ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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Office Title: ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR |
Application Deadline: Until Filled |
Civil Service Title/Level: CFB Analyst II |
Department: Partnership & Outreach |
Number of Positions: 1 |
Position Status: FULL-TIME |
Salary: $55,000 – $70,000 |
Job ID #: 540023 |
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ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD
The New York City campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan, independent city agency that enhances the role of New York City residents in elections. We are dedicated to making our local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable.
We eliminate barriers to participation by providing access to the information and resources New Yorkers need to vote or run for office and reduce the corrupting influence of money in politics by enhancing the impact of New Yorkers’ small-dollar contributions. You would be working with a staff and leadership that is mission driven and committed to continuous improvement for the staff and the public. We provide flexible work hours and environment.
ABOUT THE UNIT/DEPARTMENT
The Public Affairs division promotes the agency’s key role in equipping all candidates and voters to power a fairer and more open democracy in New York City. We engage New Yorkers, inform them about elections, and boost their civic participation in the democratic process.
NYC Votes is an initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB), a nonpartisan, independent agency, that aims to inform New Yorkers about elections and boost their civic participation in the democratic process. The NYC Votes Partnership and Outreach team works to build partnerships across the city to disseminate information and conduct direct to voter outreach.
TEAM CULTURE
- The Public Affairs division seeks to build and sustain a culture that enables all team members to do their best work. Our interview process will include some questions intended to assess candidates’ interest in working within a culture like ours, and we are happy to answer your questions, too. We strongly encourage you to apply if these values resonate with you:
- Purpose: We are driven by our mission first and foremost; everything that we do is geared towards helping all New Yorkers participate in our democracy.
- Curiosity: We take time to learn about the communities we are trying to serve, and value hearing from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We figure out how to adapt as we get new information and circumstances change. We focus on growth, continuous improvement, and development of our team to serve our mission.
- Creativity: We value exploring a multiplicity of ideas and approaches and seek to address problems with inventive solutions. We encourage testing out new ideas and are willing to take risks.
- Collaboration: We achieve our success as a team; we respect and support each other, actively listen to each other, and value the unique skills, talents, and experience that everyone has that help us achieve our goals.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ JOB DESCRIPTION
The team is seeking an Engagement Coordinator. This new role will play a critical role in enhancing our civic engagement education and services for city agencies, community boards, libraries, schools, and other city-affiliated organizations. The role will also support the Partnerships and Outreach team in building and maintaining strong internal systems to organize and track partnership development.
The Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the Senior Partnerships Manager on the Partnerships and Outreach team to identify and forge relationships with key stakeholders, primarily with city agencies included in Local Law 29, known as the Pro-Voter Law, which requires the provision of voter registration to New Yorkers.
They will be tasked with understanding, tracking, and meeting community needs through the provision of resources and materials, education delivery, event execution, among other engagement and education approaches. The Engagement Coordinator will also work closely with Public Affairs staff to assist in the overall development of resources and materials and coordination of services.
We are looking for someone energized about on-the-ground community engagement with strong project management and organizational skills. We seek to work with someone passionate about making the voting process inclusive for those most marginalized in our society. Ideally, this candidate is aware or interested in deepening their understanding of how racism, ableism, classism, or other oppressions show up in the voting process.
We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger teams. We strongly encourage people of color/the global majority, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and people with other marginalized identities to apply.
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION
- Work with Senior Partnerships Manager to identify new and existing contacts and develop an outreach plan to reach and support city agencies, community boards, libraries, schools, and other city-affiliated organizations.
- Serve as the primary liaison between these partner organizations and the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) as it relates to delivering requested resources and materials, scheduling and delivering educational sessions, conducting follow up, etc.
- Deliver printed and online election materials to city agencies, community boards, libraries, schools, and other city-affiliated organizations.
- Serve as the point person for partner organizations as it relates to election-related updates and questions.
- Participate in events hosted by partner organizations and promote civic engagement opportunities.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Develop and maintain up-to-date partnership data across the Partnerships and Outreach team
- Work with Senior Partnerships Manager to maintain consistent tracking of partner data, including contact information, meeting notes, organizational tags, listserv maintenance, etc.
- Build mass communication plans to reach all partner organizations (i.e. newsletter, election updates, etc.)
- Work with Senior Partnerships Manager to develop metrics and measures of success for education delivery; create reports and tools to assess impact
- Propose and implement new ideas or processes to manage and maintain a strong partner portfolio
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORKSHOP DELIVERY
- If safe, travel to sites across the city to meet deliver trainings, meet with community stakeholders, and serve as a source of credible information for communities across NYC
- Collect and incorporate audience feedback
- Work with Marketing and Communications team to update trainings and resources to ensure they are up to date with election information and tailored to specific audience needs
TEAM BUILDING
- Support the development and maintenance of internal team structure, including identifying areas of improvement, creating processes for coordinating, and generally helping to keep things organized
- Model our core values of Purpose, Curiosity, Creativity, and Collaboration
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in outreach or community engagement work, voting and civic engagement work is preferred.
- Strong project management skills
- Experience organizing or facilitating presentations and workshops for diverse audiences
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher) and Google Suite.
- Willingness to travel independently to deliver presentations, participate in speaking engagements, etc. sometimes outside of regular working hours. Occasionally, travel to areas in which public transportation may not be available.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with diverse communities
- Existing relationships in the New York City local government space, including with agencies, community-based groups, libraries, etc.
- Existing engagement in the New York City community, including local businesses, libraries, advocacy, or volunteer groups, etc.
- Ability to understand and communicate in one or more of the following languages: Arabic, American Sign Language (ASL), Bengali, Cantonese, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish, Russian, or Urdu.
HOW TO APPLY:
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH NYC JOBS/EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE (ESS) WEBSITE
- Please select the following link to apply directly to this vacancy: ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
- Note that only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
For more information on careers with the NYC Campaign Finance Board visit our website at https://www.nyccfb.info/ to access the full listing of job opportunities and to learn more about our agency.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As of August 2, 2021, all new hires must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered city employment, this requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received and approved by the hiring agency.
Pursuant to Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner’s Directive No. 2020-20 (concerning the Recruitment of Personnel During the Covid-19 Crisis), New York City residency must be obtained within six months after Emergency Executive Order No.98 is rescinded. If that time has passed, residency must be obtained within 90 days of the start date.
The CFB is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to diversity. All individuals are encouraged to apply. If you anticipate needing any type of reasonable accommodation to apply for an employment opportunity, please contact access@nyccfb.info or (212) 409-1800.
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.