Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) provides free immigration legal services and social services to individuals in immigration detention and to children and their families throughout Colorado. RMIAN believes that justice for immigrants means justice for all.
Through the Social Service Project, RMIAN is one of few immigration legal services organizations in the country to offer integrated social service support. Founded and staffed by masters-level social workers, the Social Service Project assists particularly vulnerable detained adult immigrants, including people determined by the immigration court to be mentally incompetent to represent themselves; unaccompanied immigrant youth recently released from the custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement; and other youth and families who would benefit from expert guidance in navigating challenging new social structures.
RMIAN’s social workers provide wrap-around support, including help dealing with the stress of detention, healthcare advocacy, support with aspects of legal case preparation, and planning for needed services upon clients’ release from detention. For non-detained youth and their family members, social workers provide therapeutic support, connection to mental health treatment, medical care, public benefits, and other assistance, as well as ongoing support throughout clients’ legal cases.
In addition to direct client services, RMIAN’s social workers collaborate with local and national partners to educate legal and social service providers, and advocate for positive systemic change for immigrant members of our community.
Position Overview
We are seeking the right person to lead the next chapter of the Social Service Project’s vital services during a period of transition , and to manage and support a strong team of three masters-level social workers. The Director of Social Work will direct program strategy; supervise members of the team; oversee day-to-day operations, including grant management, evaluation and reporting; liaise with community partners and funders; carry a very limited caseload; and participate on RMIAN’s Leadership Team to carry out the organization’s mission and strategic priorities.
Ideal Candidate Profile
RMIAN is seeking candidates who possess a majority of the following qualities and experiences:
Interdisciplinary social work experience: To be successful within a primarily legal services setting, the ideal candidate loves working across disciplines, and has direct social work experience with diverse populations, such as people experiencing stress and instability because of housing instability, immigration, mental health and medical needs, and criminal legal and family policing systems. A master’s degree in social work from an accredited program and a Colorado LSW (or commitment to obtain one) are required for this position; a Colorado LCSW and the ability to provide clinical supervision to other social workers are an additional bonus.
A love of managing staff: This person has several years of management experience and truly enjoys helping their team members grow and develop. They have demonstrated skills with self-awareness and personal and professional growth, direct communication and feedback, empathy and active listening, coaching staff to solve problems, and expertise in time and case management. Additionally, this is someone who has knowledge of the specific well-being needs of the social work profession, including addressing vicarious trauma and burnout.
Education and collaboration: This is someone who understands how to educate and train others on the value and process of social work, ideally including previous experience collaborating with attorneys. This person is both flexible and direct, and naturally gains the trust of others. They know how to engage people’s strengths toward a goal and to give clear action steps and coaching so they can collaborate effectively.
Passion for social justice and immigration issues in the U.S.: Ideally, this person possesses some work or lived experience in the immigration space, but at a minimum, has been paying attention to the issues over the last few years, and is fired up to create change that is responsive to the needs of our clients, and is eager to learn about the legal processes and structures that impact individual case outcomes.
Strategic thinking and thought leadership: The ideal candidate has some experience zooming out from day-to-day case management to see patterns and systems issues, and is creative in imagining ways to address structural problems, especially in collaboration with partners. This is someone who knows how to foster relationships with allies across the region to accomplish more together.
Systems-thinker about client case management: Through their previous social work experience, this person has demonstrated a hunger to be organized, efficient, and effective in juggling multiple clients’ cases and demands, and has developed or strengthened systems that balance details and the big picture. This person can handle multiple tasks running in parallel and can triage to help the team meet time-sensitive deadlines while working toward larger goals.
Demonstrated commitment to antiracism, and a track record of promoting equity, justice, and inclusion in previous organizations, both internally and externally. This person has shown cultural humility working with people with diverse identities and experiences, including experiences with legal and other systems of oppression.
English and Spanish fluency are required , both oral and written.
Position Responsibilities
The Director of Social Work is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Social Service Project, providing leadership and strategic guidance. To stay connected to the work, they maintain a very limited caseload of clients.
Program Leadership —Serve as a leader to the team, including facilitating team meetings, nurturing a culture of inclusivity and support, and identifying opportunities for professional development. Manage program contracts in collaboration with other organizational leaders. Oversee reporting requirements. Serve as a communicator and bridge between the program and the larger organization (particularly the Detention Program and Children’s Program). Identify and support related funding efforts. Guide and strengthen systems-building. Ensure compliance with all relevant policies and procedures. Guide social work-legal staff relationships alongside legal program directors.
Supervision of Staff —directly supervise three social workers (identifying support needs, training, reviewing work product, providing guidance on case management, and conducting annual reviews), and provide mentorship and case and clinical supervision. Provide effective oversight of social work practice and program obligations.
Partnerships and External Relations —serve as a public-facing representative on behalf of RMIAN’s Social Service Project, building and nurturing relationships with community partners, funders, and community collaborators. Support advocacy efforts as needed.
Client Case Management and Oversight —carry a very limited caseload, with a primary focus on being available to provide support to social workers and collaborating with attorneys. In collaboration with other members of the Social Services Project, gather, synthesize, and report program data in compliance with rigorous grant evaluation requirements. As needed, support clients’ legal cases by drafting personal declarations, writing post-release behavioral health plans, arranging forensic health evaluations, communicating with family and other support networks, and attending court hearings.
Organizational Contributions —Participate in RMIAN’s leadership team and other committees, as needed. Work within RMIAN’s mission, values and organizational commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Serve as a liaison between Social Service Project team members and leadership team.
Additional Requirements
Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited program
Colorado Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or commitment to apply for the Colorado LSW within the first year of employment at RMIAN.
Ability to pass required background checks
Access to reliable personal transportation
Proof of vaccination against COVID-19, or proof of eligibility for exception
Location
This position is based out of RMIAN’s office located in Westminster, Colorado. RMIAN’s operations are currently operating on a hybrid remote/in-person model requiring at least two days a week of work in RMIAN’s office or other work-related locations.
Compensation & Benefits
This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position. Salary is commensurate with experience; the range is between $80,000 and $95,000. RMIAN offers a phenomenal benefits package, which includes:
Generous paid time off with 15 days of vacation in the first year of employment and an additional 2 days for each additional year of employment, 10 sick days, 11 Federal holidays, plus, an annual week-long end of year office closure;
Excellent health insurance (100% covered by RMIAN);
Dental and vision insurance (90% covered by RMIAN);
Life insurance, professional liability insurance, and short-term disability insurance (100% covered by RMIAN);
Eligibility to participate in RMIAN’s Simple IRA retirement plan (RMIAN matches 4%);
Eligibility to participate in RMIAN’s flexible spending plan; and
Eight-week sabbatical after five years of employment.
If this position calls to you, please submit your resume and a brief note about what interests you in the position to hr@rmian.org .
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled; applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
RMIAN is an equal opportunity employer and recognizes the importance of diversity in the workplace. We encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, members of the LGBTQ community, and other underrepresented and marginalized groups. RMIAN does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status or veteran status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment free from discrimination.
Feb 20, 2024
Full time
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) provides free immigration legal services and social services to individuals in immigration detention and to children and their families throughout Colorado. RMIAN believes that justice for immigrants means justice for all.
Through the Social Service Project, RMIAN is one of few immigration legal services organizations in the country to offer integrated social service support. Founded and staffed by masters-level social workers, the Social Service Project assists particularly vulnerable detained adult immigrants, including people determined by the immigration court to be mentally incompetent to represent themselves; unaccompanied immigrant youth recently released from the custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement; and other youth and families who would benefit from expert guidance in navigating challenging new social structures.
RMIAN’s social workers provide wrap-around support, including help dealing with the stress of detention, healthcare advocacy, support with aspects of legal case preparation, and planning for needed services upon clients’ release from detention. For non-detained youth and their family members, social workers provide therapeutic support, connection to mental health treatment, medical care, public benefits, and other assistance, as well as ongoing support throughout clients’ legal cases.
In addition to direct client services, RMIAN’s social workers collaborate with local and national partners to educate legal and social service providers, and advocate for positive systemic change for immigrant members of our community.
Position Overview
We are seeking the right person to lead the next chapter of the Social Service Project’s vital services during a period of transition , and to manage and support a strong team of three masters-level social workers. The Director of Social Work will direct program strategy; supervise members of the team; oversee day-to-day operations, including grant management, evaluation and reporting; liaise with community partners and funders; carry a very limited caseload; and participate on RMIAN’s Leadership Team to carry out the organization’s mission and strategic priorities.
Ideal Candidate Profile
RMIAN is seeking candidates who possess a majority of the following qualities and experiences:
Interdisciplinary social work experience: To be successful within a primarily legal services setting, the ideal candidate loves working across disciplines, and has direct social work experience with diverse populations, such as people experiencing stress and instability because of housing instability, immigration, mental health and medical needs, and criminal legal and family policing systems. A master’s degree in social work from an accredited program and a Colorado LSW (or commitment to obtain one) are required for this position; a Colorado LCSW and the ability to provide clinical supervision to other social workers are an additional bonus.
A love of managing staff: This person has several years of management experience and truly enjoys helping their team members grow and develop. They have demonstrated skills with self-awareness and personal and professional growth, direct communication and feedback, empathy and active listening, coaching staff to solve problems, and expertise in time and case management. Additionally, this is someone who has knowledge of the specific well-being needs of the social work profession, including addressing vicarious trauma and burnout.
Education and collaboration: This is someone who understands how to educate and train others on the value and process of social work, ideally including previous experience collaborating with attorneys. This person is both flexible and direct, and naturally gains the trust of others. They know how to engage people’s strengths toward a goal and to give clear action steps and coaching so they can collaborate effectively.
Passion for social justice and immigration issues in the U.S.: Ideally, this person possesses some work or lived experience in the immigration space, but at a minimum, has been paying attention to the issues over the last few years, and is fired up to create change that is responsive to the needs of our clients, and is eager to learn about the legal processes and structures that impact individual case outcomes.
Strategic thinking and thought leadership: The ideal candidate has some experience zooming out from day-to-day case management to see patterns and systems issues, and is creative in imagining ways to address structural problems, especially in collaboration with partners. This is someone who knows how to foster relationships with allies across the region to accomplish more together.
Systems-thinker about client case management: Through their previous social work experience, this person has demonstrated a hunger to be organized, efficient, and effective in juggling multiple clients’ cases and demands, and has developed or strengthened systems that balance details and the big picture. This person can handle multiple tasks running in parallel and can triage to help the team meet time-sensitive deadlines while working toward larger goals.
Demonstrated commitment to antiracism, and a track record of promoting equity, justice, and inclusion in previous organizations, both internally and externally. This person has shown cultural humility working with people with diverse identities and experiences, including experiences with legal and other systems of oppression.
English and Spanish fluency are required , both oral and written.
Position Responsibilities
The Director of Social Work is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Social Service Project, providing leadership and strategic guidance. To stay connected to the work, they maintain a very limited caseload of clients.
Program Leadership —Serve as a leader to the team, including facilitating team meetings, nurturing a culture of inclusivity and support, and identifying opportunities for professional development. Manage program contracts in collaboration with other organizational leaders. Oversee reporting requirements. Serve as a communicator and bridge between the program and the larger organization (particularly the Detention Program and Children’s Program). Identify and support related funding efforts. Guide and strengthen systems-building. Ensure compliance with all relevant policies and procedures. Guide social work-legal staff relationships alongside legal program directors.
Supervision of Staff —directly supervise three social workers (identifying support needs, training, reviewing work product, providing guidance on case management, and conducting annual reviews), and provide mentorship and case and clinical supervision. Provide effective oversight of social work practice and program obligations.
Partnerships and External Relations —serve as a public-facing representative on behalf of RMIAN’s Social Service Project, building and nurturing relationships with community partners, funders, and community collaborators. Support advocacy efforts as needed.
Client Case Management and Oversight —carry a very limited caseload, with a primary focus on being available to provide support to social workers and collaborating with attorneys. In collaboration with other members of the Social Services Project, gather, synthesize, and report program data in compliance with rigorous grant evaluation requirements. As needed, support clients’ legal cases by drafting personal declarations, writing post-release behavioral health plans, arranging forensic health evaluations, communicating with family and other support networks, and attending court hearings.
Organizational Contributions —Participate in RMIAN’s leadership team and other committees, as needed. Work within RMIAN’s mission, values and organizational commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Serve as a liaison between Social Service Project team members and leadership team.
Additional Requirements
Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited program
Colorado Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or commitment to apply for the Colorado LSW within the first year of employment at RMIAN.
Ability to pass required background checks
Access to reliable personal transportation
Proof of vaccination against COVID-19, or proof of eligibility for exception
Location
This position is based out of RMIAN’s office located in Westminster, Colorado. RMIAN’s operations are currently operating on a hybrid remote/in-person model requiring at least two days a week of work in RMIAN’s office or other work-related locations.
Compensation & Benefits
This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position. Salary is commensurate with experience; the range is between $80,000 and $95,000. RMIAN offers a phenomenal benefits package, which includes:
Generous paid time off with 15 days of vacation in the first year of employment and an additional 2 days for each additional year of employment, 10 sick days, 11 Federal holidays, plus, an annual week-long end of year office closure;
Excellent health insurance (100% covered by RMIAN);
Dental and vision insurance (90% covered by RMIAN);
Life insurance, professional liability insurance, and short-term disability insurance (100% covered by RMIAN);
Eligibility to participate in RMIAN’s Simple IRA retirement plan (RMIAN matches 4%);
Eligibility to participate in RMIAN’s flexible spending plan; and
Eight-week sabbatical after five years of employment.
If this position calls to you, please submit your resume and a brief note about what interests you in the position to hr@rmian.org .
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled; applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
RMIAN is an equal opportunity employer and recognizes the importance of diversity in the workplace. We encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, members of the LGBTQ community, and other underrepresented and marginalized groups. RMIAN does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status or veteran status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment free from discrimination.
Civic Nation seeks a strategic, dynamic, and vibrant Executive Director (ED) to lead our When We All Vote (WWAV) initiative as it works to increase voter participation, close the age and race voting gaps, and change the culture around voting. This seasoned leader must combine expertise in marketing, communications, partnerships, and organizing, with a passion for building a more civic culture and empowering communities to exercise their right to vote.
Often acting as the public face of the initiative, the ED will drive the strategy and programming at When We All Vote and support fundraising efforts for the initiative. They will lead a high-performing team and oversee coordination with other departments at Civic Nation that support WWAV’s mission. The ED will continue to build the initiative’s brand and organizing efforts. They will also help lead key national coalitions and partnerships with the civic, entertainment, sports, private sector, and advocacy communities.
ABOUT WHEN WE ALL VOTE
When We All Vote is a leading national, nonpartisan initiative on a mission to change the culture around voting, increase participation in each and every election, and close the race and age voting gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. When We All Vote empowers supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a nonprofit ecosystem for high-impact organizing and education initiatives working to build a more inclusive and equitable America. We shift culture, behavior systems, and policy by bringing together individuals, grassroots organizers, industry leaders, and influencers to tackle some of our nation’s most pressing social challenges. Our initiatives take on the biggest issues of our time — strengthening democracy, fostering civic engagement and voter participation, fighting for gender equity, and more. Civic Nation is home to seven initiatives: ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Change Collective, End Rape On Campus, It’s On Us, United State of Women, We the Action, and When We All Vote.
YOUR IMPACT
Bring vision and leadership to the initiative, developing innovative plans and strategies to achieve the mission while modeling and upholding the values of When We All Vote.
Serve as When We All Vote’s primary spokesperson to partners, the media, and the general public.
Manage high-level relationships with WWAV co-chairs, cultural, media, corporate, and community partners, and utilize those relationships to strategically enhance the impact, visibility, and credibility of the initiative.
Drive creative marketing and communications strategies and partnerships to strengthen the initiative’s reach and impact.
Lead strategic planning and program execution, including the development of the strategic plan; establishing performance metrics to analyze and support decision-making; monitoring timely progress and success; and, ultimately, achieving established objectives.
Oversee the hiring and retention of staff, including ongoing staff development, performance management, and compensation, with support and partnership from Civic Nation leadership.
