Community Engagament Manager

What We Need

Cascade Bicycle Club is seeking an outgoing, collaborative, and entrepreneurial logistics dynamo to be the next Community Engagement Manager. The Community Engagement Manager will serve this dynamic, well-established, and respected organization by managing Cascade/Washington Bikes’ Bike Month and Ride in the Rain engagement programs, growing Cascade’s physical outreach presence in the Seattle region, and overseeing Cascade’s Bike Valet program. This new position will be part of the Advocacy and Community team, and report to the Deputy Director.

Who We Are

Cascade Bicycle Club, the nation's largest statewide bicycle nonprofit, is 9,500-members, 55-years old, and 42-staff strong, serving bike riders of all ages and abilities throughout the state of Washington. We teach the joys of bicycling, advocate for safe places to ride, and produce community rides and events. Our signature programs include the Seattle to Portland ride, the Pedaling Relief Project, advocacy for connected trail networks and on-street bike networks in Seattle and across the Puget Sound Region, Your Streets Your Say, Free Group Rides, Adult Classes, Let's Go, and the Major Taylor Project.

Washington Bikes promotes the health, safety, environmental, and economic benefits of bicycling. We advocate for people who bike, endorse political candidates, and hold officials accountable. We collaborate with community members and public officials to shape policies and investments in active transportation that create equitable, sustainable, and thriving communities across Washington state.

Our Values:

• Equity - We lead with a racial equity lens to eliminate inequities in community health outcomes and in mobility and transportation access. Bicycles are a tool for liberation.
• Climate Justice & Clean Air - Bicycles are clean, healthy, and an affordable solution to help solve the climate crisis, clean our air, reduce transportation pollution, and create sustainable communities.
• Community - We create opportunities for people to come together by removing barriers and fostering a sense of belonging. Bicycles are an integral part of creating connected, equitable and thriving communities.
• Safety - Safety is a right; we champion spaces that foster physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Collaboration - We share power, resources, and knowledge as a means to enrich lives and form mutually beneficial partnerships. We celebrate the existing strengths of our partners and participants and seek to be an accessible asset for others.

For a detailed description of the organization and its programs, please visit http://www.cascade.org or http://www.wabikes.org

What You’ll Bring

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage Cascade’s Bike Valet program, which helps ensure people who bike to large events in the Seattle region have a safe and convenient place to leave their bike. (40%)

• Point of contact for managing the program, from inquiries to securing and executing contracts (event series and/or one-off events)
• Hire and manage part time, temporary, and/or seasonal staff
• Manage all staffing responsibilities for bike valet events
• Run day-of bike valet events: transport and set up bike racks and outreach materials, run bike check in and check out,
• Talk to attendees about Cascade and promote the organization with materials created by the marketing team

Plan and execute Bike Everywhere Month and Ride in the Rain (35%)

• Identify a new vendor for the May “Bike Month Challenge/competition” (and November’s Ride in the Rain). Help secure external funding to support implementation (in collaboration with development team)
• Execute Bike Everywhere Day, which includes Cascade Fremont Station and a map highlighting all Bike Everywhere Day stations across the State.
• Develop calendar of events (BEM and RIR) to engage different audiences around Bike Month
• Collaborate across the organization to help leverage Bike Everywhere Month to tell stories of Cascade’s work.
• Take photos of the events to share with the comms and marketing team.

Public facing outreach (25%)

• Identify locations for high impact tabling events to raise awareness of Cascade’s work.
• Manage paid outreach staff and/or volunteer outreach ambassadors to do community tabling (farmer’s markets, along bike trails, at community events, etc)
• Distribute physical marketing materials to community partners across the state of Washington, such as bike shops.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to build positive relationships with a diverse array of stakeholders, especially those with divergent perspectives.
• Self-starter that excels working in a collaborative team environment
• Organizational skills including ability to manage multiple projects and produce quality work under deadline.
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Ability to write content (emails, social media messages) that will motivate and excite people
• Willingness to engage in public-facing outreach (aka talk to strangers about Cascade while tabling for long stretches of time)
• Ability to manage own workload with limited oversight
• Ability and desire to ride a bicycle - and share the joy of biking with others!!
• Commitment to growing biking across Washington state, and achieving Cascade and Washington Bikes’ missions

Qualifications

• Experience supporting racial, health, mobility, and/or environmental equity and justice programs or policy outcomes
• Event management experience
• Experience in using and learning a variety of digital tools, including Google Suite, Zoom, Cervis (or another volunteer management tool), Salesforce, website content via Drupal or other content platforms, etc.
• Experience hiring and managing part-time/temp staff (preferred)
• Knowledge of regional bike trails and on-street bike network in Seattle region (preferred)
• This position requires a person to be able to lift up to 25 lbs to load and unload event trucks as well as bend, lift, and move.
• This position requires a valid Washington driver license or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire.

Job Details

This position is full-time non-exempt and remote-hybrid eligible. Residence in Washington state and the ability to come into the office 1 to 3 days a week are required for this position. Cascade’s office policy is that generally work can be done off-site provided there is no loss to: team collaboration, the needs of the organization, and the essential functions of the position. Typical weekly hours for this position are 40. Regular weekend and evening work will be required for this role, especially between March and November. For those months, anticipate working up to 2 weekends a month and up to 3 evenings per week. Evening and weekend work will include things like: tabling during AM or PM commute at high bike traffic locations in the Seattle area; hosting a bike month happy hour; staffing bike valet on one or both weekend days, all day or afternoon into late evening.

Cascade Bicycle Club is on a journey to becoming an anti-racist organization. We strongly encourage applications from people who have historically been underrepresented in the bicycle industry, advocacy, and nonprofit work.

Cascade is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, racial equity, and inclusion. Cascade does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, genetic information, marital status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. We strive to have a diverse board, staff, and volunteer base that is reflective of the communities we serve. This position is subject to reference checks and the completion of a background check. Cascade will consider qualified applicants for employment pursuant to the Seattle Fair Chance Employment Ordinance and Washington State Fair Chance Act.

Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

If hired, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination.

Hiring Timeline

Estimated date of hire for this position is September 2025.