School Advocacy Coordinator
The School Advocacy Coordinator will:
- Work closely with day schools to grow Teach Florida’s activist and ambassador networks through meeting, cultivating, and training school parents, teachers, administration and lay leaders
- Recruit and cultivate relationships with 20 community members to be organization lay leaders and influencers for assigned schools
- Build and maintain relationships with the day school community
- Recruit administrative, parent and lay leader representatives at each school
- Train school representatives how to advocate, vote, and empower others to do the same
- Visit schools a minimum three schools per week
- Expand Teach Florida’s voter database and voter registration activities in South Florida
- Manage day school GOTV strategy including identifying and managing school volunteer activists, registering voters, assisting in school voter communications and school GOTV events
- Engage day school constituents in action alerts, rallies and other advocacy activities
- Represent Teach Florida at various school and community events and forums
- Assist in execution of all Teach Florida events including annual Legislative Breakfast
- Participate in all fundraising events and campaigns to raise annual budget
Qualifications and Skills:
- Highly motivated self-starter who can initiate and maintain contacts, relationships, projects, meetings and events
- Strong capacity to friend and fundraise to build Teach Florida and accomplish our goals
- Be well-organized, detail-oriented, dependable and able to handle multiple projects and deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with people of all ages
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and database software
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Problem solving skills and ability to work and stay poised under pressure
- Committed to Jewish day school education, fair government funding of nonpublic schools and activism
Helpful Skills:
- Experience with voter databases and voter outreach
- Knowledge of the legislative process
- Knowledge of Mailchimp or other communications software
- Relationships with nonpublic schools in Florida