DIRECTOR, ENGAGEMENT AND MOBILIZATION-ADVOCACY

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

CARE is seeking a Director of Engagement and Mobilization to support our Advocacy team. The Director fof Mobilization and Engagement will lead CARE’s efforts to build and mobilize a diverse and active U.S. constituency for the fight against global poverty and for women’s and girls’ equity. This role is responsible for the strategic and tactical management of CARE’s digital mobilization and offline engagement and directs an integrated online/offline strategy to influence and educate members of Congress on CARE’s advocacy agenda.

This position is within CARE’s US Programs and Policy Advocacy (USPPA) department. The Director will to the Associate Vice President for US Advocacy and will work closely with the Director of Government Relations and CARE’s communications and marketing team to build an advocacy “Community of CARE” that advances CARE’s goals through supporter engagement and mobilization.

The person in this role will manage a team of 4-6 direct reports from both the Citizen Action Network (CAN) and Digital Advocacy teams, including several matrixed positions that ladder into other departments. The Director of Engagement and Mobilization will act as a member of the US Advocacy and USPPA senior leadership teams (SLTs) and also coordinates closely with similarly-positioned colleagues on the Senior Leadership Team, including the Deputy Director of Learning Tours, the Director of Government Relations and the Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Constituent Mobilization and Engagement
• Management and Leadership of Offline Organizing Team
• Management and Leadership of Digital Advocacy Team
• Serve as Member of the US Advocacy and USPPA SLTs
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships and alliances

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in a related field
• At least 10 years of experience with successful digital and offline mobilization and engagement with a national advocacy organization. At least 12 years of relevant working experience.
• Superior writing abilities; able to quickly translate complex policy ideas into clear, persuasive messages for public audiences.
• At least 2 years of experience managing direct reports.