Job Listing
🔗DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY
Website Historic Charleston Foundation
Our mission is to advocate for a future for Charleston that honors and protects its people, places, culture, and community.
Essential Job Functions
· Strong written and verbal communication and negotiation skills and the ability to speak confidently in public.
· Ability to comprehend written reports and architectural plans for proposed projects.
· Ability to plan and execute diverse projects under multiple deadlines, manage internal and external relationships, and make executive decisions in a variety of situations.
· Strong organizational skills with ability to plan and meet deadlines as well as organize committee meetings.
· Ability to make decisions relating to strategy and implementation such as determining timelines for projects, meetings to attend, and comments to submit.
· Ability to travel to attend meetings and events.
Duties
1. Attend public meetings and hearings to represent HCF and voice its formal position on development, land use policy, and other projects.
2. Complete data collection and research to fully understand development projects, potential preservation issues, and land use trends. Proactively monitor and identify HCF’s ability to impact broader community issues, such as rural preservation, flooding, and housing accessibility.
3. Provide leadership and support to grassroots advocacy efforts.
4. Serve as main staff liaison to the Advocacy Committee, organize committee meetings and prepare agendas and minutes for the meetings.
5. Help to plan and organize public advocacy forums on pressing community topics.
6. Assist with the preparation of bi-monthly Board Reports.
7. Assist President & CEO with national advocacy and lobbying.
8. Assist Advocacy Committee and President & CEO with research assignments and special projects as required to advance strategic priorities.
9. Help develop and nurture relationships with HCF’s Board members, donors, and community partners.
10. Lead in identifying and writing grants to support the advocacy initiatives of the organization.
11. Assist with after-hours programs and events as required.