Grassroots Manager, New York City

About this role

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. Together with our charitable partner, the American Cancer Society, we work in Congress, state legislatures and local jurisdictions to support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.

The Grassroots Manager plans and executes a comprehensive grassroots advocacy program across an assigned geography. This includes attracting volunteers and developing, maintaining, and implementing a volunteer leadership program. The position is responsible for developing and implementing grassroots strategies and campaign plans for local, state, and federal legislative priorities, and facilitating the achievement of ACS CAN volunteer fundraising goals primarily through supporting volunteers in their fundraising. The position embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of the role, particularly through volunteer attraction, development, and engagement. The position models the organization's values and cultural beliefs and complies with all relevant lobbying protocols for each state and executes all assigned administrative duties.

The Grassroots Manager, New York City role centers health equity across all aspects of advocacy, organizing, and partnership development by engaging, cultivating, and supporting a diverse portfolio of grassroots partnerships, and community-based organizations aligned around shared goals: accelerating cancer cures, improving equitable access to care, and reducing the burden of tobacco in New York. Work to elevate community voices—particularly those historically underserved or disproportionately impacted by cancer in New York City—to help shape policy, systems, and environmental change.

***This role has the option to work remotely/be home based but needs to be in the Greater NYC market and/or has the option to work in the Manhattan office.***

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:    

Grassroots Strategy, Volunteer Attraction and Engagement, and Organizing: (50%) • Build and execute a state diversity and inclusion plan that enhances the reach and overall grassroots strength of the organization. Find and utilize diverse cancer patients, caregivers, and other stakeholder stories that help drive policies to address disparities and other health equity concerns.

• Work closely with the NY staff team to enhance and expand partnerships with various alliance organizations, including those with a focus on racial and ethnically diverse and LGBTQ+ members for grassroots development and training opportunities.

• Supports federal campaigns and congressional champion building for the organization's issues, working collaboratively to execute a grassroots strategy. Organizes volunteers to complete federal activities in collaboration with national teams.

• Communicates strategically using messages that are tailored to specific political environments and attuned to the rapid pace of legislative activities in assigned state(s). Writes and disseminates e-mails to volunteers, legislative alerts, issue talking points, and training curriculum for a diverse audience of volunteers.

• Plans and manages Cancer Action lobby days or similar events, including virtual, to drive engagement and policy wins.

• Maintains ACS CAN web pages, Facebook pages, and/or other social media accounts according to organizational guidelines and standards, coordinating where applicable.

• Identifies and develops volunteers with personal stories related to ACS CAN's policy campaigns, engaging in story collection where applicable.

• Serves as the staff manager of the volunteer structure in the assigned geography coordinating appropriately with leadership volunteers. Accountable to filling any vacancies in the structure and ensuring sufficient capacity throughout the geography.

• Implement the fundamental principles of Direct-Action Organizing to organize and manage state legislative campaigns.

• Coordinates campaign activities with grassroots/patient coalition partners, as well as with regional and national ACS CAN teams.

• Accurately and effectively represents ACS CAN and its mission and in a manner commensurate with the organization's brand.

• Establishes and maintains strategic collaborations and partnerships with other organizations, as appropriate.

• Ensures that in leading electoral activity in the assigned state(s) through Cancer Votes, working closely with staff partners and national staff, the program adheres to all IRS and ACS CAN legal and reporting requirements.

• Follow all ACS CAN policies and guidelines.

Integration and Capacity Building: (30%) • Attracts, trains, and develops volunteers, through a variety of internal and external channels, implementing development, communication, training and recognition programs for volunteers.

• Strengthens grassroots capacity through the ACS CAN's volunteer structure, maintaining excellent relationships with grasstops and grassroots volunteers.

• Facilitates local, state, and federal grassroots advocacy by volunteers, including the building and maintaining of relationships with elected officials and members of their staff. Primary responsibility for maintaining direct local relationships, as appropriate, with elected officials and their staff members.

• Supports cross-functional collaboration with the American Cancer Society regional staff, coalitions, and partners to align and amplify grassroots campaigns.

• Conducts training as needed for volunteers and ACS staff, equipping others for interactions with elected officials and their staff.

• Consistently inputs and maintains ACS CAN volunteer information in the organization's databases, such as Salesforce.

• Works closely with ACS regional staff, coalitions, and partners to align and amplify grassroots campaigns.

Volunteer Fundraising: (20%) • Drives volunteer fundraising in the assigned state.

• Encourages volunteer-led fundraising t

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