Foster and maintain a strong work culture, including promoting a culture of continuous learning and feedback, and building the capacity and skills of the staff. Ensure the team functions as an aligned and cohesive body that informs decision-making.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of WWAV, including actively engaging in fiscal management through budgetary development and oversight.
Collaborate with Civic Nation Development Team and CEO on fundraising strategy, funding proposals and reports, and funder prospecting.
As a Civic Nation Senior Leadership Team member, participate in regular leadership meetings and foster relationships, collaboration, and coordination across departments and initiatives in support of WWAV and Civic Nation's mission and impact.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
12+ years of relevant leadership experience in campaigns, civic engagement, nonprofit organizations, government, marketing, or corporate environments.
5+ years of experience managing and leading high-performing organizations, departments, and/or teams.
Experience working with high-profile public figures.
Proven experience managing and overseeing multi-million dollar programmatic and/or organizational budgets, strategic planning, and organizational and individual goal-setting, including establishing metrics for success for departments and individuals, timelines for execution, and performance evaluation.
Established relationships or experience working with civic, advocacy, and entertainment organizations.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
Entrepreneurial, strategic, and solutions-oriented, with a strong sense of responsibility and integrity.
A motivating, supportive, collaborative, decisive, optimistic leader with a proven track record of leading teams to success, scaling organizations for impact, and change management.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a track record of strong public speaking.
Excellent donor, corporate, and media relations skills.
Success in establishing relationships with individuals and organizations of influence, including funders, partner agencies, and volunteers.
Solid organizational abilities, including planning, delegating, program development, and task facilitation.
Strong financial management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making, and reporting.
Proven dedication to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
High degree of comfort with change management within a startup-like environment.
Comfortability and willingness to travel for special meetings and events.
HIRING PROCESS
Candidates can expect the following hiring process and timeline (please note that this timeline is subject to change) :
April 24 – May 5: First-Round Interviews
May 24 – June 2: Two-part Second-Round Interview: Executive Leadership & Assignment
June 5 - June 9: Third Round Interview with Board Leadership
June 19 - June 30: Final Interview
Week of June 30: Hiring Decision announced
Candidates will be notified of the status of their candidacy throughout the hiring process.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $170,000 - $210,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Richard B. Hall, Vice President, People & Culture, should be concise, compelling, and address your passion for our mission and your vision for leading this work. Applications will be accepted until April 21, 2023.
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At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Mar 24, 2023
Full time
Civic Nation seeks a strategic, dynamic, and vibrant Executive Director (ED) to lead our When We All Vote (WWAV) initiative as it works to increase voter participation, close the age and race voting gaps, and change the culture around voting. This seasoned leader must combine expertise in marketing, communications, partnerships, and organizing, with a passion for building a more civic culture and empowering communities to exercise their right to vote.
Often acting as the public face of the initiative, the ED will drive the strategy and programming at When We All Vote and support fundraising efforts for the initiative. They will lead a high-performing team and oversee coordination with other departments at Civic Nation that support WWAV’s mission. The ED will continue to build the initiative’s brand and organizing efforts. They will also help lead key national coalitions and partnerships with the civic, entertainment, sports, private sector, and advocacy communities.
ABOUT WHEN WE ALL VOTE
When We All Vote is a leading national, nonpartisan initiative on a mission to change the culture around voting, increase participation in each and every election, and close the race and age voting gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. When We All Vote empowers supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a nonprofit ecosystem for high-impact organizing and education initiatives working to build a more inclusive and equitable America. We shift culture, behavior systems, and policy by bringing together individuals, grassroots organizers, industry leaders, and influencers to tackle some of our nation’s most pressing social challenges. Our initiatives take on the biggest issues of our time — strengthening democracy, fostering civic engagement and voter participation, fighting for gender equity, and more. Civic Nation is home to seven initiatives: ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Change Collective, End Rape On Campus, It’s On Us, United State of Women, We the Action, and When We All Vote.
YOUR IMPACT
Bring vision and leadership to the initiative, developing innovative plans and strategies to achieve the mission while modeling and upholding the values of When We All Vote.
Serve as When We All Vote’s primary spokesperson to partners, the media, and the general public.
Manage high-level relationships with WWAV co-chairs, cultural, media, corporate, and community partners, and utilize those relationships to strategically enhance the impact, visibility, and credibility of the initiative.
Drive creative marketing and communications strategies and partnerships to strengthen the initiative’s reach and impact.
Lead strategic planning and program execution, including the development of the strategic plan; establishing performance metrics to analyze and support decision-making; monitoring timely progress and success; and, ultimately, achieving established objectives.
Oversee the hiring and retention of staff, including ongoing staff development, performance management, and compensation, with support and partnership from Civic Nation leadership.
Foster and maintain a strong work culture, including promoting a culture of continuous learning and feedback, and building the capacity and skills of the staff. Ensure the team functions as an aligned and cohesive body that informs decision-making.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of WWAV, including actively engaging in fiscal management through budgetary development and oversight.
Collaborate with Civic Nation Development Team and CEO on fundraising strategy, funding proposals and reports, and funder prospecting.
As a Civic Nation Senior Leadership Team member, participate in regular leadership meetings and foster relationships, collaboration, and coordination across departments and initiatives in support of WWAV and Civic Nation's mission and impact.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
12+ years of relevant leadership experience in campaigns, civic engagement, nonprofit organizations, government, marketing, or corporate environments.
5+ years of experience managing and leading high-performing organizations, departments, and/or teams.
Experience working with high-profile public figures.
Proven experience managing and overseeing multi-million dollar programmatic and/or organizational budgets, strategic planning, and organizational and individual goal-setting, including establishing metrics for success for departments and individuals, timelines for execution, and performance evaluation.
Established relationships or experience working with civic, advocacy, and entertainment organizations.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
Entrepreneurial, strategic, and solutions-oriented, with a strong sense of responsibility and integrity.
A motivating, supportive, collaborative, decisive, optimistic leader with a proven track record of leading teams to success, scaling organizations for impact, and change management.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a track record of strong public speaking.
Excellent donor, corporate, and media relations skills.
Success in establishing relationships with individuals and organizations of influence, including funders, partner agencies, and volunteers.
Solid organizational abilities, including planning, delegating, program development, and task facilitation.
Strong financial management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making, and reporting.
Proven dedication to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
High degree of comfort with change management within a startup-like environment.
Comfortability and willingness to travel for special meetings and events.
HIRING PROCESS
Candidates can expect the following hiring process and timeline (please note that this timeline is subject to change) :
April 24 – May 5: First-Round Interviews
May 24 – June 2: Two-part Second-Round Interview: Executive Leadership & Assignment
June 5 - June 9: Third Round Interview with Board Leadership
June 19 - June 30: Final Interview
Week of June 30: Hiring Decision announced
Candidates will be notified of the status of their candidacy throughout the hiring process.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $170,000 - $210,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Richard B. Hall, Vice President, People & Culture, should be concise, compelling, and address your passion for our mission and your vision for leading this work. Applications will be accepted until April 21, 2023.
***
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Organization Overview
America Votes works with over 400 state and national partner organizations to advance progressive policies, win elections, and protect every American's right to vote.
Since 2003, America Votes has been the common link between many of the largest and most influential issue and membership organizations in the country, serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes' work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together, they have engaged communities across the country to take action on critical issues - from fighting for working families, defending reproductive rights, protecting the environment, and more - and mobilized millions of voters.
America Votes works year-round nationally and in more than 20 states, acting as a permanent campaign to continually advance progressive causes, modernize elections, and win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners, including strategic planning, advocacy and electoral campaign coordination, data tools and targeting services, and on-the-ground leadership in key states.
America Votes also works to improve election systems and fight back against efforts to suppress voters, taking the lead throughout their state network to coordinate and execute advocacy campaigns with allies to reform elections and modernize the voting process.
Commitment to Racial Equity
America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity through organizational systems and policies that are consistently tested, evaluated and updated. Some organizational priorities include:
Building reflective and equitable state and national networks and partnerships.
Increasing engagement of state-based groups building power in communities of color in the planning process.
Expanding the Community Power Builders program, designed to support organizations led by and working in communities of color as they emerge into the 501(c)(4) space.
America Votes sees its commitment to racial equity as an integral part of its success. Applicants are encouraged to reflect on how they see themselves contributing to America Votes' work on advancing racial equity.
Position Description
America Votes is looking for an experienced data engineering director who can manage the databases, pipelines, and other infrastructure that America Votes uses to gather, analyze and share data across the progressive space. This person will build and manage the data engineering team, and work closely with other parts of the data team and state data directors. The ideal candidate is excited about maintaining and improving our existing infrastructure, as well as willing to dream big about new tooling to help us better access and use data.
This is a permanent, full-time management position that reports to the National Data & Targeting Director and is not union eligible.
Responsibilities
Manage the Data Engineering team. This includes supervising the day-to-day work of the Data Engineering team, and working with other data verticals and departments to understand and shape the role of engineering at America Votes.
Create or maintain Airflow pipelines used to load data into our Redshift database, as well as pipelines to send data from our warehouse to partners or user-facing tools.
Be responsible for overall cloud infrastructure, which currently includes Amazon Redshift, s3, AWS hosted servers, and Airflow on Google Composer.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Must Haves
Multiple years working in software, analytics, or data engineering, including meaningful experience as a people manager.
Desire and track record of educating, mentoring, and developing junior to mid-level team members.
Strong interpersonal skills and a professional approach to communicating with partners, team members, and vendors.
Excellent SQL and Python skills; experience using APIs, Python, and data orchestration tools to create and maintain data pipelines.
Comfortable using and training staff on git and code review best practices such as branches and pull requests.
Nice to Haves
Experience working or volunteering on a political campaign or with a progressive organization.
Experience working with voter files or political tools such as NGP/VAN.
Experience creating and administering databases and other cloud infrastructure.
Experience with data transformation and visualization tools such as dbt (data build tool), Tableau, or Google Data Studio.
Understanding of unit testing, CI/CD, and other software engineering best practices.
Hiring Process
Hiring Manager Resume Review
Initial Hiring Manager Interview (30 min)
Technical Assessment (done on own time, asked to limit to 4 hours)
Panel Interview (1 hr)
(Potential) Final Interview with Hiring Manager and Executive Director (45 minutes)
Reference Check
How you'll ramp
30 days: Get the overview of our data stack, understand key python and SQL scripts in our codebase.
60 days: Understand how our national and state data staff use our data infrastructure. Contribute to internal planning conversations about our databases and airflow infrastructure.
90 days: Create and launch your first airflow DAG to load data into our data warehouse.
Location
The location for this position is flexible. Some travel and reasonable access to an airport is required. America Votes has offices located in DC and CO, FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, and WI. America Votes is currently working remotely; however, if you are based in a state with an America Votes office, a hybrid approach may be possible at this time, depending on local guidance.
Compensation
The salary for this position will be between $125,000 - $135,000 and depend upon the applicant's experience . America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 90% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, life insurance, long term disability coverage, cell phone stipend, personal professional development funds, parental leave, and 401 (K) after six months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy with paid vacation, paid sick leave and personal days, at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth, as well as paid organizational time off from at least December 25 to January 1.
America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law. People of color, LGBTQ candidates, individuals with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals are strongly encouraged to apply
Feb 01, 2023
Full time
Organization Overview
America Votes works with over 400 state and national partner organizations to advance progressive policies, win elections, and protect every American's right to vote.
Since 2003, America Votes has been the common link between many of the largest and most influential issue and membership organizations in the country, serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes' work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together, they have engaged communities across the country to take action on critical issues - from fighting for working families, defending reproductive rights, protecting the environment, and more - and mobilized millions of voters.
America Votes works year-round nationally and in more than 20 states, acting as a permanent campaign to continually advance progressive causes, modernize elections, and win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners, including strategic planning, advocacy and electoral campaign coordination, data tools and targeting services, and on-the-ground leadership in key states.
America Votes also works to improve election systems and fight back against efforts to suppress voters, taking the lead throughout their state network to coordinate and execute advocacy campaigns with allies to reform elections and modernize the voting process.
Commitment to Racial Equity
America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity through organizational systems and policies that are consistently tested, evaluated and updated. Some organizational priorities include:
Building reflective and equitable state and national networks and partnerships.
Increasing engagement of state-based groups building power in communities of color in the planning process.
Expanding the Community Power Builders program, designed to support organizations led by and working in communities of color as they emerge into the 501(c)(4) space.
America Votes sees its commitment to racial equity as an integral part of its success. Applicants are encouraged to reflect on how they see themselves contributing to America Votes' work on advancing racial equity.
Position Description
America Votes is looking for an experienced data engineering director who can manage the databases, pipelines, and other infrastructure that America Votes uses to gather, analyze and share data across the progressive space. This person will build and manage the data engineering team, and work closely with other parts of the data team and state data directors. The ideal candidate is excited about maintaining and improving our existing infrastructure, as well as willing to dream big about new tooling to help us better access and use data.
This is a permanent, full-time management position that reports to the National Data & Targeting Director and is not union eligible.
Responsibilities
Manage the Data Engineering team. This includes supervising the day-to-day work of the Data Engineering team, and working with other data verticals and departments to understand and shape the role of engineering at America Votes.
Create or maintain Airflow pipelines used to load data into our Redshift database, as well as pipelines to send data from our warehouse to partners or user-facing tools.
Be responsible for overall cloud infrastructure, which currently includes Amazon Redshift, s3, AWS hosted servers, and Airflow on Google Composer.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Must Haves
Multiple years working in software, analytics, or data engineering, including meaningful experience as a people manager.
Desire and track record of educating, mentoring, and developing junior to mid-level team members.
Strong interpersonal skills and a professional approach to communicating with partners, team members, and vendors.
Excellent SQL and Python skills; experience using APIs, Python, and data orchestration tools to create and maintain data pipelines.
Comfortable using and training staff on git and code review best practices such as branches and pull requests.
Nice to Haves
Experience working or volunteering on a political campaign or with a progressive organization.
Experience working with voter files or political tools such as NGP/VAN.
Experience creating and administering databases and other cloud infrastructure.
Experience with data transformation and visualization tools such as dbt (data build tool), Tableau, or Google Data Studio.
Understanding of unit testing, CI/CD, and other software engineering best practices.
Hiring Process
Hiring Manager Resume Review
Initial Hiring Manager Interview (30 min)
Technical Assessment (done on own time, asked to limit to 4 hours)
Panel Interview (1 hr)
(Potential) Final Interview with Hiring Manager and Executive Director (45 minutes)
Reference Check
How you'll ramp
30 days: Get the overview of our data stack, understand key python and SQL scripts in our codebase.
60 days: Understand how our national and state data staff use our data infrastructure. Contribute to internal planning conversations about our databases and airflow infrastructure.
90 days: Create and launch your first airflow DAG to load data into our data warehouse.
Location
The location for this position is flexible. Some travel and reasonable access to an airport is required. America Votes has offices located in DC and CO, FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, and WI. America Votes is currently working remotely; however, if you are based in a state with an America Votes office, a hybrid approach may be possible at this time, depending on local guidance.
Compensation
The salary for this position will be between $125,000 - $135,000 and depend upon the applicant's experience . America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 90% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, life insurance, long term disability coverage, cell phone stipend, personal professional development funds, parental leave, and 401 (K) after six months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy with paid vacation, paid sick leave and personal days, at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth, as well as paid organizational time off from at least December 25 to January 1.
America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law. People of color, LGBTQ candidates, individuals with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals are strongly encouraged to apply
Civic Nation seeks an Associate, Corporate Partnerships position within the Corporate Partnerships team. This position is responsible for the research, project management, scheduling, and communications essential to developing, managing, evaluating, and fostering relationships with key corporate stakeholders to achieve Civic Nation’s mission.
The Associate will report to the Director of Corporate Partnerships, who is located in New York City, and will work closely with the Senior Manager and intern to accomplish the team’s goals.
ABOUT THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS TEAM
The Corporate Partnerships team sits on Civic Nation’s centralized staff, meaning we work across the entire Civic Nation portfolio. The team is responsible for developing impact and fundraising generating corporate partnerships in service of our initiatives’ goals and programs. This team is crucial to not only the success of the organization, but also to the larger culture shift of how business should be conducted.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a home for changemakers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation. We empower people to take on the biggest challenges of our time — strengthening democracy; foster civic engagement, social justice, and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more. At Civic Nation we house some of the most innovative campaigns organizing for progress across the country including ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, It’s On Us, Made to Save, We The Action, End Rape on Campus, The United State of Women, and When We All Vote, co-chaired by Michelle Obama.
