Description
Salary Range: $101,351 to $168,919
Government & External Affairs Manager
Community Outreach will have responsibility for proactive local and community outreach to elected and non-elected municipal, state, and FCC officials based upon a lead list that will support Frontier’s grant applications leveraging state and federal (ARPA and IIJA) monies. Outreach will also coordinate with various internal departments to undertake affirmative community outreach, build partnerships and report progress. The position will be required to:
- Pursue all Public-private partnership leads within their designated territory, as appropriate based on internal priority determinations
- Establish ongoing, positive relationships with legislators, regulators, and other local government officials
- Favorably represent Frontier and effectively advocate its positions with key community stakeholders
- Draft, monitor, and interpret municipal meetings, ordinances, and/or regulations to identify business opportunities and threats as required
- Coordinate the development of a necessary advocacy strategy and execute advocacy strategy effectively to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate threats.
- Provide guidance to Frontier leadership on issues involving local/municipal matters.
- Coordinate data identification and collection to ensure timely response to internal and external data requests on topics such as fiber to the premises buildout.
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Responsibilities:
- Create, pursue , and communicate potential grant opportunities.
- Report application requirements internally to the grant team to ensure they can evaluate and develop competitive grant applications based on application program rules
- Partner w/ Regulatory and other resources to conduct local outreach and engagement in targeted communities to secure local support for grant applications and evaluate opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships
- Develop and maintain an on-going positive relationship with legislators, regulators, and, other local government officials. Identify and internally communicate opportunities and competitive threats to impacted management and impacted groups within the organization, coordinate development of a necessary advocacy strategy, and execute
- Work closely with internal SMEs to gather all information required to create, submit, and track grant application opportunities, with an emphasis on public public-private partnerships
- Respond to internal and external questions about broadband grant opportunities and applications, including providing detailed and comprehensive information about program requirements/conditions Interface and maintain positive relationships with State Broadband Program Office personnel as needed and other key state/local officials
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in community and/or government relations or community outreach/organizing strongly preferred
- Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel,
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to effectively distill and relay complex data issues in a straightforward manner
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams including the ability to build a positive rapport with others working remotely, ability to understand complex legal and regulatory documents
- Ability to understand and summarize complex funding documents and program rules and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing (including editing and proofreading)
- Strong writing skills and ability to turn ‘raw information’ provided by SMEs into well-articulated proposal content.
- Must have in-depth knowledge of ARPA, IIJA, and state broadband grant offices.
- Experience with grant/RFP writing and grant submissions
- Ability to travel to meet w/ targeted communities
Frontier salaries estimated by third parties and may or may not reflect actual or total compensation. Please confirm with your recruiter.
We are deeply committed to attracting talented team members in the US from all backgrounds regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, or nationality. However, at this time, we are not sponsoring any Visas.
Frontier Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Frontier Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.