Community Engagement Manager, Southeast (SE) at Catholic Relief Services

Business Title: Community Engagement Manager, Southeast (SE)
Job Title: Advisor I
Job Location: Telecommuting within AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, or VI
Job Type: Remote, Full-Time, Exempt

About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
Background
CRS is building a movement of millions of people in the United States to increase the Church’s impact and influence in combatting global poverty, violence, and injustice. Animated by our Catholic faith’s call to action to alleviate suffering and create a more just world for the world’s poorest, most marginalized and most vulnerable people, CRS’ movement building strategy calls forth leaders to be prophetic advocates for justice and the common good.
As part of the team that is identifying, recruiting, retaining and engaging animated volunteers through our communal chapter infrastructure, the Southeast team is essential to mobilizing CRS supporters for advocacy and fundraising. The Southeast (SE) team covers field organizing, training, volunteer management and events in the following U.S. states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Virgin Islands.
Job Summary
Your primary responsibility is to identify, recruit, and train new chapter leaders and members. Implementing the CRS approach for chapter organizing, you will prioritize target areas of the SE region to establish relationships with key Church and other leaders, surface interest in working with CRS to advance issue-based campaign activities as part of organized chapters, assess training, communication, and overall organizing needs, and implement proven m ethodologies for building a robust chapter infrastructure.
The Community Engagement Manager (CEM), SE collaborates closely with all US-based Community Engagement Managers, the Volunteer Manager, and event support staff. While you will report to SE Field Director, will also receive guidance from the National Senior Advisor for Leadership Development & Training.
Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage relationships with diocesan and parish leaders, other CRS partners in the SE, leaders of audiences including high schools, colleges/universities, Hispanic constituencies, and the extended Catholic, ecumenical, and interfaith community, as guided by CRS Partnership Principles for the purposes of identifying, recruiting, retaining, and training CRS chapter members and leaders in support of CRS issue-based campaigns.
• Identify and recruit constituents to participate in issue-based campaigns and CRS Chapters through prospecting using a variety of methods including, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) reports, marketing and advertising, networking and regular communication touchpoints.
• Conduct presentations, trainings, workshops, courses, and retreats for CRS chapter leaders and chapter networks to build chapter participants’ capacity to engage in CRS issue-based campaign activities.
• Assess training modules and campaign content and action materials and provide feedback for improvement and adjustments to M2 staff, including National Advisor, Campaign Content and Action team, and Strategy and Operations team.
• Closely monitor the recruitment and retention of chapter leaders and members to ensure alignment with strategy and goals.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social justice, social work/advocacy, non-profit management, business, pastoral ministry, or related fields or equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of relevant experience.

Required Languages– English. Spanish proficiency a plus.

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.