Overview:
Boys & Girls Clubs of America named One of the Best Nonprofits to Work for in 2017, 2018 and 2019 Indeed.com
Boys & Girls Clubs of America is the nation's premier youth development organization. Our programs, training and services impact nearly 4 million children and teens every year. We are always looking for qualified professionals with a passion for improving young lives, as a member of our national staff. We have strong values, embrace diversity and offer great benefits to allow our employees to maintain work/life balance.
LOCATION: Washington, DC- Hybrid model in office Tuesday & Wednesday. Working remote Monday, Thursday & Friday
Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- First drafts of correspondence (i.e. invitations and thank you letters to Congress/Agencies)
- Updating Government Relations Tracking Dashboards, Club advocacy interactions, Federal Legislation Tracker, Congressional champion tracking, and team goal trackers
- Managing Congressional mass emails and communications
- Appropriations request support
- Provide policy research, monitoring of legislation, run bill reports, etc.
- Meeting support/scheduling/notes internally and with consultants and coalitions
- Advocacy event support in DC including National Days of Advocacy and Summit for Americas Youth including:
- Managing congressional meeting scheduling process
- Youth of the Year travel management
- Packet planning and assembly
- Project management of event
- Meeting feedback and responses to congressional offices
- Other Government Relations special events support (Briefings, Alumni or Partner events)
- Material drafting, editing, production
- Tracking RSVPs and other planning support
- Onsite support
- Support Advocacy special Events like congressional recess engagement and Native Week of Advocacy including deck creation, tracking of visits, reports to the field.
- Compile weekly press clips
- Newsletter drafting and design
- Intern recruitment & onboarding
- Supporting Action Alert drafting, design, execution and tracking utilizing Advocacy software
- Office manager responsibilities for DC office including point of contact for all Government Relations inquiries
- Government Relations team updates to BGCA intranet and internet sites
- Administering Government Relations training logistics including trackers, tech, email reminders and follow-ups
- Administratively support our Youth Advocacy initiative including:
- Organizing and updating Club list, contacts, etc.
- Prepare communications to update TLC Cohorts
- Update TLC Cohort projects and transfer data from reports to data tracker
- Track budgets and provide requested reports
Qualifications:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelors degree in education, youth development, sociology, training, evaluation, or related discipline with a strong background in consultation, training data analysis and organizational development. Minimum of two years of experience, including one year of project management responsibilities that include designing and leading multiple, simultaneous projects Advanced level of analytical and problem solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills