Community Outreach and Policy Advocacy Coordinator

Overview

Community Outreach and Policy Advocacy Coordinator

The Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota (www.ansrmn.org), ANSR, seeks a team player with public health, policy or community organizing experience to work on initiatives to promote commercial tobacco prevention policies to reduce youth use and support tobacco treatment best practices.

Benefits

ANSR offers a comprehensive benefits package including :

• Hybrid work environment;
• Fully-paid medical insurance;
• Fully-paid dental, life, and disability insurance;
• Retirement plan contributions, 5% of salary;
• Flexible spending account for childcare and medical expenses;
• Generous vacation time;
• Generous sick time (separate from vacation time) for mental and physical health and caregiving;
• 10 paid holidays;
• Personal Days to celebrate individual and cultural holidays;

At ANSR you will find a flexible work environment and supportive colleagues who are interested in lifelong learning. We prioritize work-life balance, allowing you to invest in the future of your career and in your life outside of work.

At ANSR our goal is to create a positive and inclusive workplace by advancing equity and diversity. We aim to hire high-potential people with varying identities and backgrounds.

Our Values

ANSR is dedicated to reducing the human and economic costs of commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drug use in Minnesota. Our core commitments are :

Read more about our values here : https : / / www.ansrmn.org / ansr-values /

Position responsibilities

This position will work on commercial tobacco point of sale community outreach and policy advocacy. This includes engaging local communities to enact policies to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco, reduce the environmental impacts of cigarettes and vape waste, and set minimum prices and end the use of price discounting for tobacco products. This position will lead or support community outreach strategies, assist with educational and outreach activities at the city and county levels, collaborate with youth and diverse communities, manage subcontracts with community partners, carry out communications strategies including the creation of materials such as factsheets and newsletters, complete supportive research tasks such as reviewing agendas and tracking social media and marketing, support compliance checks of tobacco retailers, and other tasks as needed. This position will allow the individual to take leadership roles and also require some administrative duties.

Qualifications

There will be occasional evening and weekend work, and access to a car is a requirement.

This position includes a variety of work, so each day will be somewhat different from the day before. An energetic, motivated self-starter will find this position rewarding and a good fit.

Salary :

This is a full-time (40 hours per week) grant-funded position. Salary range is $56,000 - $60,000 plus a comprehensive and generous benefits package, as detailed above.

HOW TO APPLY : Send resume, cover letter, and writing sample to Jeanne Weigum at jobs@ansrmn.org.

J-18808-Ljbffr