Civic Nation drives real, meaningful change by shifting culture, systems, and policy. We organize at every level and serve as a connector — of people and programs, of grassroots activists and leaders of industries and organizations, of ideas and the resources to make them reality. Our goal is to empower individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations to create a more inclusive, equitable America.
YOUR IMPACT
Conduct research, build agendas, maintain notes, and organize deliverables in order to assist the Director of Corporate Partnerships to develop, nurture, evaluate, and foster corporate partners.
Prospect and offer recommendations on how to best approach new corporate partners in effort to benefit Civic Nation’s impact and financial goals.
Research and locate forums, panels, and other gatherings where the partnership team should be present in order to prospect with new corporate partners and mingle with current corporate partners.
Manage all inbound and outbound requests to ensure we deliver against both internal and external deadlines.
Manage logistics and operational needs for executing both internal and external in-person and virtual meetings, convenings, and events. Activities include designing virtual meeting spaces using Zoom or other platforms, as well as securing in-person meeting locations, creating signage, and beyond to make for a successful gathering.
Support communication needs for Team Parts & Gov, including but not limited to monthly newsletters, website updates, intake forms, survey needs, marketing materials, and presentations.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
2+ years minimum of relevant work experience, internships included.
Experience engaging and building rapport with high-level executives and influential leaders. High preference for candidates who have worked within or with stakeholders on diversity and inclusion, ESG/CSR, and/or federal/state affairs teams.
Experience working across departments to accomplish large projects/goals, and enjoys team work!
Experience working with data (spreadsheet optimization and platforms like Google Analytics, Looker, & Periscope), preferred.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
A driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset that takes initiative to execute tasks.
Detail-oriented, highly organized, thorough, and critical thinker.
Effective written and oral communication prowess. Comfortable sharing ideas and observations to identify new opportunities.
A team player. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to listen, understand, connect, earn trust of, and collaborate with employees and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Excellent organizational, analytical, project management, problem solving, and communication skills.
Ability to excel under pressure and meet deadlines while balancing multiple work streams at once.
High degree of flexibility and comfort with change while working in a fast-paced, rapid response environment.
Passionate about Civic Nation’s mission and eager to get the work done.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $55,000 - $65,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Marissa Ranalli, Director of Corporate Partnerships, should be concise, compelling, and include why you would like to work for Civic Nation. Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2022.
***
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Sep 09, 2022
Full time
Civic Nation seeks an Associate, Corporate Partnerships position within the Corporate Partnerships team. This position is responsible for the research, project management, scheduling, and communications essential to developing, managing, evaluating, and fostering relationships with key corporate stakeholders to achieve Civic Nation’s mission.
The Associate will report to the Director of Corporate Partnerships, who is located in New York City, and will work closely with the Senior Manager and intern to accomplish the team’s goals.
ABOUT THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS TEAM
The Corporate Partnerships team sits on Civic Nation’s centralized staff, meaning we work across the entire Civic Nation portfolio. The team is responsible for developing impact and fundraising generating corporate partnerships in service of our initiatives’ goals and programs. This team is crucial to not only the success of the organization, but also to the larger culture shift of how business should be conducted.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a home for changemakers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation. We empower people to take on the biggest challenges of our time — strengthening democracy; foster civic engagement, social justice, and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more. At Civic Nation we house some of the most innovative campaigns organizing for progress across the country including ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, It’s On Us, Made to Save, We The Action, End Rape on Campus, The United State of Women, and When We All Vote, co-chaired by Michelle Obama.
Civic Nation drives real, meaningful change by shifting culture, systems, and policy. We organize at every level and serve as a connector — of people and programs, of grassroots activists and leaders of industries and organizations, of ideas and the resources to make them reality. Our goal is to empower individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations to create a more inclusive, equitable America.
YOUR IMPACT
Conduct research, build agendas, maintain notes, and organize deliverables in order to assist the Director of Corporate Partnerships to develop, nurture, evaluate, and foster corporate partners.
Prospect and offer recommendations on how to best approach new corporate partners in effort to benefit Civic Nation’s impact and financial goals.
Research and locate forums, panels, and other gatherings where the partnership team should be present in order to prospect with new corporate partners and mingle with current corporate partners.
Manage all inbound and outbound requests to ensure we deliver against both internal and external deadlines.
Manage logistics and operational needs for executing both internal and external in-person and virtual meetings, convenings, and events. Activities include designing virtual meeting spaces using Zoom or other platforms, as well as securing in-person meeting locations, creating signage, and beyond to make for a successful gathering.
Support communication needs for Team Parts & Gov, including but not limited to monthly newsletters, website updates, intake forms, survey needs, marketing materials, and presentations.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
2+ years minimum of relevant work experience, internships included.
Experience engaging and building rapport with high-level executives and influential leaders. High preference for candidates who have worked within or with stakeholders on diversity and inclusion, ESG/CSR, and/or federal/state affairs teams.
Experience working across departments to accomplish large projects/goals, and enjoys team work!
Experience working with data (spreadsheet optimization and platforms like Google Analytics, Looker, & Periscope), preferred.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
A driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset that takes initiative to execute tasks.
Detail-oriented, highly organized, thorough, and critical thinker.
Effective written and oral communication prowess. Comfortable sharing ideas and observations to identify new opportunities.
A team player. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to listen, understand, connect, earn trust of, and collaborate with employees and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Excellent organizational, analytical, project management, problem solving, and communication skills.
Ability to excel under pressure and meet deadlines while balancing multiple work streams at once.
High degree of flexibility and comfort with change while working in a fast-paced, rapid response environment.
Passionate about Civic Nation’s mission and eager to get the work done.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $55,000 - $65,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Marissa Ranalli, Director of Corporate Partnerships, should be concise, compelling, and include why you would like to work for Civic Nation. Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2022.
***
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Civic Nation seeks a Senior Manager position within the Corporate Partnerships team. This position is responsible for driving long-term, trusted relationships with key corporate stakeholders to achieve Civic Nation’s mission. In coordination with the Director of Corporate Partnerships, this position will also work cross-functionally across Civic Nation’s initiatives and centralized Hub team members to address needs, uncover opportunities, create efficiencies, and increase impact with every partnership.
The Senior Manager will report to the Director of Corporate Partnerships, who is located in New York City, and will work closely with an Associate and intern to accomplish the team’s goals.
ABOUT THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS TEAM
The Corporate Partnerships team sits on Civic Nation’s centralized staff, meaning we work across the entire Civic Nation portfolio. The team is responsible for developing impact and fundraising generating corporate partnerships in service of our initiatives’ goals and programs. This team is crucial to not only the success of the organization, but also to the larger culture shift of how business should be conducted.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a home for changemakers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation. We empower people to take on the biggest challenges of our time — strengthening democracy; foster civic engagement, social justice, and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more. At Civic Nation we house some of the most innovative campaigns organizing for progress across the country including ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, It’s On Us, Made to Save, We The Action, End Rape on Campus, The United State of Women, and When We All Vote, co-chaired by Michelle Obama.
Civic Nation drives real, meaningful change by shifting culture, systems, and policy. We organize at every level and serve as a connector — of people and programs, of grassroots activists and leaders of industries and organizations, of ideas and the resources to make them reality. Our goal is to empower individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations to create a more inclusive, equitable America.
YOUR IMPACT
Assist the Director of Corporate Partnerships to develop, nurture, evaluate, and foster corporate partners. This will be accomplished through a variety of activities, including, but not limited to:
thorough pre-planning,
professional communication,
effective project management,
timely materials delivery, and
data utilization.
In coordination with the Director of Corporate Partnerships, listen to and collaborate with Civic Nation’s initiatives to best identify areas where corporate partnerships can fulfill their programmatic needs and meet their goals.
Manage team pacing towards annual OKRs.
Develop and implement new and current processes to optimize the team’s workflow, including, but not limited to meeting optimization and CRM management.
Spearhead the creation of external facing materials needed for corporate partners, such as program specific documentation, but also more general Civic Nation brochures.
Manage all inbound and outbound requests to ensure we deliver against both internal and external deadlines.
Handle communication needs for Team Parts & Gov, including, but not limited to monthly newsletters, website updates, intake forms, survey needs, marketing materials, and presentations.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
4+ years of relevant work experience.
Experience engaging and building rapport with high-level executives and influential leaders. High preference for candidates who have worked within or with stakeholders on diversity and inclusion, ESG/CSR, and/or federal/state affairs teams.
Proven track record of working across departments to accomplish large projects/goals, and enjoys team work!
Ability to effectively analyze and strategize partnership opportunities to yield the greatest return.
Experience working in an email and customer management system such as EveryAction, Salesforce, or something comparable, preferred.
Experience working in project management tools (Asana, Trello) and with data (spreadsheet optimization and platforms like Google Analytics, Looker, & Periscope), preferred.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
A driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset that takes initiative to execute tasks.
Detail-oriented, highly organized, thorough, and critical thinker.
Effective written and oral communication prowess. Comfortable sharing ideas and observations to identify new opportunities.
A team player. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to listen, understand, connect, earn trust of, and collaborate with employees and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Excellent organizational, analytical, project management, problem solving, and communication skills.
Ability to excel under pressure and meet deadlines while balancing multiple work streams at once.
High degree of flexibility and comfort with change while working in a fast-paced, rapid response environment.
Passionate about Civic Nation’s mission and eager to get the work done.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Marissa Ranalli, Director of Corporate Partnerships, should be concise, compelling, and include what you would uniquely bring to Civic Nation and the Corporate Partnerships team. Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2022.
***
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Sep 09, 2022
Full time
Civic Nation seeks a Senior Manager position within the Corporate Partnerships team. This position is responsible for driving long-term, trusted relationships with key corporate stakeholders to achieve Civic Nation’s mission. In coordination with the Director of Corporate Partnerships, this position will also work cross-functionally across Civic Nation’s initiatives and centralized Hub team members to address needs, uncover opportunities, create efficiencies, and increase impact with every partnership.
The Senior Manager will report to the Director of Corporate Partnerships, who is located in New York City, and will work closely with an Associate and intern to accomplish the team’s goals.
ABOUT THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS TEAM
The Corporate Partnerships team sits on Civic Nation’s centralized staff, meaning we work across the entire Civic Nation portfolio. The team is responsible for developing impact and fundraising generating corporate partnerships in service of our initiatives’ goals and programs. This team is crucial to not only the success of the organization, but also to the larger culture shift of how business should be conducted.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a home for changemakers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation. We empower people to take on the biggest challenges of our time — strengthening democracy; foster civic engagement, social justice, and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more. At Civic Nation we house some of the most innovative campaigns organizing for progress across the country including ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, It’s On Us, Made to Save, We The Action, End Rape on Campus, The United State of Women, and When We All Vote, co-chaired by Michelle Obama.
Civic Nation drives real, meaningful change by shifting culture, systems, and policy. We organize at every level and serve as a connector — of people and programs, of grassroots activists and leaders of industries and organizations, of ideas and the resources to make them reality. Our goal is to empower individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations to create a more inclusive, equitable America.
YOUR IMPACT
Assist the Director of Corporate Partnerships to develop, nurture, evaluate, and foster corporate partners. This will be accomplished through a variety of activities, including, but not limited to:
thorough pre-planning,
professional communication,
effective project management,
timely materials delivery, and
data utilization.
In coordination with the Director of Corporate Partnerships, listen to and collaborate with Civic Nation’s initiatives to best identify areas where corporate partnerships can fulfill their programmatic needs and meet their goals.
Manage team pacing towards annual OKRs.
Develop and implement new and current processes to optimize the team’s workflow, including, but not limited to meeting optimization and CRM management.
Spearhead the creation of external facing materials needed for corporate partners, such as program specific documentation, but also more general Civic Nation brochures.
Manage all inbound and outbound requests to ensure we deliver against both internal and external deadlines.
Handle communication needs for Team Parts & Gov, including, but not limited to monthly newsletters, website updates, intake forms, survey needs, marketing materials, and presentations.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
4+ years of relevant work experience.
Experience engaging and building rapport with high-level executives and influential leaders. High preference for candidates who have worked within or with stakeholders on diversity and inclusion, ESG/CSR, and/or federal/state affairs teams.
Proven track record of working across departments to accomplish large projects/goals, and enjoys team work!
Ability to effectively analyze and strategize partnership opportunities to yield the greatest return.
Experience working in an email and customer management system such as EveryAction, Salesforce, or something comparable, preferred.
Experience working in project management tools (Asana, Trello) and with data (spreadsheet optimization and platforms like Google Analytics, Looker, & Periscope), preferred.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
A driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset that takes initiative to execute tasks.
Detail-oriented, highly organized, thorough, and critical thinker.
Effective written and oral communication prowess. Comfortable sharing ideas and observations to identify new opportunities.
A team player. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to listen, understand, connect, earn trust of, and collaborate with employees and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Excellent organizational, analytical, project management, problem solving, and communication skills.
Ability to excel under pressure and meet deadlines while balancing multiple work streams at once.
High degree of flexibility and comfort with change while working in a fast-paced, rapid response environment.
Passionate about Civic Nation’s mission and eager to get the work done.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The Washington, DC-based salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 (will be adjusted for cost of labor for the incumbent's work location) annually, commensurate with experience. Our comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, flexible paid time off, paid family & medical leave, access to a 401k plan, and more.
MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Civic Nation is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, and in consideration of guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a variety of public health authorities and professional organizations, Civic Nation has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment at Civic Nation unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they get their second dose of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or two weeks after a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.
TO APPLY
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume here . The cover letter, addressed to Marissa Ranalli, Director of Corporate Partnerships, should be concise, compelling, and include what you would uniquely bring to Civic Nation and the Corporate Partnerships team. Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2022.
***
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
United States of Care is seeking a State External Affairs and Partnerships Director to join its growing team. The mission of United States of Care is to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care regardless of health status, social need, or income. A non-partisan non-profit, we are building and mobilizing a movement to achieve long-lasting solutions that make health care better for everyone. United States of Care will help make it happen by working with people from across the country: patients and caregivers, advocates, physicians and other clinicians, policymakers, and business, civic, and religious leaders.
Position Overview
The State External Affairs and Partnerships Director shapes and executes campaigns and partnerships to expand access to quality, affordable care in the near term while paving a path toward durable, people-centered federal policies. USofCare’s targeted campaign approach is customized based on what is needed to get prioritized policies across the finish line. The primary objective of this position is to work collaboratively with state legislators, executive branch officials, advocacy organizations, and other influencers in multiple states to achieve the organization’s mission. A key part of this role is to leverage the collective expertise of an internal cross-departmental team, as well as a range of external advisors, to create and implement strategy for the organization’s campaigns and engagements with states.
The Director is entrepreneurial, collaborative, and passionate, with proven success as a leader and brings a strategic and political mindset to all aspects of campaign and partnership work. They are highly self-motivated, creative, and collaborative, with the ability to work in a startup atmosphere with evolving and competing priorities.
Responsibilities & Duties
Work collaboratively with the organization’s leadership to identify opportunities, develop strategy, cultivate partnerships and execute strategic planning for campaigns;
Execute proactive campaign strategy to reach organizational goals, including identifying benchmarks for state External Affairs and campaign work , and tactical execution;
Take a primary leadership role in the strategy and management of two or more state campaigns – handling day-to-day communications with partners, providing strategic advice and work plan development, budget and oversight, and ensuring that the organization’s leadership is informed and involved as needed;
Hire and manage consultants as needed;
Collaborate with colleagues on the External Affairs and Partnerships team and across the organization on creation of campaign-specific deliverables, resources and events;
Build relationships with state officials and key partners, both directly and through national organizations and work to identify new state engagement opportunities and partnerships;
Serve as an external spokesperson and expert for the organization with stakeholders, lawmakers, potential partners and media;
Identify opportunities for technical assistance and political and strategic guidance from Founder’s Council and other experts, and initiate and facilitate those communications when appropriate;
Participate in fundraising strategy and pitches when necessary;
Support and execute tracking and reporting against programmatic grants and compliance with relevant state lobbying regulations as necessary;
Model the highest standards of integrity and communication both internally with our teams and externally with stakeholders, partners, and funders;
Prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion principles, including utilizing the organization’s equity lens to inform all work.
