Outreach & Program Coordinator

Athlete Ally – New York, NY

The Outreach & Program Coordinator will play an important role driving and cultivating Athlete Ally’s core programs in accordance with its strategic plan, including its: (a) campus trainings and Campus Ambassador Program, (b) professional league and elite sports partnerships and Pro Ambassador Program, and (c) grassroots campaigns, including online campaigns. The Outreach & Program Coordinator will be responsible for maintaining and growing these programs in partnership with senior management. A significant component of this role will be to connect with and engage target participants and partners to join Athlete Ally’s core programs, including professional leagues, athletes, teams, and sports agents as well as to community partners, college campuses, and athletic departments. In addition, Outreach & Program Coordinator will help manage these programs and help contribute to resources, events, and other offerings to enrich the content of these programs. The Outreach & Program Coordinator will also be responsible for supporting senior staff in managing relationships, tracking program growth, program strategic planning, building progress metrics, and assessing impact.

Outreach & Program Coordinator

Program Outreach and Growth:

• Organize and execute outreach to engage new participants and partners in Athlete Ally’s core programs, including new campuses, pro leagues and pro teams for educational trainings, professional athletes to become involved with the Athlete Ally Pro Ambassador Program and other Athlete Ally campaigns, and colleges to lead Athlete Ally Campus Ambassador programs.
• Develop and help maintain relationships with core program partners and participants
• Strategize, organize, and execute engagement plan for core program partners and participants
• Work with nonprofits, funders, and sports partners to identify new opportunities for program growth
• Help develop and manage effective working relationships with nonprofit partners
• Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of Athlete Ally’s core programs

Program Management & Content:

• Coordinate and help manage programmatic structure for Athlete Ally Campus Ambassador Program and Pro Ambassador Program
• Coordinate strategic collaborations with nonprofit partners and other collaborations in connection with Athlete Ally’s core programs
• Develop resources for core programs in partnership with management team and other content partners. These resources might include educational resources, particularly for pro league partners, pro league trainings, campus ambassador programs, and campus trainings

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years relevant experience
• College degree
• Demonstrated commitment to LGBT civil rights, sports inclusion, allyship and the mission of Athlete Ally
• Working knowledge and broad understanding of LGBT civil liberties issues and advocacy strategies
• Working knowledge and broad understanding of sports, including college and/or professional sports
• Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with diverse audiences, including athletes, community leaders, coalition partners, corporate partners, and the public
• A commitment to working in a start-up environment
• Willingness to work remotely with video conferencing
• Willingness to travel as necessary
• A commitment to diversity; a personal approach that values the individual and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, ability, health, and socioeconomic circumstance, and able to work with diverse individuals within the organization and broader community

Essential Functions

• Excellent writing, speaking and analytical skills
• Relationship management skills and interpersonal skills
• Project management skills
• Strong self-motivation; ability to meet tight deadlines; adaptability
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse communities and people
• Desirable Attributes and Experience
• Professional experience in grassroots organizing
• Progression experience with professional or collegiate sports
• Experience in education
• Experience in the nonprofit sector
• Experience with strategic planning
• Writing and editing experience with a variety of print and online communications media
• Fluency in Spanish
• Photoshop and InDesign experience
• Online campaign experience

Athlete Ally is especially interested in applicants that reflect the full diversity of the communities we seek to service.

To apply, email your cover letter and resume to Lia Parifax at lia.parifax@gmail.com.

About Athlete Ally: Athlete Ally is a nonprofit organization inspiring athletes to act as leaders championing LGBT equality. In the last three years, Athlete Ally has made groundbreaking progress in sports, working to create more inclusive cultures and helping athletes to use their voices to support LGBT equality. Athlete Ally has engaged hundreds of college and professional athletes, organized international campaigns around LGBT inclusion in sports, partnered with professional sports leagues like the NBA, WNBA and MLB, co-authored with Dr. Pat Griffin the NCAA’s first LGBT policy guide for college coaches, athletes, and administrators, and helped organize significant platforms for athletes and sports institutions to advance LGBT civil rights (including by helping create the Athletes Amicus Brief in connection with the Defense of Marriage Act). Since the time of Athlete Ally’s founding in 2011, LGBT inclusion in sports and the role that athletes play in the global battle for LGBT rights have become major conversations in mainstream media and in sports organizations at all levels of competition

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