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The Conservation Campaign Manager is a new position that supports and carries out a program of public education and advocacy to support Florida conservation policy. The position will mobilize program staff and volunteer leadership to increase Audubon’s capacity for conservation. The position will manage Audubon’s Florida online networks inform people and increase participation. The position will train and leverage staff and volunteer leadership to participate in campaigns of advocacy, public relations and donor cultivation.
Founded in 1905, The National Audubon Society “Audubon” is a national nonprofit conservation organization with 400,000 members and close to 500 local chapters throughout the Americas. Our mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. Focusing on birds as an indicator of overall environmental quality, Audubon employs a range of integrated strategies to engage people in conservation through its national network of community-based nature centers, chapters, Important Bird Areas, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy activities. What has traditionally set Audubon apart from other conservation organizations is its focus on people’s actions as the solution to the environmental challenges we face today. Audubon believes that individuals can make a difference in protecting our environment and develops programs that strive to inspire and empower individuals to help reach its ambitious goals. Audubon continues to reach and engage new audiences through a variety of strategies. Audubon’s headquarters are in New York, supporting more than 700 staff in over 80 locations, nationwide. It has a national budget of $81 million.
Evaluate, reframe and target Audubon’s issues and messages for strategic communications and outreach to reach policy makers.
Create a schedule of public events and opportunities for outreach and presentations.
Compile media outlet and contact lists and place stories that feature Audubon messages and spokespersons.
Manage Audubon’s Florida electronic communications networks to communicate with members and supports about conservation issues and actions.
Manage conservation components of Florida web pages and utilize new social media tools such as Facebook, blogs and web sites to better deliver and target messages to broader and more diverse audiences.
Recruit and train volunteer leaders and staff in outreach and communications skills and messages that will reach policy makers.
Organize and hold Audubon sponsored public outreach events and identify events where volunteer Audubon leaders can make presentations about conservation priorities.
Work with and train Audubon volunteer leaders to help them to build relationships with policy makers as a result of their own outreach activities.
Work with development staff to improve communications with contributors interested in improved public policy advocacy for conservation.
Find opportunities for staff and leaders to engage in relationship building activities with contributors.
Program and development staff and NAS policy and IT staff.
Board, chapter leaders, allies, press, donors, members of online networks, consultants.
Bachelors Degree with some graduate work preferred.
Five years of experience with campaign organizing, public relations, fundraising, conservation project management, advocacy or other related areas.
Experience with training and motivating volunteer leaders.
Excellent writer with a knack for online communications and messaging and skills with online communications tools.
Strong personal presence and demonstrated interest in wildlife conservation.
Phone, laptop computer, Blackberry, car, camera.
Driving, field trips on foot, ability to observe wildlife.