Contributes to other organizational initiatives as needed.
Qualifications
At least 8 years of experience working in or directing campaigns, advocacy, lobbying efforts and/or similar experience, including some experience in health care related campaigns/advocacy, and some state-level experience ;
Familiarity with current issues in health policy including coverage programs, affordability, payment, billing, accessibility, and equity;
A strong commitment to ensuring every American has access to affordable health care;
Dedication to operating in a diverse, bipartisan, learning atmosphere exploring multiple policy solutions to achieve that mission;
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to represent the organization, as needed, in interactions with lawmakers, other organizations, and the public;
Ability to plan strategically and work both independently and as a member of the team;
Entrepreneurial individual with interest and ability to succeed in a fast-changing start-up atmosphere and respond to changing circumstances and priorities in a positive, focused manner;
Ability to take informed risks, step out of your comfort zone and embrace ambiguity.
Willingness to respect different points of view and balance innovation and creativity with the ability to organize in order to get work done;
Facility for building and maintaining positive, professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
Close attention to detail;
Excellent time management skills and the capacity to proactively navigate multiple deadlines and competing priorities;
Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree in public affairs, public administration, policy, public health, or a related field preferred;
Ambitious thinking and exceptional work ethic;
USofC values having a diverse set of viewpoints on our team. Applicants of all party affiliations and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Compensation and Location
United States of Care offers a very generous benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance; 403b with match and paid time off. This position is full-time and open to people able to work remotely from anywhere in the United States. The salary for this position ranges from $100,000 – $130,000 depending on experience and location.
The position is open until filled, and the hiring committee will schedule the first round of interviews in September.
To submit an application, please click on the link below this posting.
Aug 27, 2021
Full time
United States of Care is seeking a State External Affairs and Partnerships Director to join its growing team. The mission of United States of Care is to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care regardless of health status, social need, or income. A non-partisan non-profit, we are building and mobilizing a movement to achieve long-lasting solutions that make health care better for everyone. United States of Care will help make it happen by working with people from across the country: patients and caregivers, advocates, physicians and other clinicians, policymakers, and business, civic, and religious leaders.
Position Overview
The State External Affairs and Partnerships Director shapes and executes campaigns and partnerships to expand access to quality, affordable care in the near term while paving a path toward durable, people-centered federal policies. USofCare’s targeted campaign approach is customized based on what is needed to get prioritized policies across the finish line. The primary objective of this position is to work collaboratively with state legislators, executive branch officials, advocacy organizations, and other influencers in multiple states to achieve the organization’s mission. A key part of this role is to leverage the collective expertise of an internal cross-departmental team, as well as a range of external advisors, to create and implement strategy for the organization’s campaigns and engagements with states.
The Director is entrepreneurial, collaborative, and passionate, with proven success as a leader and brings a strategic and political mindset to all aspects of campaign and partnership work. They are highly self-motivated, creative, and collaborative, with the ability to work in a startup atmosphere with evolving and competing priorities.
Responsibilities & Duties
Work collaboratively with the organization’s leadership to identify opportunities, develop strategy, cultivate partnerships and execute strategic planning for campaigns;
Execute proactive campaign strategy to reach organizational goals, including identifying benchmarks for state External Affairs and campaign work , and tactical execution;
Take a primary leadership role in the strategy and management of two or more state campaigns – handling day-to-day communications with partners, providing strategic advice and work plan development, budget and oversight, and ensuring that the organization’s leadership is informed and involved as needed;
Hire and manage consultants as needed;
Collaborate with colleagues on the External Affairs and Partnerships team and across the organization on creation of campaign-specific deliverables, resources and events;
Build relationships with state officials and key partners, both directly and through national organizations and work to identify new state engagement opportunities and partnerships;
Serve as an external spokesperson and expert for the organization with stakeholders, lawmakers, potential partners and media;
Identify opportunities for technical assistance and political and strategic guidance from Founder’s Council and other experts, and initiate and facilitate those communications when appropriate;
Participate in fundraising strategy and pitches when necessary;
Support and execute tracking and reporting against programmatic grants and compliance with relevant state lobbying regulations as necessary;
Model the highest standards of integrity and communication both internally with our teams and externally with stakeholders, partners, and funders;
Prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion principles, including utilizing the organization’s equity lens to inform all work.
Contributes to other organizational initiatives as needed.
Qualifications
At least 8 years of experience working in or directing campaigns, advocacy, lobbying efforts and/or similar experience, including some experience in health care related campaigns/advocacy, and some state-level experience ;
Familiarity with current issues in health policy including coverage programs, affordability, payment, billing, accessibility, and equity;
A strong commitment to ensuring every American has access to affordable health care;
Dedication to operating in a diverse, bipartisan, learning atmosphere exploring multiple policy solutions to achieve that mission;
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to represent the organization, as needed, in interactions with lawmakers, other organizations, and the public;
Ability to plan strategically and work both independently and as a member of the team;
Entrepreneurial individual with interest and ability to succeed in a fast-changing start-up atmosphere and respond to changing circumstances and priorities in a positive, focused manner;
Ability to take informed risks, step out of your comfort zone and embrace ambiguity.
Willingness to respect different points of view and balance innovation and creativity with the ability to organize in order to get work done;
Facility for building and maintaining positive, professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
Close attention to detail;
Excellent time management skills and the capacity to proactively navigate multiple deadlines and competing priorities;
Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree in public affairs, public administration, policy, public health, or a related field preferred;
Ambitious thinking and exceptional work ethic;
USofC values having a diverse set of viewpoints on our team. Applicants of all party affiliations and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Compensation and Location
United States of Care offers a very generous benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance; 403b with match and paid time off. This position is full-time and open to people able to work remotely from anywhere in the United States. The salary for this position ranges from $100,000 – $130,000 depending on experience and location.
The position is open until filled, and the hiring committee will schedule the first round of interviews in September.
To submit an application, please click on the link below this posting.
About Murmuration/What We Do
Murmuration is a political strategy organization that is transforming the politics of education so that every child can benefit from equal access to equitable and high-quality public schools.
We empower campaigns, advocates, and organizers to better engage and mobilize communities to demand improvements to the public education system. We advise and support our partners in their efforts to plan and execute successful, data-driven electoral, organizing, and advocacy campaigns so that together we can transform the politics of education. And, we build political influence, craft strategies, leverage data and develop technology that enable our partners to accelerate progress, particularly those in traditionally marginalized communities.
Who We Are
Our team includes experts and innovators in data, analytics, and strategy. We are former teachers, organizers, data scientists, nonprofit executives, political campaign veterans, and more - and we are looking for people whose passion and expertise can help improve our work and realize our vision.
Background
Murmuration’s role is to support organizations and communities through our political systems, to raise the profile of the issue of public education such that more Americans will prioritize the needs of our students, and to leverage politics to help to create the broader context in which those on the front lines with our children can thrive. We are focused on transforming the politics of education -- partnering with organizations across the country committed to organizing parents and communities around the issues of public education and educational equity, electing to office and holding accountable local leaders who will make improving public K-12 schools a priority, and advocating for policy changes with the goal of improving outcomes for children. To do this, we believe that it is critical that all of the political stakeholders-- electoral organizations, advocacy and organizing groups, charter associations, networks of schools, districts, elected officials, and voters -- to contribute to a strong and politically savvy education sector that works together toward a common vision of improving public education.
About the Position
Murmuration is looking for a Senior Partnership Success Manager to join our fast-growing team and support our partners and strategy in the Western region of the United States. The Senior Partnership Manager will lead key internal operational functions that push forward the Partnerships’ Team effectiveness, support and increased capacity; and, manage a number of Partnership Success Managers who support partner work in the Western region of the United States.
Additionally, the Senior Partnerships Success Manager will serve as the primary liaison between several high stakes partners; they are responsible for training their partner portfolio on m{insights, providing access and understanding to Murmuration’s suite of resources, and project managing organizational strategic campaign planning in the Western region.
Note: At Murmuration, we are committed to becoming an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To this end, all staff members are expected to sit on and actively participate in DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) subcommittees. These subcommittees work to ensure that DEI is embedded in everything we do.
The Senior Partnership Success Manager will:
1. Coach and develop Partnership Success Managers (PSMs) to deliver strong partner support and ensure that they are well-positioned as advocates of Murmuration’s Products & Services by:
Supporting PSMs in developing and implementing onboarding and training plans for individual partners
Coaching PSMs to identify partner needs and determine the optimal solution on their own, identify opportunities for novel applications of existing solutions, surface gaps that exist across partners for new solution development, grow in their development across relevant internal teams
2. Design, develop, and lead key operational initiatives for the Partnerships Team, including but not limited to:
Providing dedicated capacity to identify and develop ways to ensure that our partners receive the highest quality support at scale, from onboarding to offboarding
Ensuring that the Partnerships Team is constantly assessing partners’ experience with Murmuration, so that we are equipped with the right information to shape our support model and training approach
Working closely with key team members on scoping out partner needs for onboarding and ongoing training, and support driving that work forward
3. Manage a small portfolio of high stakes partnerships partners by:
Operating as primary point of contact between Murmuration’s partners throughout their time using the platform
Continuously building understanding of their partner region to supply contextual knowledge to partner strategy; identifying partner collaboration opportunities
Diagnosing and troubleshooting technical and non-technical issues quickly
Developing and informing support plan for each dedicated partner; including support documentation and help resources
4. Ensure Murmuration’s partners take full advantage of Murmuration’s technology product (m{insights), and are informed on/connected to other services we offer to drive and accomplish their respective organizing and advocacy strategies:
Learning and mastering Murmuration’s full product and service offering, including:
Foundational elements of our support like m{insights, m{hq, related third-party tools and data
More sophisticated support avenues like m{polling, Randomized Control Trials, model score building and recommendations, etc.
5. Collaborate on and facilitate partner project plans and hold partners accountable to timeline, weekly agendas, and deliverables:
Managing Murmuration’s campaign planning lifecycle and ensure partners are project planning campaigns with every stage of the campaign lifecycle in mind
Ensuring partners are consistently using or planning to use our tools to execute their work
Leading cross-functional pods to ensure timely delivery of programmatic or strategic services to campaign partners
Identifying additional project-based opportunities, such as coalition building, to collaborate and support partner organizations in sector work
Ensuring ongoing compliance with m{insights Access Agreement
6. Lead trainings to multiple partner contacts to ensure campaign partners are well equipped to leverage m{insights functionalities to execute their campaigns
Ensure all partner staff participants are proficiently trained on m{insights functionalities
Assign a partner point person who can serve as an internal team trainer when activating larger campaigns (i.e. train-the-trainer model with volunteers)
7. Collaborate with Data Science and Data teams to provide partners with analytics and data management to execute sophisticated, effective, data-driven campaigns
Helping partners more fully utilize our analytic tools and supports designed and built by our Data and Data Science teams, which may include connecting partners to internal expertise for strategic support (i.e. Murmuration’s Political Director of External Affairs)
Helping to ensure that partners receive and appreciate/understand the strategic insights that Murmuration provides - m{report, strategic memos, message collaborative outputs, etc.
Actively work to identify opportunities for partners campaigns to benefit from analytic products, including custom model scores, polling, RCTs, and model recommendations
Who You Are:
Passionate about project planning and management : You enjoy breaking down large and complex problems into shared manageable work that drives toward a successful outcome. You have a proven project management approach that you consistently look to improve upon.
A problem solver and communicator : You communicate clearly and at ease with all kinds of people across a diverse range of roles. You are encouraged by problems as an opportunity to improve your process and work hard to find solutions. You are capable of managing information and needs across a large group of diverse people.
Organized and conscientious : You care about the work of your partners and colleagues and want to set them up for success. You are thorough, careful and vigilant; you pay close mind to details and care deeply about getting things right. You bring a service mentality to the people you work with and the projects you work on.
Passionate and curious : You are consistently learning about new ideas, new solutions, and new tools and enjoy applying your learnings to the things you care about in your life. You are passionate about your community and have strong feelings about what you can do to make a positive impact on the lives around you.
In addition, you have :
At least one year of management experience in a professional environment
Experience supporting teams, products, or ideas to develop and manage outputs across multiple divisions or streams of work
Familiarity with data and the need for data quality and hygiene
Interest in politics and/or educational policy
It’s a big plus if you also have :
Past experience with Salesforce and/or political data software (NGP VAN, NationBuilder, PDI)
Past experience working on electoral, advocacy, or community organizing campaigns in California, Texas, or in similar communities
Past experience working as a trainer or in an educational classroom setting
Location, Compensation and Benefits
The Senior Partnership Success Manager is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package. It is based anywhere in the U.S., with location preferred in the Western United States. Salary for this position is commensurate with experience.
An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity
Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.
Jun 09, 2021
Full time
About Murmuration/What We Do
Murmuration is a political strategy organization that is transforming the politics of education so that every child can benefit from equal access to equitable and high-quality public schools.
We empower campaigns, advocates, and organizers to better engage and mobilize communities to demand improvements to the public education system. We advise and support our partners in their efforts to plan and execute successful, data-driven electoral, organizing, and advocacy campaigns so that together we can transform the politics of education. And, we build political influence, craft strategies, leverage data and develop technology that enable our partners to accelerate progress, particularly those in traditionally marginalized communities.
Who We Are
Our team includes experts and innovators in data, analytics, and strategy. We are former teachers, organizers, data scientists, nonprofit executives, political campaign veterans, and more - and we are looking for people whose passion and expertise can help improve our work and realize our vision.
Background
Murmuration’s role is to support organizations and communities through our political systems, to raise the profile of the issue of public education such that more Americans will prioritize the needs of our students, and to leverage politics to help to create the broader context in which those on the front lines with our children can thrive. We are focused on transforming the politics of education -- partnering with organizations across the country committed to organizing parents and communities around the issues of public education and educational equity, electing to office and holding accountable local leaders who will make improving public K-12 schools a priority, and advocating for policy changes with the goal of improving outcomes for children. To do this, we believe that it is critical that all of the political stakeholders-- electoral organizations, advocacy and organizing groups, charter associations, networks of schools, districts, elected officials, and voters -- to contribute to a strong and politically savvy education sector that works together toward a common vision of improving public education.
About the Position
Murmuration is looking for a Senior Partnership Success Manager to join our fast-growing team and support our partners and strategy in the Western region of the United States. The Senior Partnership Manager will lead key internal operational functions that push forward the Partnerships’ Team effectiveness, support and increased capacity; and, manage a number of Partnership Success Managers who support partner work in the Western region of the United States.
Additionally, the Senior Partnerships Success Manager will serve as the primary liaison between several high stakes partners; they are responsible for training their partner portfolio on m{insights, providing access and understanding to Murmuration’s suite of resources, and project managing organizational strategic campaign planning in the Western region.
Note: At Murmuration, we are committed to becoming an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To this end, all staff members are expected to sit on and actively participate in DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) subcommittees. These subcommittees work to ensure that DEI is embedded in everything we do.
The Senior Partnership Success Manager will:
1. Coach and develop Partnership Success Managers (PSMs) to deliver strong partner support and ensure that they are well-positioned as advocates of Murmuration’s Products & Services by:
Supporting PSMs in developing and implementing onboarding and training plans for individual partners
Coaching PSMs to identify partner needs and determine the optimal solution on their own, identify opportunities for novel applications of existing solutions, surface gaps that exist across partners for new solution development, grow in their development across relevant internal teams
2. Design, develop, and lead key operational initiatives for the Partnerships Team, including but not limited to:
Providing dedicated capacity to identify and develop ways to ensure that our partners receive the highest quality support at scale, from onboarding to offboarding
Ensuring that the Partnerships Team is constantly assessing partners’ experience with Murmuration, so that we are equipped with the right information to shape our support model and training approach
Working closely with key team members on scoping out partner needs for onboarding and ongoing training, and support driving that work forward
3. Manage a small portfolio of high stakes partnerships partners by:
Operating as primary point of contact between Murmuration’s partners throughout their time using the platform
Continuously building understanding of their partner region to supply contextual knowledge to partner strategy; identifying partner collaboration opportunities
Diagnosing and troubleshooting technical and non-technical issues quickly
Developing and informing support plan for each dedicated partner; including support documentation and help resources
4. Ensure Murmuration’s partners take full advantage of Murmuration’s technology product (m{insights), and are informed on/connected to other services we offer to drive and accomplish their respective organizing and advocacy strategies:
Learning and mastering Murmuration’s full product and service offering, including:
Foundational elements of our support like m{insights, m{hq, related third-party tools and data
More sophisticated support avenues like m{polling, Randomized Control Trials, model score building and recommendations, etc.
