Associate State Director-Community Outreach (Topeka, Kansas)

AARP is currently hiring an Associate State Director-Community Outreach in Topeka, Kansas.

Job responsibilities include:

• Providing advice and counsel to cross-functional teams in the implementation of the organization's state and community strategy initiatives including local advocacy, member/public engagement, volunteer management, and communications priorities.

• Evaluating and adjusting strategy implementation to achieve the organization's local goals nationwide. Assesses state and regional needs and develops and implements training programs as needed.

• Working with staff, volunteers, members, and other cross-organization teams to achieve the organization’s community engagement goals at the state and local levels. Establishes a presence for the organization in targeted communities by engaging multicultural audiences, developing community partnerships, building volunteer capacity, and designing and executing engaging community programs and events.

• Resolving systemic issues across functions and ensures strong communication within a matrixed business environment.

• Developing and implementing community engagement and communication strategies tailored to target audiences in statewide and local communities. Establishes strategic community partnerships and leverages internal and/or external resources to raise the visibility of the organization within communities.

• Recruiting, training, developing, and deploying volunteers in accordance with organizational goals. Aligns volunteers’ interests with organizational priorities. Supports volunteer needs and designs opportunities to maximize volunteer engagement. Ensures inclusion of volunteer perspectives in strategic planning.

Job qualifications:

• Completion of a BA degree plus a minimum of 5 years of experience.

• Understanding of community organizing, communications, marketing and public relations.

• Experience with grassroots organizing, volunteer recruitment, training, and retention.

• Strong social media and writing skills, and the ability to tell a cohesive story through visual elements, and familiarity with new media platforms. Must be proficient with the MS Office Suite.

• Experience with local and state business, government, entertainment, and community service environments (community service leaders, non-profit organizations, critical city-wide community service needs, business leaders) is a plus.

• Ability to handle multiple issues and projects in a matrix team approach, requiring significant consultation and collaboration with colleagues.

• Local and state travel up to 50% plus night and weekend work as required.

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