Community Engagement Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time, Salary
Employment Classification: Exempt
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to: Director of Marketing and Outreach
Salary: $48,000 - $54,000 (commensurate on experience)
Benefits: 403(b) Retirement Savings with Pre and Post-Tax deferral options available on day one (matched at 3% after the first anniversary). Eligible after 90-Day Probationary period: Paid time off, Paid Holidays including your Birthday, Subsidized Medical and Dental insurance, Ancillary Insurance (Vision, Accident, Critical Illness, ID Shield, Legal Shield)
Trees Atlanta is a nonprofit community group that protects and improves Atlanta�s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating. Trees Atlanta is a people-focused organization that cultivates a collaborative and inclusive workplace, supports employee development, and prioritizes respectful and effective partnerships with community leaders and volunteers to increase the availability and access to the benefits of trees in communities across Metro Atlanta.
The Community Engagement Manager will lead the development and management of the community engagement efforts for Trees Atlanta, with a special focus on meeting the goals of our Trees Across Georgia (TAG) state-funded grant for eight specific neighborhoods in southwest Atlanta and delivering tree-based benefits that reflect the neighborhood needs and priorities. This is a permanent, full-time, salaried position with an attractive benefits package.
Essential Activities and Responsibilities of this Role
The Community Engagement Manager will help us to rethink and activate how we collaborate in and with communities and how to involve all parts of our organization in that effort. The essential responsibilities of this position are:
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Represent Trees Atlanta in the community. Understand the programs and services we provide so that they can be offered as options or solutions to community needs. Listen, observe, and engage; then apply community feedback to Trees Atlanta planning and decisions.
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Strengthen community relationships in neighborhoods. Organize outreach and engagement efforts in grant-qualified priority neighborhoods adjacent to downtown Atlanta, specifically: English Avenue, Vine City, Atlanta University Center, The Villages of Castleberry Hill, Pittsburgh, Mechanicsville, Summerhill, and Peoplestown. Half of your time is focused on these neighborhoods.
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Organize and increase community participation. Develop and conduct a variety of events for neighborhoods that will educate, increase awareness, and stimulate demand for more trees in their neighborhoods.
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Deliver �shovel ready� Neighborhood Tree Planting Plans. Manage the project timeline to create Neighborhood Tree Planting Plans for three or four of the Downtown Atlanta-adjacent neighborhoods listed above. The project team includes other subject matter experts from Trees Atlanta and external partners who will provide design and technical expertise. You will organize various opportunities to gather community feedback, priorities, preferences, and concerns that will inform the creation of the plans. These detailed Neighborhood Tree Planting Plans are project proposals that include planting locations, species, and quantities of new trees in each neighborhood.
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Be responsive to community members. Identify and maintain consistent communication with key community contacts in specific Atlanta neighborhoods, as well as solicit various and broad neighborhood perspectives. Respond to emails, calls, and other inquiries from community members. Support our relationships with City Council members and other city officials and staff.
Required Skills, Experience, and Abilities
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Minimum of two years of experience in project management, community outreach, volunteer coordination, meeting facilitation, and/or grassroots organizing. Coordinating multiple partners and collaborating across the organization is a core function of this role.
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Experience working with diverse communities, with a passion for local climate resilience and environmental issues. Understands the multiple benefits of nature and trees in urban areas.
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Experience organizing and leading practical public engagement activities. Engagement activities may include large and small group meetings, tabling events, presentations, workshops, field sessions, pop-up events, resident surveys, one-on-one conversations, and more.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including facilitating group discussions, public speaking, recording input, and clear and approachable writing in multiple formats, e.g., emails, information sheets, slide presentations, flyers, blog posts, reports, etc.
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Active listening skills and meeting facilitation experience. Community listening sessions should welcome and enable diverse perspectives and honor people�s time (e.g., prevent overtalking, stay on point, start and end on time, etc.).
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Competent user of office productivity tools and software, including Microsoft Office (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), Google Suite (e.g., Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Drive, etc.), and virtual meeting tools (e.g., Zoom, Teams, etc.).
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Able to work planned evening and weekend events, as needed. Comp time or flex time is offered to offset hours.
Application:
If you are an innovative and passionate individual with experience in community engagement and a commitment to our mission, we encourage you to apply. Applicants with connections to the priority communities are especially welcome.
To Apply:
Complete the application and upload your resume. To demonstrate your written communication skills, a cover letter is required.
Background Check and Drug Screening Disclaimer:
- All final candidates will be required to pass both a criminal background check and drug screening; adverse results will impact hiring (Trees Atlanta is a participant in the Federal Drug-Free Workplace program).
- All new hires will be required to verify their identity and eligibility to work in the United States of America. Trees Atlanta complies with regulations set by the Department of Homeland Security. Trees Atlanta is a registered E-Verify employer.
