Location: Mobile, Alabama
Potential start date: July 1, 2025
About the Role
Mobile Baykeeper is seeking a Community Engagement Director to lead our efforts in mobilizing communities across Coastal Alabama towards actionable change that positively impacts water quality and community well-being. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving engagement strategies, fostering relationships with community leaders, and guiding our team in achieving goals related to volunteer mobilization, government relations, and environmental education.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Community Engagement Team to mobilize communities across coastal Alabama to actively protect and improve their waters. 30%
- Drive cultural change within both the community and Baykeeper’s team by building strategies that help people understand the challenges to clean water and take action to overcome them. 15%
- Develop, maintain, and track written organizing plans that guide community actions toward achieving healthier waters. 15%
- Build and sustain deep, trusting relationships with diverse community leaders—across race, geography, and socioeconomic background—to drive collective action for cleaner waters. 40%
Desired Skills & Qualifications
- Proven ability to lead a team to meet ambitious goals.
- Skilled at setting effective strategies and task plans with input from others.
- Proven ability to build authentic relationships with many kinds of people.
- Skilled listener who can surface local ideas and desires.
- Experience designing strategies to meet challenging goals.
- Ability to create measurable, written movement plans connected to each project.
- Strategic thinking and critical analysis.
- Commitment to protecting our waterways in the face of strong opposition.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of local waterways and challenges they face (or the ability to quickly learn).
- Storytelling ability, especially connecting to blue-collar and working-class narratives.
- Ability to operate a watercraft or a strong desire to learn.
Benefits
- $85,000-$100,000 annually
- 5% retirement match.
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance.
- Generous paid time off and opportunities for professional development.
Join Us
Play a pivotal role in Mobile Baykeeper’s mission to defend and restore the health of Coastal Alabama’s waterways. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to info@mobilebaykeeper.org or fill out the following form.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