5. Collaborate on and facilitate partner project plans and hold partners accountable to timeline, weekly agendas, and deliverables:
Managing Murmuration’s campaign planning lifecycle and ensure partners are project planning campaigns with every stage of the campaign lifecycle in mind
Ensuring partners are consistently using or planning to use our tools to execute their work
Leading cross-functional pods to ensure timely delivery of programmatic or strategic services to campaign partners
Identifying additional project-based opportunities, such as coalition building, to collaborate and support partner organizations in sector work
Ensuring ongoing compliance with m{insights Access Agreement
6. Lead trainings to multiple partner contacts to ensure campaign partners are well equipped to leverage m{insights functionalities to execute their campaigns
Ensure all partner staff participants are proficiently trained on m{insights functionalities
Assign a partner point person who can serve as an internal team trainer when activating larger campaigns (i.e. train-the-trainer model with volunteers)
7. Collaborate with Data Science and Data teams to provide partners with analytics and data management to execute sophisticated, effective, data-driven campaigns
Helping partners more fully utilize our analytic tools and supports designed and built by our Data and Data Science teams, which may include connecting partners to internal expertise for strategic support (i.e. Murmuration’s Political Director of External Affairs)
Helping to ensure that partners receive and appreciate/understand the strategic insights that Murmuration provides - m{report, strategic memos, message collaborative outputs, etc.
Actively work to identify opportunities for partners campaigns to benefit from analytic products, including custom model scores, polling, RCTs, and model recommendations
Who You Are:
Passionate about project planning and management : You enjoy breaking down large and complex problems into shared manageable work that drives toward a successful outcome. You have a proven project management approach that you consistently look to improve upon.
A problem solver and communicator : You communicate clearly and at ease with all kinds of people across a diverse range of roles. You are encouraged by problems as an opportunity to improve your process and work hard to find solutions. You are capable of managing information and needs across a large group of diverse people.
Organized and conscientious : You care about the work of your partners and colleagues and want to set them up for success. You are thorough, careful and vigilant; you pay close mind to details and care deeply about getting things right. You bring a service mentality to the people you work with and the projects you work on.
Passionate and curious : You are consistently learning about new ideas, new solutions, and new tools and enjoy applying your learnings to the things you care about in your life. You are passionate about your community and have strong feelings about what you can do to make a positive impact on the lives around you.
In addition, you have :
At least one year of management experience in a professional environment
Experience supporting teams, products, or ideas to develop and manage outputs across multiple divisions or streams of work
Familiarity with data and the need for data quality and hygiene
Interest in politics and/or educational policy
It’s a big plus if you also have :
Past experience with Salesforce and/or political data software (NGP VAN, NationBuilder, PDI)
Past experience working on electoral, advocacy, or community organizing campaigns in California, Texas, or in similar communities
Past experience working as a trainer or in an educational classroom setting
Location, Compensation and Benefits
The Senior Partnership Success Manager is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package. It is based anywhere in the U.S., with location preferred in the Western United States. Salary for this position is commensurate with experience.
An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity
Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.
National Wildlife Federation
MISSOULA, MT; or SEATTLE, WA
Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation has grown into America's largest and most trusted grassroots conservation organization with 53 state/territorial affiliates and more than six million members and supporters. The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in our rapidly changing world. The National Wildlife Federation believes that in order to save wildlife and ourselves, we need to ensure that everyone in America has clean air and water, safe communities, easy and equitable access to the daily benefits of nature, and protection from the ravages of climate change. These basic needs, equally necessary and urgent for all people, are foundational to bringing the conservation movement and ethos into the 21st century.
Our organization operates from offices across the country, including our headquarters in Reston, Virginia; a National Advocacy Center in Washington, D.C.; and seven regional centers. The Federation also works with our 53 state and territory affiliates—autonomous, nonprofit organizations that take the lead in state and local conservation efforts and collaborate with the National Wildlife Federation to conduct grassroots activities on national issues.
Through conservation policy oversight, program development, fundraising, collaboration and personnel management, the Regional Executive Director (RED) provides organizational leadership in the Northern Rockies, Prairies and Pacific Region. The RED collaborates with affiliate partners and other organizations within the region in support of the National Wildlife Federation's strategic plan ( A Common Agenda for Wildlife ) and our Equity and Justice Strategic Plan . The RED strategically engages NWF Board members and collaborates with regional center staff to help identify and cultivate potential new leaders for NWF.
The RED reports to the Chief Program Officer and works collaboratively with other senior leaders to advance the strategic direction of the organization. This position may be based in Missoula, MT or Seattle, WA . Please Note: Due to COVID-19 all employees are working remotely until we make return to work decisions.
About Our Region:
The Northern Rockies, Prairies & Pacific Region spans a large and diverse geographic landscape across the states of Alaska, Hawai’i, Oregon, Washington and California in the Pacific; Montana and Idaho in the Rockies; and North and South Dakota in the Great Plains. Our work is based out of two primary offices, in Missoula and Seattle, and a smaller office near Portland, Oregon.
Our regional team has proven its commitment to wildlife and people by advancing landscape-scale conservation through four decades of successful campaigns to protect grizzly bears, restore bison on public and Tribal lands, secure safe habitat for bighorn sheep, and fight for runs of wild salmon. Working closely with our affiliates, Tribal/Native/Indigenous entities and other conservation and community partners, our programs help expand Monarch migration pathways, restore beavers for riparian health, expand protection for Native Hawaiian seabirds, and connect children and families with nature, and more. Some of our conservation programs extend beyond our region, including work on western water, wildlife habitat connectivity, and youth and adult education. Details on these and other program priorities can be found on our regional website: https://www.nwf.org/Northern-Rockies-and-Pacific-Region .
Principal Duties of the Regional Executive Director:
The RED is accountable for developing and implementing programs and strategies that enable the National Wildlife Federation to achieve outcomes articulated in our Strategic and Equity and Justice Plans and serves as an important “face and voice” for the organization in the Northern Rockies, Prairies & Pacific Region.
Additionally, the RED:
Provides organizational leadership, program development, and targeted campaign management that effectively advances our mission and objectives;
Fosters an inclusive, and collaborative workplace culture that supports staff in functioning as a highly integrated and effective team across a geographically diverse, highly matrixed organization;
Achieves the organization’s regional philanthropic and fundraising goals by working with staff to engage current and potential funders, individuals, foundations, and corporations to support our work;
Manages the Regional Center’s budget and stewards the organization’s financial resources;
Builds and maintains authentic relationships with political, affiliate, business, education, indigenous, governmental and community leaders with a diverse and representative range of group identities;
Demonstrates a personal and professional commitment to and experience in advancing equity and justice within the organization and in external program delivery, partnerships, and communications;
Advances the National Wildlife Federation's long-term conservation goals as well as our values of collaboration, empowerment, inclusivity, mindfulness, and mission-focused work.
Qualifications:
Strong candidates for this position will bring experience in organizational leadership, including demonstrated proficiency in personnel management, teambuilding and delegation; strategic planning and program implementation; conservation advocacy and policy advancement; developing and engaging partners from diverse communities; non-profit fundraising, and working with non-profit boards, government and Tribal agencies, and corporate entities. These proficiencies are typically consistent with approximately ten years of professional experience.
Conservation Policy, Advocacy and Implementation
Familiar with fundamental conservation principles and practices, with educational background and/or professional expertise in conservation, environmental justice or a related field
Comfortable leading and participating in advocacy campaigns and activities, including public speaking and press interviews as well as written communications
Shows insights about diverse tools to achieve conservation goals, including advocacy, education/outreach, and direct work on the ground (implementation); able to help staff prioritize which tools are appropriate given different opportunities.
Exhibits insights about how diverse program activities can be integrated for long-term conservation success
Fundraising and Fiscal Accountability:
Demonstrates proficiency and success in cultivating donor relationships, soliciting gifts and stewarding ongoing support from new and existing major donors, in cooperation with philanthropy staff
A track record of foundation and corporate fundraising success
Familiar with successful approaches to expand support though events, digital format fundraising and one-on-one engagement
Desired Leadership Competencies:
Self-Awareness & Learning
Exhibits a commitment to continuous learning and growth and models this approach with others
Dedicated to deepening understanding of cultural and systemic racism and the intersectionality of multiple forms of social inequality
Demonstrates awareness of positional power and privilege (both personally and professionally) and its attendant impacts
Consistently brings a high level of empathy and social skills to work and interpersonal interactions
Authentic Relationships & Community Partnerships
Maintains a sophisticated understanding of how group dynamics impact supervisory relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns and coalition work
Demonstrates capacity to maintain relationships across difference and create greater psychological safety in the workplace
Acknowledges when mistakes are made and harm is done; works to repair breaches in relationships
Openly holds space, and invites others into conversations during sensitive engagements, exhibiting a responsible and respectful demeanor with colleagues and partners
Demonstrates inclusive leadership through collaboration, active listening skills and authentic team building abilities
Seeks to build authentic community partnerships, encouraging diverse approaches to advocacy
Direct Communication
Exhibits strong interpersonal skills rooted in teamwork, diplomacy, and respect
Provides clear and direct communication with colleagues
Strives to match intent and impact in all interactions
Works proactively to resolve conflicts and misunderstandings toward restorative solutions; attends to conflicts as opportunities for learning and growth
Supervision & Power Sharing
Supports the leadership, success, and professional development of staff members, with a commitment to utilizing power to ensure equitable access and opportunities for staff of color and with other marginalized identities
Consistently provides positive and developmental feedback to support growth of team members
Actively seeks feedback, direction, and guidance from all team members and keeps staff informed of decisions that impact them
Intentionally shares power through decision-making, clear definition of roles and responsibilities, effective delegation, and equitable access to resources
Innovation
Actively seeks new solutions to persistent problems by engaging a diversity of perspectives and experiences
Practices both/and thinking and the ability to accept ambiguity
Demonstrates willingness to take risks, pilot new approaches, learn from failure, and continually improve efforts
Equity Analysis & Action :
Motivated by values of equity and responsibility to those most marginalized
Committed to deepening an environmental justice approach in policy priorities, program development and partner engagement
Demonstrates awareness of the attributes associated with a white dominant culture and takes actions to dismantle hierarchies of oppression within that culture
Dedicated to advancing NWF’s internal equity transformation and compelling partners and allies to incorporate equity into their work
Travel:
Once safe travel resumes, extensive travel throughout the region and to national meetings will be required. Anticipate 5-8 days every month, 30-60 nights per year.
Compensation and Benefits:
The starting salary for this position is $130,000 annual salary, and is based upon a wage analysis across the organization. The National Wildlife Federation values work-life balance and a family-friendly atmosphere. Our paid time-off includes 3 weeks of vacation leave, open wellbeing leave, 10 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, a week-long winter break, and additional leave options, per year. In addition, our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance, AD&D, short and long-term disability, 16 weeks of paid FMLA leave, 403b retirement plan with employer matching and annual contribution, adoption benefits, and flexible work options including telecommuting, non-traditional work hours, and compressed work weeks. Applicants are invited to learn more about National Wildlife Federation’s benefits package at https://www.nwf.org/About-Us/Careers .
Application:
Candidates must submit a cover letter and resume.
The National Wildlife Federation is committed to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of wildlife and people in a rapidly changing world. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are invited to learn more about National Wildlife Federation’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at nwf.org/equity .
If you have a disability and require an accommodation or assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by calling us at 703-438-6244.
The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules, and if you have 75% of the qualifications listed we encourage you to apply. Applying gives you the opportunity to be considered. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will be accepted through July 9th.
If selected for this position, a background check will be conducted.
Jun 04, 2021
Full time
Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation has grown into America's largest and most trusted grassroots conservation organization with 53 state/territorial affiliates and more than six million members and supporters. The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in our rapidly changing world. The National Wildlife Federation believes that in order to save wildlife and ourselves, we need to ensure that everyone in America has clean air and water, safe communities, easy and equitable access to the daily benefits of nature, and protection from the ravages of climate change. These basic needs, equally necessary and urgent for all people, are foundational to bringing the conservation movement and ethos into the 21st century.
Our organization operates from offices across the country, including our headquarters in Reston, Virginia; a National Advocacy Center in Washington, D.C.; and seven regional centers. The Federation also works with our 53 state and territory affiliates—autonomous, nonprofit organizations that take the lead in state and local conservation efforts and collaborate with the National Wildlife Federation to conduct grassroots activities on national issues.
Through conservation policy oversight, program development, fundraising, collaboration and personnel management, the Regional Executive Director (RED) provides organizational leadership in the Northern Rockies, Prairies and Pacific Region. The RED collaborates with affiliate partners and other organizations within the region in support of the National Wildlife Federation's strategic plan ( A Common Agenda for Wildlife ) and our Equity and Justice Strategic Plan . The RED strategically engages NWF Board members and collaborates with regional center staff to help identify and cultivate potential new leaders for NWF.
The RED reports to the Chief Program Officer and works collaboratively with other senior leaders to advance the strategic direction of the organization. This position may be based in Missoula, MT or Seattle, WA . Please Note: Due to COVID-19 all employees are working remotely until we make return to work decisions.
About Our Region:
The Northern Rockies, Prairies & Pacific Region spans a large and diverse geographic landscape across the states of Alaska, Hawai’i, Oregon, Washington and California in the Pacific; Montana and Idaho in the Rockies; and North and South Dakota in the Great Plains. Our work is based out of two primary offices, in Missoula and Seattle, and a smaller office near Portland, Oregon.
Our regional team has proven its commitment to wildlife and people by advancing landscape-scale conservation through four decades of successful campaigns to protect grizzly bears, restore bison on public and Tribal lands, secure safe habitat for bighorn sheep, and fight for runs of wild salmon. Working closely with our affiliates, Tribal/Native/Indigenous entities and other conservation and community partners, our programs help expand Monarch migration pathways, restore beavers for riparian health, expand protection for Native Hawaiian seabirds, and connect children and families with nature, and more. Some of our conservation programs extend beyond our region, including work on western water, wildlife habitat connectivity, and youth and adult education. Details on these and other program priorities can be found on our regional website: https://www.nwf.org/Northern-Rockies-and-Pacific-Region .
Principal Duties of the Regional Executive Director:
The RED is accountable for developing and implementing programs and strategies that enable the National Wildlife Federation to achieve outcomes articulated in our Strategic and Equity and Justice Plans and serves as an important “face and voice” for the organization in the Northern Rockies, Prairies & Pacific Region.
Additionally, the RED:
Provides organizational leadership, program development, and targeted campaign management that effectively advances our mission and objectives;
Fosters an inclusive, and collaborative workplace culture that supports staff in functioning as a highly integrated and effective team across a geographically diverse, highly matrixed organization;
Achieves the organization’s regional philanthropic and fundraising goals by working with staff to engage current and potential funders, individuals, foundations, and corporations to support our work;
Manages the Regional Center’s budget and stewards the organization’s financial resources;
Builds and maintains authentic relationships with political, affiliate, business, education, indigenous, governmental and community leaders with a diverse and representative range of group identities;
Demonstrates a personal and professional commitment to and experience in advancing equity and justice within the organization and in external program delivery, partnerships, and communications;
Advances the National Wildlife Federation's long-term conservation goals as well as our values of collaboration, empowerment, inclusivity, mindfulness, and mission-focused work.
Qualifications:
Strong candidates for this position will bring experience in organizational leadership, including demonstrated proficiency in personnel management, teambuilding and delegation; strategic planning and program implementation; conservation advocacy and policy advancement; developing and engaging partners from diverse communities; non-profit fundraising, and working with non-profit boards, government and Tribal agencies, and corporate entities. These proficiencies are typically consistent with approximately ten years of professional experience.
