Vice President, Community Engagement

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact, and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

Ogilvy seeks a highly driven, passionate Vice President with a strong background in capacity and capability building and community engagement with Tribal nations. This role will support tribal and non-tribal resilience and climate change efforts in disadvantaged communities on behalf of FEMA, with whom Ogilvy has a long-standing client relationship. Our current work centers around the Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) contract, which focuses on growing awareness of, and resilience towards natural disasters in American communities and, specifically here, equitable distribution of federal grants. As the country and Tribal nations continue to come to terms with the long-term effects of climate change, this work is increasingly important.

Vice President Overview

Vice Presidents bring value to our clients by analyzing, solving and presenting viable integrated solutions to client problems. They identify and inspire new work streams and creative solutions, act as a conduit between FEMA and communities or Tribal nations and provide counsel and support to more junior staff. They are part of a tight knit, collaborative team of senior team members who solution together to advance programmatic goals while being capable and ready to support the team and client deliverables. They identify and champion great work and understand the importance of flawless delivery while inspiring others to act thoughtfully, humbly, and courageously.

What You’ll Do

• Understand the unique needs of particular communities and tribes to shape smart, strategic and appropriately scaled engagement efforts.
• Align community and program delivery with federal client objectives and support communication with national and regional clients.
• Collaborate across multiple provider teams to facilitate processes and engagement plans to meet client, community or tribal resilience objectives.
• Act as a tribal subject matter expert to help design and manage a variety of initiatives to support critical communications priorities for a fast-growing FEMA branch.
• Partner with capability experts to deliver integrated solutions, identify new business opportunities, scope of work and revenue.
• Put clients first, interacting regularly with all client levels and constantly hunting for solutions and big ideas that are innovative and relevant.
• Demonstrate strong collaboration skills with internal teams, subcontractor partners and cross provider teams, using resources to effectively and seamlessly support client’s business.
• Build strong, collaborative and trusted relationships with creative and strategic partners.
• Effectively navigate teams when there are conflicting priorities.
• Coach, involve, and inspire the growth and development of junior agency staff via providing consistent feedback, training and growth opportunities.
• Act as an open and willing resource to team members in assessing ideas and directions and providing guidance to push further.
• Monitor and communicate POV on current marketing and industry issues.
• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for overall agency performance and flawless delivery.
• Collaborate to build engagement strategies, align scopes of work and help track of all measurable outcomes and budgets.

What You’ll Need

• 10+ years of experience in strategic communications, including developing and managing relationships and coalitions, preferably in an agency setting and for a state or federal government client.
• Proven proficiency collaborating with Tribal nations directly from the state or federal level, or as a contractor to a state or federal agency.
• Demonstrated experience with community organizing, grassroots organization, and engagement planning and facilitation.
• Experience and interest in working on issues related to climate change, resilience and/or hazard mitigation at the local, state, or federal level.
• Proven relationship-building, consensus-building and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated background in developing and leading communication initiatives or campaigns.
• Familiarity with or interest in equity-centered approaches to community engagement and program delivery.
• Experience working with a large government account, including understanding of budgets and contractual obligations.
• Superior client service and client relationship skills.
• Proactive, problem solver, team player.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a broad spectrum of audiences from Federal, State, and local officials to thought leaders, business leaders, and local residents.
• Experience working on community planning, climate adaptation, engineering, flooding or other natural hazard issues is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage staff across multiple projects efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with teams across the nation is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills are essential.
• Willingness to travel and work on client site.
• Demonstrated capability to get things done on budget and on time; established sense of business & financial acumen.
• Ability to work with and manage subcontractors and vendor relationships.
• An understanding of the dynamics and workings of the agency’s process as it relates to the client’s business; Demonstrable knowledge of client and agency operations and working knowledge of Ogilvy’s capabilities.

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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