Northern California Regional Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and provide organizing support to the volunteer-led Surfrider Foundation chapters from San Mateo County northward to Humboldt, California.
• Grow Surfrider Foundation’s supporter base of members and volunteers in the region by providing chapters training and guidance on recruitment and retention.
• Support chapters in developing and implementing issue campaigns related to coastal water quality, plastic pollution prevention, beach access, coastal preservation, climate, and ocean protection.
• Facilitate and train chapter volunteers in direct action organizing techniques including but not limited to: issue campaign planning, strategy, tactics, and community organizing. Ensure that campaigns are constructed in a way that considers and advances environmental justice, engaging and working alongside impacted communities.
• Support chapters in developing and implementing programs including Ocean Friendly Gardens, Ocean Friendly Restaurants, Blue Water Task Force, Rise Above Plastic in support of their issue campaign[s] and capacity-building goals.
• Coordinate the local campaign and program efforts of chapters within the region to strategically leverage complementary efforts for greater impact.
• Collaborate with the California Policy Associate Director to promote statewide legislative and policy priorities and to engage volunteers in the region in these priority campaigns.
• In consultation with local chapters and the California Policy Associate Director and the California Policy Sr. Coordinator, represent Surfrider Foundation at government and agency hearings and coalition events.
• In conjunction with the Surfrider Foundation development team, develop and maintain positive relations with the regional funding community, and assist with grant reporting and funding proposal development. 
• Work with the Sr. Director of Network Strategy, West Coast Regional Director, and Southern California Regional Manager to develop and facilitate training conferences for the California chapter network.
• Administrative responsibilities include but are not limited to: writing blog posts; supporting web content development; updating the chapter campaign pages on the national website; maintaining chapter contacts within Salesforce; supporting chapter leader onboarding and tech training; social media outreach; lobbying activities reporting; financial reporting; and grant reporting.
• Facilitate chapter governance and oversight, including but not limited to: chapter annual planning and budgeting; financial reporting; executive and leadership training; chapter executive committee elections; chapter legal compliance; and development of chapter support resources.

Reports to: Sr. Central California Regional Manager