Civic Engagement Manager - Houston, United States - BAKERRIPLEY

BAKERRIPLEY

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

The Manager of Civic Engagement will serve as an expert in leadership development and governmental relations to establish and grow community-led cohorts out of our Gulfton Sharpstown Campus and Pasadena Campus.

The Manager will have a pulse on local, statewide, and federal policy trends, and serve as a resource to community-led groups at the centers.

The Manager will help develop leaders (known as Community Engineers) who take initiative and are active in their communities, working towards the common good; provide guidance and support to neighbors on advocating for themselves; assist neighbors in building civic connections.

Core Responsibilities:

Carries out the agency's Community Engineers Leadership Training Program to equip neighbors with tools to influence change and realize the vision they have for their community. This includes assisting them in advocating for themselves and their community in public forums.
Establishes and cultivates relationships with community partners and government offices.
Supports neighbors with interaction and coordination of political requests that align with their vision.
Supports with local, state, and federal government relationshipdevelopment that furthers neighbors' visions and, as requested, by the Sr. Civic Engagement Manager and BakerRipley leadership.
Responsible for training, guiding and coordinating civic engagement projects and events with neighborhood residents.
Responsible for executing proactive engagement techniques to cultivate agency relationships with area civic associations.
Tracks policy, as well as, the sociopolitical landscape to anticipate strategic opportunities for the Civic Engagement Team and to assist Community Engineers and neighbors. This includes keeping up with current events.
Provides policy briefings to the Sr. Civic Engagement Manager and, if requested, to BakerRipley leadership that pertain to projects, plans, and long term goals.
Responsible for fostering relationships that support and build capacity for center and agency programs and initiatives.
Uses Appreciative Inquiry to design, develop, and implement civic engagement strategies and programs to increase community participation and, ultimately, engagement with the government. Develops mechanisms to measure and track levels of civic engagement over time.
Supports BakerRipley's voter engagement and other civic participation strategies and tactics, along with duties as assigned.

Skills:
Preferred

Public Speaking
Group Facilitation
Leadership
Engagement

Behaviors:
Preferred

Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations:
Preferred

Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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