Regional Manager, Community Organizer Richmond-Augusta

The Regional Manager, Community Outreach

The Regional Manager, Community Outreach will lead the Georgia State Office’s outreach, organizing, and capacity-building efforts in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia (consolidated government). The Regional Manager will engage with the community to understand their priority needs/issues and manage outreach efforts to ensure that all voters in the state have the information they need to access the ballot, especially as voter registration rules and options for how to vote change.

The scope of the program is to build the civic engagement of women of color, 18-80 years old, and raise brand awareness of the SPLC to become a trusted partner. The focus will be on engaging individuals in the community, supporting accountability efforts, and executing voter contact tactics that are culturally competent and appropriate to meet the needs of the communities we serve, ensuring that representation prioritizes the community’s needs.

Who You Are

Experienced
Demonstrated experience in social justice and civil rights work with the Georgia racial movement ecosystem, base building with broad coalitions, understanding issues plaguing Black and Brown communities, experience with voter files and voter contact work, and commitment to racial, social, and economic justice, specifically in Augusta-Richmond County.

Knowledgeable
Expertise in 501(c)(3) voter contact tactics, including volunteer management, phone banking, voter education efforts, and canvassing.

People Manager
Experienced manager with proven success in leading, training, and developing teams. Clear communicator of goals and priorities, organizational policies, and processes, keeping the SPLC’s best interest at the heart of all communications, decisions, and actions.

Advocate
Demonstrated experience in field organizing and management experience with increasing responsibilities, including working with community organizations, grassroots campaigns, and impacted communities—particularly throughout the central western border of Georgia.

Project Manager
Proven experience managing complex projects and campaigns in a flexible, matrixed organizational model.

Efficient
Ability to effectively manage time while working in a fast-paced environment, pivoting from one assignment or campaign to another to accomplish the desired goals.

Collaborative
Demonstrated ability to work with internal departments, external organizations, and stakeholders to execute specific strategies to advance the work of the Georgia State Office.

Communicative
Exceptional communication skills and ability to communicate persuasively to various audiences through writing and speaking.

Flexible
Ability to work and travel as needed.

Mission, Vision & Culture Alignment
Demonstrated awareness of SPLC’s mission and vision, and a commitment to ideals of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. A dedication to fostering an anti-racist work culture and applying antiracist principles and learning.

What You’ll Do

• Manage a team of state organizers while providing training and coaching.
• Lead a powerful civic engagement operation, including volunteer and paid voter contact, focusing on activating and mobilizing voters.
• Develop relationships and partnerships with local community members and allies, and execute a strategy to ensure SPLC has a presence in the Augusta-Richmond County area to engage with and continuously support the community.
• Serve as the SPLC Augusta-Richmond County expert on all work being conducted by community and civic leaders.
• Support advocacy and public education driven by community organizations and leaders.
• Hire, train, and monitor staff performance and development, and conduct performance reviews.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the duties in this job classification.
• Uphold our JEDI principles by seeking diverse collaborators and partners that can deliver genuine, authentic, and impactful work while ensuring their contributions are directed toward the shared mission, vision, and values of the center and department’s goals.

Minimum Qualifications

We are committed to equitable hiring practices; therefore, you must meet the minimum qualifications to be considered for the role:

• At least 5 years of field organizing experience.
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience.
• High school diploma or GED.

Compensation & Benefits

This is an exempt role, and the minimum starting salary is $94,793.00 annually. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

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Where & How You’ll Work

This role offers the following work designations options:

• Local Remote: Will work remotely but is expected to attend work-related activities that occur at the SPLC offices or in the states where the SPLC operates.
• This position will work from Richmond County approximately 90% of the time.
• This position will report to the Director, Georgia State Office.

Other Special Considerations

This job is performed under general office conditions and is not subject to any strenuous physical demands or dangerous conditions.

Ability to work some evenings and weekends.

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