Senior Advisor, Student Engagement (P4)

Summary

Save the Children Action Network (“SCAN”) – a 501(c)(4) organization – is the political advocacy arm of Save the Children. We are building bipartisan support to make sure every child has a strong start in life. We’re doing this by advocating for high-quality early learning and ending child hunger in the U.S., the safety of children arriving at the southern U.S. border and educating and protecting kids around the world.

Elevating diverse youth voices is a key priority to highlighting the need for policy change and direct programs impacting children in the US and around the world. The Student Engagement Senior Advisor is responsible for designing the structure and strategy for engaging high school and college students in the mission of Save the Children (SCUS) and the political advocacy campaigns for Save the Children Action Network (SCAN). You will play a vital role in growing and enhancing SCUS and SCAN school club program while managing both the Student Alumni program and upcoming Student Advisor program.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Program Development and Management (45%)

• Design and launch the new Student Advisor Program in 2024, which includes recruiting 10- 15 youth from our student ambassador program who will engage in collective impact, governance and youth mentorship work
• Manage SCAN’s national Student Ambassador Program, including provide growth and engagement strategy, design monitoring and evaluation plans, and provide oversight of related platforms, programing, communication, and initiatives
• Manage SCAN’s newly launched Student Alumni Program, a dedicated space for graduating students to continue engaging with SCAN across the country to help advance STC/SCAN’s overall work in advocacy, fundraising and engagement while building their skills as they enter their careers
• Develop a cohesive and holistic approach to student training in collaboration with all SCAN teams and programs, ensuring an easy-to-use, well-organized, impactful approach is developed and maintained for all webinars, in-person trainings, national Advocacy Summits, and more

Operational Excellence (30%)

• Lead ownership of departmental training, resources, and data within various platforms such as TechChange, CollaborNation, Articulate 360 and EveryAction
• Support the development and execution of communication and media strategies to increase program visibility through external communications, presentations and other related activity
• Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise two Lead Associates, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission, ensuring that the working environment continually fosters diversity, inclusion, and belonging – supporting Save the Children Action Network values

Strategy and Planning (25%)

• Lead the planning, goal setting, reporting and budgeting process for the Student Engagement team
• Prioritize cross-team collaboration across various team within SCAN and the Agency, including S. Programs, Business & Technology Solutions, Marketing, Communication & Fundraising, and Resource Development
• Design evaluation planning, tools, data collection, and reporting for the Volunteer Leader Program; monitor quality of implementation through various means including both quantitative and qualitative measurement
• Collaborate with the National Campaigns team and the Volunteer Leadership and Training teams to design student-specific campaign resources on our priority federal campaigns

Required Qualifications

• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Professional experience working on local, state or federal advocacy campaigns
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Experience working with diverse groups of volunteers both in online and offline settings
• Demonstrated professional experience on grassroots organizing with student or youth groups
• Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience working on electoral campaigns.

Compensation

Save the Children Action Network pays the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $98,600 – $110,200 base salary
• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $108,800 – $121,600 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $88,400 – $98,800 base salary

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location. Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children also offers paid vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1 day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress for your day, and much more.

Why you should join the Save the Children Action Network (“SCAN”) Team …

Save the Children Action Network offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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About Save the Children Action Network

Save the Children Action Network (“SCAN”) – a 501(c)(4) organization – is the political advocacy arm of Save the Children. No matter your role when you join Save the Children Action Network, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids.

You see, Save the Children Action Network believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children Action Network will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children Action Network complies with all applicable laws.

Save the Children Action Network is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children Action Network representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children Action Network policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

Save the Children Action Network is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.