Policy and Community Engagement Manager

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• Job Category: Administration, Regular, 40 hours per week, 12 months per year
• Employee Type: FT Non-Exempt

Agency Overview

At Neighborhood House (NH), our vision is a healthy, diverse, and welcoming community, free of poverty and racism, where all people thrive. We serve over 13,000 individuals in Seattle/South King County in the areas of early learning, youth development, citizenship, employment, health, housing, resource navigation, and aging adults. In addition to direct services, we use our experience and deep connection to our communities to advocate for equitable access to services, and policy changes that advance equity for all.

When one of us succeeds, we all succeed!

Neighborhood House is on a mission to becoming a multi-cultural, anti-racist agency. We are achieving this by sharing power, listening to and learning from each other and our communities, and working to repair past inequities. We are building a culture where equity is the foundation, inclusiveness is the default, and access for marginalized communities is the norm.

Our Agency Values include Community, Equity, Integrity, Relationships, and Sustainability. More information about our Agency Values can be found here.

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Job Summary

The Policy and Community Engagement Manager advances Neighborhood House’s strategic goal of disrupting systems that keep people in poverty. This role will work collaboratively with the Neighborhood House leadership, Relationships, Education, Advocacy, Access, and Leadership (REAAL) board advocacy committee, Communications Manager, NH staff, and clients to advance priority issues to policymakers.

Working in close collaboration with NH staff and community partners, the Policy and Community Engagement Manager supports client and staff participation in community education and leadership development activities. This role reports to the Executive Director and facilitates participation in advocacy activities such as legislative visits, public testimony, coalition efforts, and advocacy campaigns.

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