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Advocacy and education manager

Job Title: Advocacy and Education Manager

Location: Nashville, TN

Reports to: Executive Director

Employment Type: Full-time/Exempt

Salary Range: $48,000- $53,000

To Apply: Please send resume and cover letter to director@tnjfon.org by January 3, 2025

ABOUT TENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS:

Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (“TNJFON”) is a non-profit law firm that represents clients in immigration matters, educates the community about immigration law and policy, and advocates for the rights of immigrants. We represent immigrants who are eligible for humanitarian forms of relief such as asylum, DACA, Special Immigrant Juvenile status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status, U visas, and relief under VAWA. Every member of our staff plays a critical role in fulfilling the TNJFON mission.

Position Overview:

The Advocacy and Education Manager leads advocacy campaigns, education programs, and communications strategies to advance our mission to represent low-income immigrants eligible for humanitarian-based immigration relief, educate the community about immigration and advocate for the rights and dignity of immigrants. Our office is located in an immigration legal services desert where immigrants also face anti-immigrant policies despite the many gifts they bring to Tennessee.

The Manager will advocate for immigrant-friendly policies at every level of government and educate non-immigrants, particularly those with access to political capital, about immigration. They will also develop culturally competent, multilingual resources and programs that empower immigrants to make informed decisions about their safety, seek legal representation, and actively participate in their cases. To ensure community engagement in advocacy and education, this role will oversee an accompanying communications strategy. The manager will also supervise volunteers and interns supporting the programs.

This position is supervised by the Executive Director.

Responsibilities:

Advocacy – Design, develop and implement our advocacy efforts at the local, state, and national levels

  • Develop, execute, and evaluate quarterly and annual strategic plans for our advocacy efforts

  • Design and implement tracking metrics for our advocacy efforts

  • Organize opportunities for community involvement in advocacy, including both live events and resources for digital action

  • Cultivate relationships with new and existing partners by actively participating in local, state, and national coalition meetings

  • Utilize knowledge and relationships with government decision makers to promote our advocacy goals

  • Draft public comments and policy positions for approval by the Executive and/or Legal Directors

  • Alert the Executive Director of organizational sign-on letters, public comments, or petitions that are relevant to our work

  • Design and implement annual Day on the Hill event

  • Monitor legislative and policy developments relevant to the organization’s focus areas and provide analysis.

Education – Design, develop and implement our education program needs consulting with our legal professionals when appropriate.

  • Develop, execute, and evaluate quarterly and annual strategic plans for our education efforts

  • Design and implement tracking metrics for our education efforts

  • Recruit and manage volunteers for our education program

  • Design and implement tracking metrics for our volunteer efforts

  • Oversee production of new educational materials and translation of existing materials

  • Regularly consult with legal staff to evaluate educational needs for our clients and potential clients

  • Implement language justice strategies including translating materials into multiple languages

  • Cultivate relationships with new and existing community partners including faith communities, schools, government and other organizations

Communications – use strategic communications to boost our advocacy and education work

  • Develop, execute, and evaluate quarterly and annual strategic plans for our communications efforts

  • Design and implement tracking metrics for our communications efforts

  • Create and share news and policy analysis with community members

  • Oversee production of the monthly newsletter, including writing articles and recruiting volunteer writers as necessary

  • Manage our social media channels, including creating content as necessary

  • Engage in community outreach via digital or in-person means to grow our online audience

  • Serve as a spokesperson for the organization, engaging with the media and public to promote educational and advocacy efforts.

Additional Duties

  • Represent TNJFON at community events

  • Identify funding opportunities to support educational and advocacy initiatives and assist with the grant proposals.

  • Provide communications support to the Executive Director for fundraising and donor stewardship efforts.

  • Recruit, train and supervise undergraduate interns.

  • Collaborate with development team and supervise Development Assistant

  • TNJFON is a small organization and all staff are expected to help with various elements of the organization’s work.

Qualifications:

  • Committed to the TNJFON mission;

  • Available to work in person during TNJFON business hours and sometimes on evenings and weekends;

  • Reliable transportation;

  • Consistent punctual attendance;

  • Minimum 3 year experience in advocacy, policy or related experience, preferably in the legal or immigration field;

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills;

  • Fluent in verbal and written Spanish and English;

  • Excellent computer processing, web design and graphic design skills;

  • Strong understanding of social media content strategy and implementation;

  • Bachelor’s degree or associates and equivalent years in relevant work experience;

  • Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds;

  • Ability to prioritize and complete tasks in a timely manner;

  • Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail;

  • Knowledge and experience with branding guidelines;

  • Must support a compassionate, supportive work environment for interns, volunteers, clients and staff. Must have a positive demeanor; poised and comfortable in relating to a variety of people in multiple settings. Must be welcoming to all diverse backgrounds including sexual orientation, gender identification, race, religion, and disability; and

  • Preference given to experience in working with trauma survivors.