Director of Community Engagement, Her PLAN

Her PLAN works at the local level with communities to strengthen and expand the pro-life safety net (based on the Her PLAN seven categories of care). Through this strategic work, communities become “Her Community” distinguished by a strong growing network of support that helps women plan for their future without resorting to abortion.

Directors of Community Engagement lead teams of up to six state coordinators, each responsible for mobilizing communities in their state to increase awareness of existing supports for pregnant and parenting mothers, strengthen connections between providers, identify unmet needs, and prompt new and expanded local care. Motivating churches and community organizations to find their calling to serve pregnant and parenting moms is a crucial component Her Community outreach.

Together with the community, coordinators develop a roadmap that outlines actionable steps to reinforce the pro-life safety net in each Her Community. This work is supported by the Her PLAN Directory of vetted life-affirming service providers and Her PLAN’s Pathways guide which offers models to address gaps in the community’s pro-life safety net. Directors of Community Engagement participate in local events alongside state coordinators and manage the planning and execution of each Her Community.

In addition to community-level efforts, Directors of Community Engagement’s teams execute state-wide outreach to expand the reach of the Her PLAN Directory and Pathways program, while cultivating in development of future Her Communities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies for Her Communities in assigned states with an emphasis on community-based engagement that strengthens and grows the pro-life safety-net including:
  • Identifying successful approaches and recommending adjustments to improve Her Communities practices,
  • Maximizing state coordinator impact by helping them identify gaps and pathways to fill them,
  • Participating in Her Community workshops (including speaking and facilitating community discussions),
  • Expanding utilization of the Her PLAN Directory, and
  • Employing Pathways models to address unmet needs.
• Supervise a remote team of up to six State Coordinators including:
  • Recruiting, training and onboarding new staff in conjunction with the Her PLAN Human Resources Manager.
  • Leading state coordinators in setting goals to achieve the objectives of the organization in their individual states.
  • Ensure state program goals are met with accurate timely reporting across assigned states.
  • Promote team cohesion and knowledge sharing across the team.
  • Ensure consistency and quality of Her PLAN events.
• Manage state and national relationships that provide direct benefit to the program.
• Develop new Pathways models to address high priority unmet needs.
• Stay up-to-date on news and events relative to Her PLAN’s categories of care or ministries or policy initiatives in these categories.

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience:
  • with an organization serving pregnant women in one of our categories of care,
  • in relevant state policy, public health, or non-profit work, or
  • working on grassroots campaign management or community organizing.
• At least two years of management experience.
• A strong ability to articulate pro-life issues, women’s barriers to carrying to term and relevant community assets.
• Experience in community outreach, community organizing, donor relations, external relations or similar preferred.

Competencies

• Must be pro-life and dedicated to protecting unborn children and their mothers from abortion.
• Must be skilled in public speaking and moderating productive community meetings.
• Must be a collaborative leader with a high degree of motivation and initiative.
• Must possess a high level of professionalism, discretion and organizational skills

Supervisory Responsibility

This is a full-time position and supervises a team of up to six State Coordinators.

Travel

Travel within her/his team’s states and to the Virginia headquarters is required. The role will require travel up to 50% of the time. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license, car and will be reimbursed for mileage.

Position Type/Expected Hours:

This position is an exempt full-time position. Hours are typically 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, Monday-Friday. Some weekend and evening work is required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Organizational Culture

The person who fills this position should model our core values of being sacrificial, ambitious, scrappy, and an excellent team-player. Our employees are experts in their fields, hard workers, and are incredibly dedicated to ending abortion. They are team oriented with a sacrificial mindset to help one another in our shared mission. We leverage every available opportunity to make advances for the unborn and their mothers.

About Her PLAN

Her PLAN is a project of the SBA Pro-Life America Education Fund that strengthens and grows the pro-life safety net. The project works across seven categories of care that encompass assistance to address the reasons women resort to abortion.

The seven categories of care are:

1) Care Coordination and Pregnancy Support;

2) Women’s Health;

3) Finances, Work and Education;

4) Material or Legal Support;

5) Recovery and Mental Health;

6) Prenatal Diagnosis; and

7) Care for Children.

AAP/EEO Statement

Her PLAN (a project of the SBA Pro-Life America Education Fund) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all our employment programs and decisions. Discrimination in employment on the basis of any protected class under federal, state, or local law is a violation of our policy and is against the law. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, covered veterans status, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristic. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, placement, promotion, termination, reductions-in-force, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.