Conservation Policy, Advocacy and Implementation
Familiar with fundamental conservation principles and practices, with educational background and/or professional expertise in conservation, environmental justice or a related field
Comfortable leading and participating in advocacy campaigns and activities, including public speaking and press interviews as well as written communications
Shows insights about diverse tools to achieve conservation goals, including advocacy, education/outreach, and direct work on the ground (implementation); able to help staff prioritize which tools are appropriate given different opportunities.
Exhibits insights about how diverse program activities can be integrated for long-term conservation success
Fundraising and Fiscal Accountability:
Demonstrates proficiency and success in cultivating donor relationships, soliciting gifts and stewarding ongoing support from new and existing major donors, in cooperation with philanthropy staff
A track record of foundation and corporate fundraising success
Familiar with successful approaches to expand support though events, digital format fundraising and one-on-one engagement
Desired Leadership Competencies:
Self-Awareness & Learning
Exhibits a commitment to continuous learning and growth and models this approach with others
Dedicated to deepening understanding of cultural and systemic racism and the intersectionality of multiple forms of social inequality
Demonstrates awareness of positional power and privilege (both personally and professionally) and its attendant impacts
Consistently brings a high level of empathy and social skills to work and interpersonal interactions
Authentic Relationships & Community Partnerships
Maintains a sophisticated understanding of how group dynamics impact supervisory relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns and coalition work
Demonstrates capacity to maintain relationships across difference and create greater psychological safety in the workplace
Acknowledges when mistakes are made and harm is done; works to repair breaches in relationships
Openly holds space, and invites others into conversations during sensitive engagements, exhibiting a responsible and respectful demeanor with colleagues and partners
Demonstrates inclusive leadership through collaboration, active listening skills and authentic team building abilities
Seeks to build authentic community partnerships, encouraging diverse approaches to advocacy
Direct Communication
Exhibits strong interpersonal skills rooted in teamwork, diplomacy, and respect
Provides clear and direct communication with colleagues
Strives to match intent and impact in all interactions
Works proactively to resolve conflicts and misunderstandings toward restorative solutions; attends to conflicts as opportunities for learning and growth
Supervision & Power Sharing
Supports the leadership, success, and professional development of staff members, with a commitment to utilizing power to ensure equitable access and opportunities for staff of color and with other marginalized identities
Consistently provides positive and developmental feedback to support growth of team members
Actively seeks feedback, direction, and guidance from all team members and keeps staff informed of decisions that impact them
Intentionally shares power through decision-making, clear definition of roles and responsibilities, effective delegation, and equitable access to resources
Innovation
Actively seeks new solutions to persistent problems by engaging a diversity of perspectives and experiences
Practices both/and thinking and the ability to accept ambiguity
Demonstrates willingness to take risks, pilot new approaches, learn from failure, and continually improve efforts
Equity Analysis & Action :
Motivated by values of equity and responsibility to those most marginalized
Committed to deepening an environmental justice approach in policy priorities, program development and partner engagement
Demonstrates awareness of the attributes associated with a white dominant culture and takes actions to dismantle hierarchies of oppression within that culture
Dedicated to advancing NWF’s internal equity transformation and compelling partners and allies to incorporate equity into their work
Travel:
Once safe travel resumes, extensive travel throughout the region and to national meetings will be required. Anticipate 5-8 days every month, 30-60 nights per year.
Compensation and Benefits:
The starting salary for this position is $130,000 annual salary, and is based upon a wage analysis across the organization. The National Wildlife Federation values work-life balance and a family-friendly atmosphere. Our paid time-off includes 3 weeks of vacation leave, open wellbeing leave, 10 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, a week-long winter break, and additional leave options, per year. In addition, our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance, AD&D, short and long-term disability, 16 weeks of paid FMLA leave, 403b retirement plan with employer matching and annual contribution, adoption benefits, and flexible work options including telecommuting, non-traditional work hours, and compressed work weeks. Applicants are invited to learn more about National Wildlife Federation’s benefits package at https://www.nwf.org/About-Us/Careers .
Application:
Candidates must submit a cover letter and resume.
The National Wildlife Federation is committed to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of wildlife and people in a rapidly changing world. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are invited to learn more about National Wildlife Federation’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at nwf.org/equity .
If you have a disability and require an accommodation or assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by calling us at 703-438-6244.
The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules, and if you have 75% of the qualifications listed we encourage you to apply. Applying gives you the opportunity to be considered. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will be accepted through July 9th.
If selected for this position, a background check will be conducted.
About Murmuration/What We Do
Murmuration is a political strategy organization that is transforming the politics of education so that every child can benefit from equal access to equitable and high-quality public schools.
We empower campaigns, advocates, and organizers to better engage and mobilize communities to demand improvements to the public education system. We advise and support our partners in their efforts to plan and execute successful, data-driven electoral, organizing, and advocacy campaigns so that together we can transform the politics of education. And, we build political influence, craft strategies, leverage data and develop technology that enable our partners to accelerate progress, particularly those in traditionally marginalized communities.
Who We Are
Our team includes experts and innovators in data, analytics, and strategy. We are former teachers, organizers, data scientists, nonprofit executives, political campaign veterans, and more - and we are looking for people whose passion and expertise can help improve our work and realize our vision.
Background
Murmuration’s role is to support organizations and communities through our political systems, to raise the profile of the issue of public education such that more Americans will prioritize the needs of our students, and to leverage politics to help to create the broader context in which those on the front lines with our children can thrive. We are focused on transforming the politics of education -- partnering with organizations across the country committed to organizing parents and communities around the issues of public education and educational equity, electing to office and holding accountable local leaders who will make improving public K-12 schools a priority, and advocating for policy changes with the goal of improving outcomes for children. To do this, we believe that it is critical that all of the political stakeholders-- electoral organizations, advocacy and organizing groups, charter associations, networks of schools, districts, elected officials, and voters -- to contribute to a strong and politically savvy education sector that works together toward a common vision of improving public education.
About the Position
Murmuration is looking for a Director of Electoral Partnerships to join our fast-growing team as a senior leader on the Partnerships team and managing director within the organization. This role is primarily responsible for supporting the relationship management across all of our electoral campaign partners, as well as ensuring that the team and the organization have a deep understanding of our partners, their mission, and their work to ensure that Murmuration is best positioned to support them in the long-term. You are responsible for ensuring Murmuration’s partners take full advantage of our technology product, m{insights, as well as other products and services we offer, through the support and management of a talented and dynamic team of Partnership Success Managers (PSMs), who support partners in states across the country.
Through the management of Partnership Success Managers and your direct partner support, this team will serve as a consistent resource for partners throughout their experience with Murmuration - from onboarding to ongoing use of m{insights, to more fully utilizing our analytic tools and supports designed and built by our Data and Data Science teams. Additionally, you will work with the Vice President of Partnerships to shape the vision, strategic plan, norms and expectations for the Partnerships team.
In some cases, specifically with high-stakes national partnerships, you will serve as the first point of contact for these partners, resolving questions as necessary, coordinating support resources across the organization, passing requests off to the appropriate internal parties when necessary, and following up to ensure resolution.
Note: At Murmuration, we are committed to becoming an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To this end, all staff members are expected to sit on and actively participate in DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) subcommittees. These subcommittees work to ensure that DEI is embedded in everything we do.
The Director of Electoral Partnerships will:
Create circumstances for optimal use of our products and services in electoral campaigns run by our partners to maximize impact:
Develop and coach electoral Partnership Success Managers to be strong advocates of Murmuration’s value proposition and our product and service offering to partners
Partner with the VP of Partnerships to set metrics to drive the right outcomes and increase our impact on partner work
Work cross-functionally to build a comprehensive plan for scoping, deploying, and reflecting on our product offering to set PSMs and the organization up for success in delivering campaign support
Manage a limited number of high-stakes national partner relationships directly, as necessary
Grow and strengthen the m{community. Partner with the VP of Partnerships, External Affairs, and other program teams to:
Understand, identify, and secure the electoral campaign partners necessary for Murmuration to achieve our mission and vision
Develop strategies to strengthen the community beyond the m{gathering - shared experiences (e.g. webinars), fostering relationships in focus geographies
Create opportunities for best practice and knowledge sharing across and among partners
Share use cases (positive and constructive) across the m{community
Enabling Murmuration to have a network-wide pulse on electoral activities to drive our programmatic planning and partner support:
Work in collaboration with the VP of Partnerships, External Affairs, and other program teams to maintain an understanding of partner work in our focus campaign partner geographies and collaboratively facilitate the identification of additional strategic and political partner opportunities for Murmuration
Create appropriate visibility around electoral partner engagements to be shared across the Partnerships team and broader organization to maximize collaboration and access to resources
Managing the Electoral Partnerships Team:
Be an excellent personnel manager, with strong and actionable delegation experience; provide constructive feedback to direct reports, and help team members develop their professional skills and career
Help manage and coordinate Murmuration’s day-to-day electoral campaign projects, including managing team resources and planning for scalable growth in order to provide continued high-quality partner support
Set quarterly and annual impact metrics and OKRs for the Electoral Partnerships team in collaboration with Partnerships team leadership
Identify staffing needs and collaborate with the VP of Partnerships to scope organization-wide, cross-functional impact
Serve as a leader on the Murmuration Management team
Who You Are:
Passionate about educational equity and politics: You believe in educational equity and driving change to accelerate progress toward a future where every child in America has the opportunity to benefit from a high-quality public education. You want to work on a team that transforms how political campaigns, advocates, and organizers identify, engage, and mobilize people and communities.
Enthusiastic about team and project management: You enjoy lifting others up and helping team members build their professional skills and development opportunities. Further, you are passionate about breaking down large and complex problems into shared manageable work that drives toward a successful outcome. You have a proven project management approach for managing the work of a team that you consistently look to improve upon.
A data-driven problem solver and communicator: You can identify a problem and see how it impacts the organization as a whole. You set the vision for your proposed solution and establish goals and milestones to achieve the necessary results. You communicate clearly and at ease with all kinds of people across a diverse range of roles. You are encouraged by problems as an opportunity to improve your process and work hard to find solutions. You are capable of managing information and needs across a large group of diverse people.
Organized and conscientious: You care about the work of your partners and colleagues and want to set them up for success. You are thorough, careful and vigilant; you sweat the details and care deeply about getting things right. You bring a service mentality to the people you work with and the projects you work on.
Curious and eager to learn: You are consistently learning about new ideas, new solutions, and new tools and enjoy applying your learnings to the things you care about in your life. You are passionate about your community and have strong feelings about what you can do to make a positive impact on the lives around you.
In addition, you have:
A minimum of 3 years of experience with:
People management with a proven track record of successful team and cross-functional project management
Electoral campaigning and programs
Strong training and presentation skills
It’s a big plus if you have:
Customer service or partner management/consulting experience
Deep understanding of 501c3/c4 tandem organizations and their legal and practical implications
Experience with CRM and/or political data software (NGP VAN, NationBuilder, PDI)
Location, Compensation and Benefits
The Director of Electoral Partnerships is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package. It is based anywhere in the U.S., with location preferred in New York City. Compensation for this position is commensurate with experience.
An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity
Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.
May 20, 2021
Full time
About Murmuration/What We Do
Murmuration is a political strategy organization that is transforming the politics of education so that every child can benefit from equal access to equitable and high-quality public schools.
We empower campaigns, advocates, and organizers to better engage and mobilize communities to demand improvements to the public education system. We advise and support our partners in their efforts to plan and execute successful, data-driven electoral, organizing, and advocacy campaigns so that together we can transform the politics of education. And, we build political influence, craft strategies, leverage data and develop technology that enable our partners to accelerate progress, particularly those in traditionally marginalized communities.
Who We Are
Our team includes experts and innovators in data, analytics, and strategy. We are former teachers, organizers, data scientists, nonprofit executives, political campaign veterans, and more - and we are looking for people whose passion and expertise can help improve our work and realize our vision.
Background
Murmuration’s role is to support organizations and communities through our political systems, to raise the profile of the issue of public education such that more Americans will prioritize the needs of our students, and to leverage politics to help to create the broader context in which those on the front lines with our children can thrive. We are focused on transforming the politics of education -- partnering with organizations across the country committed to organizing parents and communities around the issues of public education and educational equity, electing to office and holding accountable local leaders who will make improving public K-12 schools a priority, and advocating for policy changes with the goal of improving outcomes for children. To do this, we believe that it is critical that all of the political stakeholders-- electoral organizations, advocacy and organizing groups, charter associations, networks of schools, districts, elected officials, and voters -- to contribute to a strong and politically savvy education sector that works together toward a common vision of improving public education.
About the Position
Murmuration is looking for a Director of Electoral Partnerships to join our fast-growing team as a senior leader on the Partnerships team and managing director within the organization. This role is primarily responsible for supporting the relationship management across all of our electoral campaign partners, as well as ensuring that the team and the organization have a deep understanding of our partners, their mission, and their work to ensure that Murmuration is best positioned to support them in the long-term. You are responsible for ensuring Murmuration’s partners take full advantage of our technology product, m{insights, as well as other products and services we offer, through the support and management of a talented and dynamic team of Partnership Success Managers (PSMs), who support partners in states across the country.
Through the management of Partnership Success Managers and your direct partner support, this team will serve as a consistent resource for partners throughout their experience with Murmuration - from onboarding to ongoing use of m{insights, to more fully utilizing our analytic tools and supports designed and built by our Data and Data Science teams. Additionally, you will work with the Vice President of Partnerships to shape the vision, strategic plan, norms and expectations for the Partnerships team.
In some cases, specifically with high-stakes national partnerships, you will serve as the first point of contact for these partners, resolving questions as necessary, coordinating support resources across the organization, passing requests off to the appropriate internal parties when necessary, and following up to ensure resolution.
Note: At Murmuration, we are committed to becoming an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To this end, all staff members are expected to sit on and actively participate in DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) subcommittees. These subcommittees work to ensure that DEI is embedded in everything we do.
The Director of Electoral Partnerships will:
Create circumstances for optimal use of our products and services in electoral campaigns run by our partners to maximize impact:
Develop and coach electoral Partnership Success Managers to be strong advocates of Murmuration’s value proposition and our product and service offering to partners
Partner with the VP of Partnerships to set metrics to drive the right outcomes and increase our impact on partner work
Work cross-functionally to build a comprehensive plan for scoping, deploying, and reflecting on our product offering to set PSMs and the organization up for success in delivering campaign support
Manage a limited number of high-stakes national partner relationships directly, as necessary
Grow and strengthen the m{community. Partner with the VP of Partnerships, External Affairs, and other program teams to:
Understand, identify, and secure the electoral campaign partners necessary for Murmuration to achieve our mission and vision
Develop strategies to strengthen the community beyond the m{gathering - shared experiences (e.g. webinars), fostering relationships in focus geographies
Create opportunities for best practice and knowledge sharing across and among partners
Share use cases (positive and constructive) across the m{community
Enabling Murmuration to have a network-wide pulse on electoral activities to drive our programmatic planning and partner support:
Work in collaboration with the VP of Partnerships, External Affairs, and other program teams to maintain an understanding of partner work in our focus campaign partner geographies and collaboratively facilitate the identification of additional strategic and political partner opportunities for Murmuration
Create appropriate visibility around electoral partner engagements to be shared across the Partnerships team and broader organization to maximize collaboration and access to resources
Managing the Electoral Partnerships Team:
Be an excellent personnel manager, with strong and actionable delegation experience; provide constructive feedback to direct reports, and help team members develop their professional skills and career
Help manage and coordinate Murmuration’s day-to-day electoral campaign projects, including managing team resources and planning for scalable growth in order to provide continued high-quality partner support
Set quarterly and annual impact metrics and OKRs for the Electoral Partnerships team in collaboration with Partnerships team leadership
Identify staffing needs and collaborate with the VP of Partnerships to scope organization-wide, cross-functional impact
Serve as a leader on the Murmuration Management team
Who You Are:
Passionate about educational equity and politics: You believe in educational equity and driving change to accelerate progress toward a future where every child in America has the opportunity to benefit from a high-quality public education. You want to work on a team that transforms how political campaigns, advocates, and organizers identify, engage, and mobilize people and communities.
Enthusiastic about team and project management: You enjoy lifting others up and helping team members build their professional skills and development opportunities. Further, you are passionate about breaking down large and complex problems into shared manageable work that drives toward a successful outcome. You have a proven project management approach for managing the work of a team that you consistently look to improve upon.
