Florida Deputy Director

JOB DESCRIPTION

ABIC seeks to hire a qualified and experienced individual as a full-time Florida Deputy Director based in South Florida. ABIC is a fast growing national organization and staff will be working closely with teams across the country to promote its mission.

The Florida Deputy Director will report to the ABIC Florida State Director and will work directly with ABIC staff and its consultants to focus primarily on building business and community support for immigrants in South Florida to deliver sensible immigration solutions in Florida and at the federal level.

 To succeed in this position, the individual must be able to manage expectations and meet deadlines, organize and present information, pay attention to detail, maintain confidentiality, demonstrate honesty and trustworthiness and make a solid, positive impact. The new hire must be self-motivated, responsible, and able to work independently as well as part of a team.

 The Florida Deputy Director will become a critical and valued part of our mission to protect immigrants in Florida and build a vibrant single-issue, bipartisan, pro-immigration business coalition.

 RESPONSIBILITIES

●    Serve as a public-facing leader for ABIC’s work in Florida

●    Build relationships with key leaders and organizations, recruit CEOs of major corporations to publicly support common sense immigration solutions, manage business and CEO engagement, coalition organizing, and other in-state outreach on behalf of ABIC

●    Understand and advocate for the labor needs of businesses and the importance of high and low skilled immigrant workers in the economy

●    Communicate and find common ground with conservative and moderate elected and business leaders

●    Coordinate ongoing engagement for business leaders and coalition members on issues of immigration fairness, including facilitating op-eds, public letters, and coalition calls, meetings, and press events

●    Drive a strategic, winning and bipartisan membership growth strategy

●    Engage with major donors, corporate partners, and others to drive fundraising

●    Work with communications consultants to direct engagement and relationships with the media

●    Actively support other ABIC programs as needed such as Small Business Technical Assistance, a national program supporting small businesses in pandemic recovery efforts

●    Develop working relationships with Federal, State, and Local lawmakers and their offices across Florida

●    Travel to national staff events and throughout Florida for meetings, events, and advocacy activities

●    Respond quickly to rapid-response situations.

  QUALIFICATIONS

●    A deep commitment to advocating for a path to citizenship and comfort and ease advocating for undocumented immigrants

●    3 to 5 years of direct experience in organizing or a related field such as political, grassroots, or fundraising activities

●    Exceptional communication skills (interpersonal, written, and verbal)

●    Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Suite

●    Spanish language proficiency is preferred but not required

●    Experience with EveryAction and Asana preferred

Although the position is remote, applicants must reside in South Florida.

ABOUT ABIC

 The American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) promotes common sense immigration reform that advances economic competitiveness, provides companies with both the high-skilled and low-skilled talent they need, and allows the integration of immigrants into our economy as consumers, workers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.

ABIC is active in key states and communities across the country, engaging activists, advocates, business leaders, and elected officials on the urgency of passing immigration reform that boosts our economy, creates jobs, eases the labor shortage, and supports families. The goal of our bipartisan coalition of over 1500+ diverse businesses and business associations is to provide a strong and effective voice seeking sensible immigration reforms to grow our economy and strengthen our families. Currently, ABIC is active in 17 states including Illinois, Florida, Texas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Georgia, and Nevada.

For more information, visit https://abic.us.

ABIC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for employees. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, or other legally protected characteristics.

 Qualified applicants please forward your resume and cover letter to info@americanbic.biz