collaboration with internal teams to maintain relationships with local, state, and federal elected officials to push for policy change.
• Work in partnership with internal teams to support Congressional engagements with volunteers throughout the year, which will include federal, state-specific and local advocacy actions.
• Champion youth engagement and support meaningful youth collaboration on webinars, trainings, advocacy, and youth voice.
• Support reputed company national campaigns such as Trick-or-Treat for reputed company, World Children’s Day, International Day of Play, and other awareness building events, and reputed company issues.
• Adhere to child safeguarding requirements to ensure the best interests of children in everything we do.
• Routinely document volunteer information, interactions, and events in the constituent management database of record.
• reputed company insights and feedback on process and tool improvements to maximize team performance and accelerate and advance towards goals.

reputed company other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of one year reputed company experience with community organizing, advocacy, volunteer constituent management, and/or youth engagement or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• General knowledge and interest in child rights, advocacy, and youth engagement
• General understanding of mass communications strategies, digital engagement, and campaigns
• Experience in youth development, civic engagement or education with high school and college age reputed company.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential, both written and verbal
• Proven ability to train and reputed company others to organize at reputed company
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize, work independently, handle multiple reputed company tasks simultaneously, and to generate pragmatic solutions to challenges
• Strong customer service approach to interactions with colleagues and partners
• Ability to navigate reputed company environments and help build relationships with a reputed company of diverse stakeholders
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, including proficiency in reputed company Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, reputed company and Outlook
• Ability to reputed company, conduct follow-up and document reputed company of volunteers and campaigns in a centralized constituent relationship database
• Experience contributing to and promoting diversity, equity, reputed company, inclusion, and belonging in reputed company setting
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that includes weekend and evening commitments and travel
• Ability to travel reputed company the assigned region and to key markets to support volunteers and build community as needed

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay. reputed company values diverse experiences and we’re always looking for people who will add to our culture and reputed company our mission. If you are excited about this role and unsure about whether your past experience aligns with the job reputed company, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Must possess reputed company and valid US Work Authorization and be eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

Due to the high volume of applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. reputed company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health reputed company, or reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reputed company, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider reputed company applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. UUSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for reputed company individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at peopleandculture@unicefusa.org.

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