A data-driven problem solver and communicator: You can identify a problem and see how it impacts the organization as a whole. You set the vision for your proposed solution and establish goals and milestones to achieve the necessary results. You communicate clearly and at ease with all kinds of people across a diverse range of roles. You are encouraged by problems as an opportunity to improve your process and work hard to find solutions. You are capable of managing information and needs across a large group of diverse people.
Organized and conscientious: You care about the work of your partners and colleagues and want to set them up for success. You are thorough, careful and vigilant; you sweat the details and care deeply about getting things right. You bring a service mentality to the people you work with and the projects you work on.
Curious and eager to learn: You are consistently learning about new ideas, new solutions, and new tools and enjoy applying your learnings to the things you care about in your life. You are passionate about your community and have strong feelings about what you can do to make a positive impact on the lives around you.
In addition, you have:
A minimum of 3 years of experience with:
People management with a proven track record of successful team and cross-functional project management
Electoral campaigning and programs
Strong training and presentation skills
It’s a big plus if you have:
Customer service or partner management/consulting experience
Deep understanding of 501c3/c4 tandem organizations and their legal and practical implications
Experience with CRM and/or political data software (NGP VAN, NationBuilder, PDI)
Location, Compensation and Benefits
The Director of Electoral Partnerships is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package. It is based anywhere in the U.S., with location preferred in New York City. Compensation for this position is commensurate with experience.
An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity
Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.
End Citizens United//Let America Vote’s Mission: To fix our democracy by getting big money out of politics and protecting the right to vote. We will work to end our rigged political system by electing reform champions, passing meaningful legislative reforms, and elevating these issues in the national conversation. We will work in partnership with these champions to overturn Citizens United , end the unlimited and undisclosed money in politics, and protect and expand the right to vote.
Reports to: Vice President, Political & Executive Vice President, Action Fund
Job Summary: The Organizing Director will be instrumental in creating and executing a program that builds long-term infrastructure to mobilize our supporters and voters across the country to advance democracy reform issues. They will be responsible for designing and overseeing both traditional field campaigns and distributed and relational organizing. The Director will supervise a diverse team of organizing staff.
Primary Responsibilities:
Work with the executive team to develop a long-term vision for the Organizing Department that helps build support and power across the country to advance democracy reform issues.
Develop and oversee the execution of organizing programs to win both legislative and political campaigns.
Oversee the execution of our distributed, relational, and traditional organizing programs.
Craft a national and key state/district level volunteer recruitment, training, and retention plan.
Build partnerships with organizations at both the national and local levels who share our goals on reforming our democracy.
Manage a diverse staff, helping them harness their ideas to meet department goals.
Maintain our data assets and other organizing tools.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The Organizing Director must be a self-starter with at least 3-5 full years of organizing experience. They should have a strong interest in stopping big money in politics, protecting voting rights, and helping win issue and political campaigns. The Organizing Director should have experience creating and implementing traditional and distributed campaigns, managing staff, including remote staff, using distributed tools, and managing all campaign data using Votebuilder. They should possess excellent communication and organizational skills, strong attention to detail, an instinct for anticipating and creatively solving problems, the initiative to propose solutions and fill in voids, and be committed to the diversity of our candidates, membership, partners, and staff.
The hiring salary range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000 and comes with a competitive benefits package. To apply, email resume and cover letter to jobs@endcitizensunited.org , -- subject line “Organizing Director” No calls, please.
Our office and this position are based in Washington, DC; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all positions are currently working remotely and work travel is suspended.
End Citizens United is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multi-cultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
May 10, 2021
Full time
End Citizens United//Let America Vote’s Mission: To fix our democracy by getting big money out of politics and protecting the right to vote. We will work to end our rigged political system by electing reform champions, passing meaningful legislative reforms, and elevating these issues in the national conversation. We will work in partnership with these champions to overturn Citizens United , end the unlimited and undisclosed money in politics, and protect and expand the right to vote.
Reports to: Vice President, Political & Executive Vice President, Action Fund
Job Summary: The Organizing Director will be instrumental in creating and executing a program that builds long-term infrastructure to mobilize our supporters and voters across the country to advance democracy reform issues. They will be responsible for designing and overseeing both traditional field campaigns and distributed and relational organizing. The Director will supervise a diverse team of organizing staff.
Primary Responsibilities:
Work with the executive team to develop a long-term vision for the Organizing Department that helps build support and power across the country to advance democracy reform issues.
Develop and oversee the execution of organizing programs to win both legislative and political campaigns.
Oversee the execution of our distributed, relational, and traditional organizing programs.
Craft a national and key state/district level volunteer recruitment, training, and retention plan.
Build partnerships with organizations at both the national and local levels who share our goals on reforming our democracy.
Manage a diverse staff, helping them harness their ideas to meet department goals.
Maintain our data assets and other organizing tools.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The Organizing Director must be a self-starter with at least 3-5 full years of organizing experience. They should have a strong interest in stopping big money in politics, protecting voting rights, and helping win issue and political campaigns. The Organizing Director should have experience creating and implementing traditional and distributed campaigns, managing staff, including remote staff, using distributed tools, and managing all campaign data using Votebuilder. They should possess excellent communication and organizational skills, strong attention to detail, an instinct for anticipating and creatively solving problems, the initiative to propose solutions and fill in voids, and be committed to the diversity of our candidates, membership, partners, and staff.
The hiring salary range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000 and comes with a competitive benefits package. To apply, email resume and cover letter to jobs@endcitizensunited.org , -- subject line “Organizing Director” No calls, please.
Our office and this position are based in Washington, DC; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all positions are currently working remotely and work travel is suspended.
End Citizens United is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multi-cultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
Elon University is currently accepting applications for a Director of the Student Professional Development Center. The Director of the SPDC provides visionary and strategic leadership while overseeing the development and delivery of programs and resources. The Director drives the enhancement of the highly successful and nationally ranked career services at Elon. This position is SPDC’s chief ambassador and collaborates with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including academic affairs, student affairs, admissions, alumni relations, corporate relations, faculty, alumni, trustees, parents, and employers to foster effective relationships and partnerships. The Director maintains a student-centered, forward-thinking operation, oversees assessment functions and the articulation of outcomes to internal and external stakeholders, and serves as a spokesperson for Elon on career-related issues of students. Leading a talented team of 18 full-time career professionals in a collaborative style, the focus of this position is to ensure continued delivery of high-quality career services in support of the university’s mission. Additional responsibilities include: providing leadership for the expansion of employer outreach programs, developing creative ways to engage an active and dedicated alumni body, overseeing relevant assessment measures to ensure continuous improvement, and leading change to remain responsive to student career development needs and evolving market trends. The Director brings a contemporary, global view of career development to the role, and promotes Elon University as a preferred source of outstanding candidates for employers across all fields of endeavor, by strengthening existing employer relationships and developing new connections both from within the Elon networks and beyond, for internships, post-graduate employment, and admission into graduate and professional programs. Baccalaureate and advanced degree required ( MHE , MBA , MA/MS, or other). Ten or more years of progressive leadership and supervision in career services positions or in a related management field in industry. Demonstrated expertise in current career development models, career assessments, career counseling/advising/coaching, employment trends, legal issues in employment, and employer cultivation is desirable. Demonstrated ability to think strategically, act collaboratively, and lead organizational change, coupled with a track record of experience developing and supervising professional staff are essential for success. Other Director attributes include a demonstrated commitment to best practices in career services as well as the competencies and ethical guidelines developed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers ( NACE ). Desired experience includes managing resources, including budgets and technology; knowledge of effective assessment strategies to inform programs and practice; excellent communication, marketing, and public relations skills; demonstrated competency in working with the needs of diverse student populations; and evidence of innovative activities leading to organizational growth, and experience with program development and delivery models serving the needs of all students. The successful candidate will have outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Role requires public-speaking and presentation capability in contexts including sales, education or training, and workshop development and facilitation. Ability to host and dialogue with senior C-level executives. High proficiency with Office suite, and Symplicity or other career management software. Knowledge of and interest in latest related technology including social networking platforms as part of the job search. Experience using virtual platforms to deliver career programming and events. Fast-paced, highly visible office. For more information and to submit your application, go to https://elon.peopleadmin.com/postings/7657 . Elon University is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff and student body and welcomes all applicants.
Elon University has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, with an emphasis on strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon students are ambitious, curious and compassionate, inspired to be big thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional programs. The 447 full-time faculty members teach in more than 60 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs. Elon’s four-year graduation rate of 79 percent ranks in the top six percent in the nation. Elon’s 6,291 undergraduate and 826 graduate students come from 46 states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories and 49 other countries. About 24 percent are from North Carolina, with strong enrollment numbers from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and other states across the country. Elon is ranked among the top-100 National Universities by U.S. News & World Report, with a #2 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching and #10 for innovation. For the sixth straight year, Elon is the leader in the “Focus on Student Success” feature – the only college or university ranked in the top-20 in all eight categories of high-impact academic programs. Included are #1 rankings for study abroad and learning communities and #2 rankings for first-year experiences, senior capstone and service learning. Global engagement is central to Elon’s experience and 78 percent of students have at least one international study experience, often combined with internships, research or service. Elon is among the nation’s top universities for producing Fulbright Student Scholars and Peace Corps volunteers. In addition, Elon’s Study USA program includes opportunities to study in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, Alaska and other locations. The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the School of Education; the School of Health Sciences; and the School of Law, which is located on a campus in downtown Greensboro, N.C.
Apr 27, 2021
Full time
Elon University is currently accepting applications for a Director of the Student Professional Development Center. The Director of the SPDC provides visionary and strategic leadership while overseeing the development and delivery of programs and resources. The Director drives the enhancement of the highly successful and nationally ranked career services at Elon. This position is SPDC’s chief ambassador and collaborates with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including academic affairs, student affairs, admissions, alumni relations, corporate relations, faculty, alumni, trustees, parents, and employers to foster effective relationships and partnerships. The Director maintains a student-centered, forward-thinking operation, oversees assessment functions and the articulation of outcomes to internal and external stakeholders, and serves as a spokesperson for Elon on career-related issues of students. Leading a talented team of 18 full-time career professionals in a collaborative style, the focus of this position is to ensure continued delivery of high-quality career services in support of the university’s mission. Additional responsibilities include: providing leadership for the expansion of employer outreach programs, developing creative ways to engage an active and dedicated alumni body, overseeing relevant assessment measures to ensure continuous improvement, and leading change to remain responsive to student career development needs and evolving market trends. The Director brings a contemporary, global view of career development to the role, and promotes Elon University as a preferred source of outstanding candidates for employers across all fields of endeavor, by strengthening existing employer relationships and developing new connections both from within the Elon networks and beyond, for internships, post-graduate employment, and admission into graduate and professional programs. Baccalaureate and advanced degree required ( MHE , MBA , MA/MS, or other). Ten or more years of progressive leadership and supervision in career services positions or in a related management field in industry. Demonstrated expertise in current career development models, career assessments, career counseling/advising/coaching, employment trends, legal issues in employment, and employer cultivation is desirable. Demonstrated ability to think strategically, act collaboratively, and lead organizational change, coupled with a track record of experience developing and supervising professional staff are essential for success. Other Director attributes include a demonstrated commitment to best practices in career services as well as the competencies and ethical guidelines developed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers ( NACE ). Desired experience includes managing resources, including budgets and technology; knowledge of effective assessment strategies to inform programs and practice; excellent communication, marketing, and public relations skills; demonstrated competency in working with the needs of diverse student populations; and evidence of innovative activities leading to organizational growth, and experience with program development and delivery models serving the needs of all students. The successful candidate will have outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Role requires public-speaking and presentation capability in contexts including sales, education or training, and workshop development and facilitation. Ability to host and dialogue with senior C-level executives. High proficiency with Office suite, and Symplicity or other career management software. Knowledge of and interest in latest related technology including social networking platforms as part of the job search. Experience using virtual platforms to deliver career programming and events. Fast-paced, highly visible office. For more information and to submit your application, go to https://elon.peopleadmin.com/postings/7657 . Elon University is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff and student body and welcomes all applicants.
Elon University has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, with an emphasis on strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon students are ambitious, curious and compassionate, inspired to be big thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional programs. The 447 full-time faculty members teach in more than 60 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs. Elon’s four-year graduation rate of 79 percent ranks in the top six percent in the nation. Elon’s 6,291 undergraduate and 826 graduate students come from 46 states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories and 49 other countries. About 24 percent are from North Carolina, with strong enrollment numbers from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and other states across the country. Elon is ranked among the top-100 National Universities by U.S. News & World Report, with a #2 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching and #10 for innovation. For the sixth straight year, Elon is the leader in the “Focus on Student Success” feature – the only college or university ranked in the top-20 in all eight categories of high-impact academic programs. Included are #1 rankings for study abroad and learning communities and #2 rankings for first-year experiences, senior capstone and service learning. Global engagement is central to Elon’s experience and 78 percent of students have at least one international study experience, often combined with internships, research or service. Elon is among the nation’s top universities for producing Fulbright Student Scholars and Peace Corps volunteers. In addition, Elon’s Study USA program includes opportunities to study in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, Alaska and other locations. The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the School of Education; the School of Health Sciences; and the School of Law, which is located on a campus in downtown Greensboro, N.C.
The Nature Conservancy
The location for this position is flexible within any country where TNC has an operating office and program.
A LITTLE ABOUT US
Founded in 1951, the Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. One of our core values is our commitment to diversity. Therefore, we strive for a globally diverse and culturally competent workforce. Working in 72 countries, including all 50 United States, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org or follow @nature_press on Twitter. The Nature Conservancy has led the way in saving many of the most iconic landscapes on Earth. We have helped to protect more than 103 million acres (41.6 million hectares) of land, to conserve thousands of river miles and to develop more than 100 marine projects. Our Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters team is focused on durable protection mechanisms across land, freshwater and marine realms, to protect the diversity of habitats that are critical for stemming species loss and mitigating climate change, so that people and nature will thrive in the coming century. We are looking for solution driven, servant leaders to work with governments, corporations, and local partners, to help us protect more nature between today & 2025 than we have in our history.
YOUR POSITION WITH TNC
The Global Lead for Private Protection Strategies oversees all aspects of identifying, managing, and delivering on priority private conservation transaction projects with the Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters program that deliver on both biodiversity and climate outcomes. Working in close collaboration with local, regional, and global teams as well as external partners, they will build and enable a positive, collaborative team and an inclusive approach to managing a portfolio of protection projects with colleagues from across the organization in multiple global geographies. This position reports to the Global Director of Durable Protection Strategies.
The location for this position is flexible within any country where TNC has an operating office and program.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The Global Lead, Private Protection Strategies will provide strategic leadership and support for large-scale private protection transactions that advance our organizational objectives to protect global biodiversity and living carbon reserves. Working with and reporting to the Global Director of Durable Protection Strategies, they will be responsible for accelerating the scope, scale, and delivery of private transactions in terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms, through strong internal and external networks and strategic partnerships. They will collaboratively identify, assess, and deliver protection deals through all stages of development, including the long-term management of protected lands and waters with local communities and government and non-government partners, ensuring robust and effective stakeholder engagement and outreach throughout the project. In addition to leading the global private transactions team, the Global Lead may serve as the lead negotiator on complex and dynamic transactions with a multi-disciplinary team and will be accountable for operating within TNC’s SOPs and risk mitigation processes and procedures. They will also play a leading role in donor identification, cultivation and stewardship for the program and for deal capital, galvanizing wide support from donors and partners for priority projects. They will work with the Global Managing Director for Protect and TNC’s leadership in mobilizing organizational wide funding and talent to TNC’s most complex and impactful private protection transactions on lands, waters, and resource concessions.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
In collaboration with the Global Dir. for Durable Protection, responsible for leading, organizing, structuring, and raising deal capital for a portfolio of prioritized private conservation transactions across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine realms.
Designs, implements, and directs complex and diverse projects, encompassing multiple programs and coordinating the work of other professionals, inside and outside the organization. Incorporates cross-disciplinary knowledge to support project objectives.
