OPPORTUNITY
The Associate Vice President of Community (AVPC) position is an exciting opportunity to join a mission-driven,
high-functioning, entrepreneurial team whose energy and creativity are elevated when we work
shoulder-to-shoulder together. With our extended community of dedicated stakeholders, including an aligned and
deeply engaged board, we act with urgency and humanity to realize equity and excellence in education.

JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Vice President of Advocacy and Policy, the AVPC will design and drive a mission-aligned and
outcomes-focussed strategy for community engagement and organizing. As a frontline community organizer and
strategist, and in collaboration with our Executive Director, Vice President of Policy and Board of Directors, you will
work directly with a team to oversee: redefinED atlanta’s community giving portfolio, community organizing,
including a year-round field team, and advocacy for strategic initiatives before local boards of education and,
occasionally, the legislature.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES CRITICAL TO ROLE:
The AVPC will develop a cohesive strategy and vision for community engagement, including advocacy, mobilization
of partners and parents, and the community giving portfolio. In addition to setting strategy and driving key
activities supporting annual advocacy goals tied to improved educational outcomes, the AVPC will play a leadership
role including partnership development and broader ecosystem work. Core responsibilities also include:

Advocacy
● supervise, lead, and mentor advocacy and community engagement team members to foster high levels of
job satisfaction, performance, and professional growth;
● navigate and adapt to shifting environmental and political landscapes with agility, refreshing strategies and
reorienting actions to maintain alignment with organizational goals while enhancing advocacy impact and
stakeholder involvement;
● partner with the Vice President of Policy to co-develop and execute a holistic vision and strategy for
community engagement that advances redefinED atlanta’s overarching priorities;
● drive overarching strategy and decision-making for advocacy-based programming, ensuring alignment
across all levels of the community continuum;
● translate community desires and demands into actionable insights to inform policy development, strategic
initiatives, and advocacy campaigns;
● collaborate laterally across departments to ensure community priorities are integrated into organizational
goals and initiatives, promoting a cohesive and aligned approach;
● cultivate and sustain relationships with concerned parents, community leaders, and partners to build and
activate a network of champions advocating for equitable educational opportunities.
● develop and implement creative approaches to community engagement that reflect local climate,
relationships, and political contexts,

Community Engagement
● lead the strategy and execution of redefinED’s community grantmaking portfolio, ensuring alignment with
organizational goals and addressing community needs;
Every student. Every school. Every community.

● ensure high-quality data collection and tracking for engagement initiatives, including ladder of engagement
metrics, to inform strategic adjustments and measure impact, and
● oversee the vision, strategy, and execution of community engagement initiatives, including direct
mobilization, partner collaboration, and innovative programming that fosters long-term community support
for redefinED atlanta’s priorities.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES:
The AVPC is a genuine relationship builder, skilled at connecting with people and compelling conviction. As a key
leader in the organization, the AVPC will champion the power of civic engagement and uphold our vision for great
public K-12 schools for all Atlanta families. Additionally, the AVPC will be:

● a seasoned people manager who has been able to manage people of various skills, talents, and backgrounds
to success, while also investing in their professional growth;
● a practiced organizer who has been accountable for creating and executing the vision and strategy of a field
team or issue advocacy area, leading to deepening relationships, building traction on long-term issues, and
securing measurable advocacy and policy wins;
● experienced in working with complex and matrixed community relationships to build coalition, buy-in, and
mobilize others to action on an organization or person’s behalf;
● confident recommending changes that enhance innovation and improve progress towards goals grounded in
experience, humanity, and impact;
● skilled at handling diverse workstreams and inclined to lean in in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration to
support our team, and
● connected to K-12 public education in metro Atlanta with an emphasis on district and charter school options.

COMPENSATION
The salary range for this position is $120,000-$140,000, Additional perks include full benefits and a flexible work
environment.

LOCATION
Our office is located in the Glenwood Park neighborhood of east Atlanta. We value the benefits of in-person
collaboration while also recognizing the advantages and flexibility that remote work offers. This role may be eligible
for partial or limited remote work options, provided the candidate resides within Metro Atlanta.

OUR STORY
redefinED atlanta is a public education nonprofit that engages with communities, advocates for equity in education,
and funds critical work to drive systemic level improvement in K-12 public education for students and families. Our
vision is for Atlanta to be a place where every student in every community receives a great public education.

Since our founding in 2016, redefinED atlanta has invested in schools and systems, community and policy, and
school-level talent pipelines through grantmaking, innovative programmatic work and leveraging the organization’s
increased influence to advance policy, outcomes, and accountability for public school families.

Atlanta is the cradle of the civil rights movement and the economic engine of the Southeast. Yet, for generations,
students from disinvested neighborhoods, particularly Black and Latinx students, have been denied access to a
public education that is of equally high quality as that available to the city’s more affluent children. We honor the
commitments we have made to racial equity and inclusion and center these core values:

equity – We strive to serve as an example of what philanthropy can be when it partners with the community. We
provide support to meet students’ and families’ different needs and remove barriers by concentrating resources to address inequities.

integrity – We seek truth, use data to inform decision making and operate with honesty. We commit to identifying
how we can improve and making active changes ourselves before seeking changes in others.
excellence – We recognize the inequities inherent in our current educational system and we actively work toward
defining a high bar of excellence, disrupting the status quo and holding ourselves and our partners accountable for
outcomes.

sustainability – We work to make enduring positive change. We resist silver bullet thinking and simultaneously
engage in replicating success and promoting innovation. We balance patience with a sense of urgency and our
immediate actions and quick wins are aligned to our long-term strategy.

community – We serve communities. Families’ visions and aspirations for their children’s education guide us. We
engage in asset-based thinking, leverage existing strengths and act with compassion. We work with communities to
achieve great k12 public schools for all Atlanta students.

Furthermore, as an organization, redefinED atlanta commits to:
● attracting and retaining staff with diverse identities, backgrounds, and lived experience in public schools and the
public school system;
● further diversifying our board to include deeper lived experience and perspective from public school parents and
historically marginalized communities, and
● creating an inclusive working culture that celebrates difference, promotes universal belonging, and fosters
ongoing learning and personal growth.

TO APPLY
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For best consideration, please
submit a resume and your answers to the following questions to our search partner Leslie Nair via email
([email protected]) by February 15th.

Please limit the length of your response to one page for both questions:
● How would you characterize redefinED atlanta’s value proposition for the community? What excites you
about it and why do you want to be a part of it?
● What is your proudest example of leading community engagement/organizing in a mission-driven context?
Specifically, how did you tie the community strategy to org-wide mission, goals and desired outcomes?

The interview process will include 1-2 virtual meetings with our search consultant in January, as well as a series of
2-3 interview engagements with members of the redefinED atlanta team in late-February. You may be asked to
complete a written exercise, share work samples from your professional archives, and finalists will participate in a
simulated work session that will require some advance preparation. We hope to extend an offer by late March, and
welcome our new AVPC soon thereafter.

COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION:
We do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age,
national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or
operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff and contractors, selection of
volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming
environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors.