Girls Opportunity Alliance Public Awareness and Engagement Manager

About The Obama Foundation

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.

We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.

As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” So join us.

For more information, please visit www.obama.org.

... of the Role

As a member of the Girls Opportunity Alliance (GOA) team, the Girls Opportunity Alliance Public Awareness and Engagement Manager will lead a critical part of the GOA work: driving large-scale awareness that spurs measurable action to support adolescent girls empowerment. You will lead the public awareness pillar of the program, to include developing and executing cause marketing, creative activations, influencer engagement, digital and web strategy, storytelling, and thought leadership efforts. You will report to the Executive Director of the Girls Opportunity Alliance, working collaboratively with the Obama Foundation Creative and Communications team and Development teams, among other teams at the Foundation.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Oversee GOA public awareness engagement program pillar strategy and tactics, as a part of the larger GOA strategy. Generate new and innovative ideas by which to grow the GOA brand to drive increased measurable impact. Lead after action and reporting on all public awareness efforts to measure and assess impact
• Act as the lead project manager on all pillar activations for key engagements moments throughout the year. Serve as GOA lead on cause marketing campaigns and other Development activations, working collaboratively with the Development and Creative and Communications teams
• Manage and steward creative partner relationships
• Develop media strategy for the program working with the Communications Team lead for GOA
• Regularly seek thought leadership opportunities for the program
• Oversee digital and web strategy, and storytelling, working collaboratively with the Creative and Communications and Tech and Product teams
• Oversee celebrity/influencer engagement strategy and execution, working collaboratively with the Development and Creative and Communications teams
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• Public awareness and engagement program pillar plan is created for the upcoming year and approved at the beginning of each calendar year, as a part of the overarching GOA strategy
• GOA maintains a regular drumbeat of key moments, media opportunities, creative engagements, partnerships, storytelling, and digital presence throughout the year to drive maximum awareness, action and measurable impact
• GOA attains maximum awareness and action tied to key events, campaigns and activations
• GOA is featured throughout the year through partner engagements, media moments, communications, digital, and thought leadership opportunities leading to measurable impact
• GOA Fund goals are met or exceeded each year
• Reporting on the measurable impact of public awareness efforts
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Experience in and strong familiarity with international affairs and foreign aid; strong passion for women and girls issues. Experience working in global and/or U.S. girls education, foreign aid, foreign affairs or global philanthropic issues a significant plus
• Highly creative with the ability to generate “outside the box” ideas
• Expert in media relations; strong media network essential
• Strong understanding of digital strategy and approaches to meet audiences where they are online
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with a track record of meeting short- and long-term responsibilities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, high volume organization
• Anticipates needs, takes initiative, and is masterfully resourceful. Self-starter; acts without being told what to do. Strong project manager
• Strong team player who puts mission before self and is both self-confident and willing to take on any task, however larger or small
• Exceptional writer and proofreader
• Microsoft PowerPoint expertise essential
  

Don't check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The Obama Foundation is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging - so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one our openings!

In the interest of employee health and safety during the pendency of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Obama Foundation is requiring that all prospective employees present proof that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, or seek a reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons, prior to their first day of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.