Voices for Virginia’s Children is hiring an Advocacy and Engagement Manager. As the Advocacy and Engagement Manager, you will be responsible for identifying advocacy opportunities, developing traditional, digital, and grassroots engagement and advocacy strategies, and mobilizing advocates to support policy priorities.
Working at Voices is an opportunity to lend your voice and your skills to amplify those of children and their families throughout the Commonwealth. Relationship building is central to this position. We would like to hire an individual that can relate and connect with the communities that they will be working with.
Responsibilities include:
Advocacy (50%)
Supports the Racial Truth and Reconciliation Virginia campaign and coalition to include advocates and organizations representative of all of Voices issue areas across the state
Provides technical assistance and support to Racial Truth and Reconciliation committees, trauma-informed community networks, and other stakeholders across the state
Supports partner policy agendas and Voices unified policy agendas
Serves as a liaison between the Voices policy team, community members, and partners
Recruits, trains and empowers advocates to connect with local, state, and federal elected and appointed leaders in collaboration with the appropriate policy team member
Uses advocacy toolkits and resources to train advocates and provides support to the policy team members during all of Voices advocacy days in addition to leading a cross-disciplinary advocacy day each year
Collaborates with Research Director to provide community-level data assessments to identify unique challenges, policy priorities, and the impact of policy
Outreach and Engagement (50%)
Builds relationships with organizations and individuals directly impacted by Voices priorities, including youth, parents, professionals, and stakeholders to ensure advocacy is at the core of all policy efforts and connects these relationships to the appropriate policy team member
Provides strategic policy-oriented outreach and engagement with a concentration in trauma-informed care, equity, and community and social issues in Voices key issue areas
Facilitates meetings, provides policy updates, and conducts focus groups to inform and engage the community and partners in Voices’ work
Works collaboratively with the Communications Team to capture stories and empower individuals to share these stories through various internal and external outlets
Manages Voter Voice (increase number of people involved)
Organizational Responsibilities
Demonstrates Voices as an organization that prioritizes policy change through the identification of legislative champions and strengthened relationships
Works collaboratively with the Chief Philanthropy officer to provide information and input on relevant grant proposals and reports
Applies a trauma-informed & equity-informed lens to all responsibilities
Actively participates in staff meetings and organizational-wide events