Assesses and manages risks, ensures financial and legal requirements are met, while ensuring outcomes delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Closes numerous at-scale private transaction deals around the world each year in partnership with TNC’s best, to deliver on our biodiversity and climate goals.
High level management and leadership, with responsibility for a distributed team and network of staff and partners.
Raises funds for private deal development and capital, working closely with our philanthropy and leadership teams.
May recruit and manage multi-disciplinary staff and teams to work on all aspects of transactions, including conservation, negotiations, finance, legal, and stakeholder engagement.
Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, ambiguous information, experience and context.
Demonstrates mastery of TNC’s values, SOPs and Code of Conduct in everyday activities.
Once travel and office openings are authorized by TNC, may require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and evening and weekend hours.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BA/BS degree and 12 years’ experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Large-scale (up to 1M USD) fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation.
Experience designing, implementing, and directing at-scale, complex or multiple private conservation transaction projects of strategic importance.
Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience.
Direct supervisory experience including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
Proven experience working in a matrix structure, and proven ability to influence and direct those outside of reporting lines.
Creativity in developing overarching private protection strategies that go beyond single deals and leverage more and more rapid closures on protection deals.
Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
Experience networking with high level conservation contacts.
Experienced in high skills negotiating.
Experience with private conservation transactions and ability to manage transactions and teams through all stages of the project lifecycle from identification to close and long-term management
Experience managing finances, supervising multidisciplinary professionals and coordinating the work of partners while meeting deadlines.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with carbon markets and/or projects desired.
Master’s degree in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience developing practical applications of landscape, watershed and seascape science and planning and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
Demonstrated leadership and visionary qualities and ability to work effectively with and through others and drive toward results in a decentralized, highly matrixed and geographically dispersed organization.
Experience with innovative conservation finance and raising transaction capital to support large and complex conservation projects.
Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
Politically savvy.
Apr 21, 2021
Full time
A LITTLE ABOUT US
Founded in 1951, the Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. One of our core values is our commitment to diversity. Therefore, we strive for a globally diverse and culturally competent workforce. Working in 72 countries, including all 50 United States, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org or follow @nature_press on Twitter. The Nature Conservancy has led the way in saving many of the most iconic landscapes on Earth. We have helped to protect more than 103 million acres (41.6 million hectares) of land, to conserve thousands of river miles and to develop more than 100 marine projects. Our Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters team is focused on durable protection mechanisms across land, freshwater and marine realms, to protect the diversity of habitats that are critical for stemming species loss and mitigating climate change, so that people and nature will thrive in the coming century. We are looking for solution driven, servant leaders to work with governments, corporations, and local partners, to help us protect more nature between today & 2025 than we have in our history.
YOUR POSITION WITH TNC
The Global Lead for Private Protection Strategies oversees all aspects of identifying, managing, and delivering on priority private conservation transaction projects with the Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters program that deliver on both biodiversity and climate outcomes. Working in close collaboration with local, regional, and global teams as well as external partners, they will build and enable a positive, collaborative team and an inclusive approach to managing a portfolio of protection projects with colleagues from across the organization in multiple global geographies. This position reports to the Global Director of Durable Protection Strategies.
The location for this position is flexible within any country where TNC has an operating office and program.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The Global Lead, Private Protection Strategies will provide strategic leadership and support for large-scale private protection transactions that advance our organizational objectives to protect global biodiversity and living carbon reserves. Working with and reporting to the Global Director of Durable Protection Strategies, they will be responsible for accelerating the scope, scale, and delivery of private transactions in terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms, through strong internal and external networks and strategic partnerships. They will collaboratively identify, assess, and deliver protection deals through all stages of development, including the long-term management of protected lands and waters with local communities and government and non-government partners, ensuring robust and effective stakeholder engagement and outreach throughout the project. In addition to leading the global private transactions team, the Global Lead may serve as the lead negotiator on complex and dynamic transactions with a multi-disciplinary team and will be accountable for operating within TNC’s SOPs and risk mitigation processes and procedures. They will also play a leading role in donor identification, cultivation and stewardship for the program and for deal capital, galvanizing wide support from donors and partners for priority projects. They will work with the Global Managing Director for Protect and TNC’s leadership in mobilizing organizational wide funding and talent to TNC’s most complex and impactful private protection transactions on lands, waters, and resource concessions.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
In collaboration with the Global Dir. for Durable Protection, responsible for leading, organizing, structuring, and raising deal capital for a portfolio of prioritized private conservation transactions across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine realms.
Designs, implements, and directs complex and diverse projects, encompassing multiple programs and coordinating the work of other professionals, inside and outside the organization. Incorporates cross-disciplinary knowledge to support project objectives.
Assesses and manages risks, ensures financial and legal requirements are met, while ensuring outcomes delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Closes numerous at-scale private transaction deals around the world each year in partnership with TNC’s best, to deliver on our biodiversity and climate goals.
High level management and leadership, with responsibility for a distributed team and network of staff and partners.
Raises funds for private deal development and capital, working closely with our philanthropy and leadership teams.
May recruit and manage multi-disciplinary staff and teams to work on all aspects of transactions, including conservation, negotiations, finance, legal, and stakeholder engagement.
Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, ambiguous information, experience and context.
Demonstrates mastery of TNC’s values, SOPs and Code of Conduct in everyday activities.
Once travel and office openings are authorized by TNC, may require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and evening and weekend hours.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BA/BS degree and 12 years’ experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Large-scale (up to 1M USD) fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation.
Experience designing, implementing, and directing at-scale, complex or multiple private conservation transaction projects of strategic importance.
Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience.
Direct supervisory experience including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
Proven experience working in a matrix structure, and proven ability to influence and direct those outside of reporting lines.
Creativity in developing overarching private protection strategies that go beyond single deals and leverage more and more rapid closures on protection deals.
Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
Experience networking with high level conservation contacts.
Experienced in high skills negotiating.
Experience with private conservation transactions and ability to manage transactions and teams through all stages of the project lifecycle from identification to close and long-term management
Experience managing finances, supervising multidisciplinary professionals and coordinating the work of partners while meeting deadlines.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with carbon markets and/or projects desired.
Master’s degree in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience developing practical applications of landscape, watershed and seascape science and planning and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
Demonstrated leadership and visionary qualities and ability to work effectively with and through others and drive toward results in a decentralized, highly matrixed and geographically dispersed organization.
Experience with innovative conservation finance and raising transaction capital to support large and complex conservation projects.
Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
Politically savvy.
Are you looking for a flexible and creative Development Director career opportunity with a mission-driven nonprofit?
What is Coltura? Coltura is a nonprofit organization that is laser-focused on the transition away from gasoline and diesel towards cleaner alternatives. Coltura's name is a mashup of CO2 and culture – to demonstrate the need to break our love affair with gasoline. Vehicle emissions from gasoline and diesel are the country’s biggest source of air pollution. Coltura’s strategy addresses three key aspects of the problem: gasoline demand, gasoline supply and gasoline culture. Our focus currently is Washington State and California, but steps are in motion for continued expansion and influence of other states.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion : Coltura is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as core foundations in our employment practices and the work that we do. We are open to learning new concepts, practices, and ideas. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we strictly prohibit discrimination. We welcome diverse candidates to apply for this position.
About the Development Director Position :
This is a unique opportunity to grow Coltura’s fundraising and development initiatives in a creative and exciting “start-up” nonprofit work environment.
Reports directly to the Co-Executive Directors and works collaboratively with staff, consultants, and the board to implement a strategic, diverse, and multi-year development and fundraising plan to sustain and grow Coltura’s mission and program goals.
Assesses the organization’s needs and identify areas of growth in organization funding.
Builds and manages a diverse donor pipeline from prospect identification through cultivation, solicitation, and donor stewardship.
Develops sustainable grant funding through identifying and applying for new grant opportunities, complying with existing grant requirements, and maintaining excellent relationships with funders.
In partnership with the Communications Director, develops an impact-driven messaging framework, social media strategy, and donor-facing marketing plan to support fundraising efforts, increase visibility, promote programs and events, and inform the community of Coltura’s impact.
Identifies and attends community events and give public presentations.
Plans and executes fundraising events, through training, administrative support, and day-of-event oversight.
Manages and expands a detailed and accurate donor database: Gift entry, tracking, reporting, and acknowledgment system. (Coltura uses Little Green Light.)
This position is full-time and exempt (salaried)
Click here for the entire job description.
POSITION LOCATION : Seattle, WA or Silicon Valley, CA
COLTURA’S BENEFITS :
This is a flexible, work-from-home position based out of either Seattle or Silicon Valley
We are outcomes driven and we deeply value work-life balance
Coltura has a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program
Employees receive a $325 per month health insurance stipend
SALARY : $60,000 - $70,000 DOE + Plus, $325 per month health insurance stipend
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
At least 2 years of fundraising experience with fundraising events, annual fund, major gift cultivation, grant writing, and individual giving with a proven track record of success.
Highly motivated, organized, and strategic thinker that wants to grow Coltura’s fundraising program and strategies.
Ability to influence, engage, and build long-term relationships with a wide range of donors and volunteers.
Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
Must be a self-starter who works well independently while also being a collaborative and fantastic team player.
Must pass a pre-employment background check (criminal history does not necessarily preclude you from employment.)
Click here for the entire job description.
TO APPLY: Send your cover letter and resume to this post or email your cover letter and resume to Skye Mercer, HR Consultant at skye@coltura.org by no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on April 23, 2021.
Apr 15, 2021
Full time
Are you looking for a flexible and creative Development Director career opportunity with a mission-driven nonprofit?
What is Coltura? Coltura is a nonprofit organization that is laser-focused on the transition away from gasoline and diesel towards cleaner alternatives. Coltura's name is a mashup of CO2 and culture – to demonstrate the need to break our love affair with gasoline. Vehicle emissions from gasoline and diesel are the country’s biggest source of air pollution. Coltura’s strategy addresses three key aspects of the problem: gasoline demand, gasoline supply and gasoline culture. Our focus currently is Washington State and California, but steps are in motion for continued expansion and influence of other states.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion : Coltura is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as core foundations in our employment practices and the work that we do. We are open to learning new concepts, practices, and ideas. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we strictly prohibit discrimination. We welcome diverse candidates to apply for this position.
About the Development Director Position :
This is a unique opportunity to grow Coltura’s fundraising and development initiatives in a creative and exciting “start-up” nonprofit work environment.
Reports directly to the Co-Executive Directors and works collaboratively with staff, consultants, and the board to implement a strategic, diverse, and multi-year development and fundraising plan to sustain and grow Coltura’s mission and program goals.
Assesses the organization’s needs and identify areas of growth in organization funding.
Builds and manages a diverse donor pipeline from prospect identification through cultivation, solicitation, and donor stewardship.
Develops sustainable grant funding through identifying and applying for new grant opportunities, complying with existing grant requirements, and maintaining excellent relationships with funders.
In partnership with the Communications Director, develops an impact-driven messaging framework, social media strategy, and donor-facing marketing plan to support fundraising efforts, increase visibility, promote programs and events, and inform the community of Coltura’s impact.
Identifies and attends community events and give public presentations.
Plans and executes fundraising events, through training, administrative support, and day-of-event oversight.
Manages and expands a detailed and accurate donor database: Gift entry, tracking, reporting, and acknowledgment system. (Coltura uses Little Green Light.)
This position is full-time and exempt (salaried)
Click here for the entire job description.
POSITION LOCATION : Seattle, WA or Silicon Valley, CA
COLTURA’S BENEFITS :
This is a flexible, work-from-home position based out of either Seattle or Silicon Valley
We are outcomes driven and we deeply value work-life balance
Coltura has a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program
Employees receive a $325 per month health insurance stipend
SALARY : $60,000 - $70,000 DOE + Plus, $325 per month health insurance stipend
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
At least 2 years of fundraising experience with fundraising events, annual fund, major gift cultivation, grant writing, and individual giving with a proven track record of success.
Highly motivated, organized, and strategic thinker that wants to grow Coltura’s fundraising program and strategies.
Ability to influence, engage, and build long-term relationships with a wide range of donors and volunteers.
Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
Must be a self-starter who works well independently while also being a collaborative and fantastic team player.
Must pass a pre-employment background check (criminal history does not necessarily preclude you from employment.)
Click here for the entire job description.
TO APPLY: Send your cover letter and resume to this post or email your cover letter and resume to Skye Mercer, HR Consultant at skye@coltura.org by no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on April 23, 2021.
Title: Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern
Department: Executive Office
Status: Non-Exempt
Reports to: Senior Director of Climate Strategy
Location: Flexible
Duration: 12 Weeks – May-August 2021 (start and end dates flexible)
Schedule and Compen sation: 40 hours per week; $15.00 per hour
General Description:
LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.
Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential national network with unparalleled influence in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country. We are unmatched in our ability to ensure meaningful action on our key issues. We aim to bring people and communities together across racial, geographic, political, religious, economic and other differences toward collective goals instead of dividing us from one another.
This internship will focus on helping LCV’s national climate campaign succeed in its mission of passing climate policies through Congress that center clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The intern will gain first-hand experience in leveraging all of the tools in the advocacy toolkit—from lobbying to communications to grassroots organizing—to achieve big policy wins. The policy agenda we will work to fulfill aligns with the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which emphasizes scaling renewable energy, electrifying our buildings and transportation infrastructure, and dramatically cutting fossil fuel use.
LCV is seeking a Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern who will support the Senior Director for Climate Strategy in running and supporting issue campaign work to (1) secure the passage and implementation of a progressive climate, jobs, and justice policy agenda at the federal level, and to (2) ensure that federal resources spur massive clean energy infrastructure growth at the state and local level. A special project could include researching how state-level clean energy and clean transportation infrastructure needs (e.g. financial resources to electrify buildings and buses in the K-12 school sector) could be met with federal climate investments. Another area of focus might involve working, in tandem with the Senior Director for Climate Strategy, to ensure that the various LCV climate capacities—organizing, communications, and lobbying—are working together synergistically to maximize impact.
The Climate Policy and Campaigns intern will join a cohort of LCV interns. Summer interns participate in brown bag lunches with various members of LCV's senior management team, including President Gene Karpinski.
Intern Will Gain Experience in:
Understanding how a large environmental organization leverages influence within the halls of government and at the grassroots level within states and communities to advance bold climate solutions.
Supporting advocacy work to advance legislation and Administrative policies that will result in hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and expand climate justice.
Gaining experience in understanding how a multifaceted environmental non-profit--with multiple capacities including lobbying, grassroots organizing and communications--leverages these assets to make substantive societal change.
Researching opportunities to expand racial, social and economic justice in climate policies at the state and national level.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Work Experience: 6 months administrative support work, including internship experience preferred. Interest in clean energy and climate solutions, such as renewable energy, vehicle and building electrification and climate resilience strategies is essential. Familiarity with the climate or environmental movement is a plus.
Skills: Highly organized; strong attention to detail; excellent written and oral communications skills; strong research skills; exhibits solid judgment; critical thinking skills; able to work independently and as a team; able to handle multiple tasks; self-starter; proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite.
Cultural Competence: Shares our commitment to increasing racial diversity in our movement and organization, integrating racial justice and equity into the work we do, and ensuring an inclusive organizational culture. Commitment to environmental protection and mission of LCV.
Conditions: The location of this position is flexible. Please note that all LCV staff and interns are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic .
To Apply : Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern” in the subject line no later than March 14, 2021. No phone calls please.
LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.
Feb 26, 2021
Intern
Title: Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern
Department: Executive Office
Status: Non-Exempt
Reports to: Senior Director of Climate Strategy
Location: Flexible
Duration: 12 Weeks – May-August 2021 (start and end dates flexible)
Schedule and Compen sation: 40 hours per week; $15.00 per hour
General Description:
LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.
Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential national network with unparalleled influence in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country. We are unmatched in our ability to ensure meaningful action on our key issues. We aim to bring people and communities together across racial, geographic, political, religious, economic and other differences toward collective goals instead of dividing us from one another.
This internship will focus on helping LCV’s national climate campaign succeed in its mission of passing climate policies through Congress that center clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The intern will gain first-hand experience in leveraging all of the tools in the advocacy toolkit—from lobbying to communications to grassroots organizing—to achieve big policy wins. The policy agenda we will work to fulfill aligns with the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which emphasizes scaling renewable energy, electrifying our buildings and transportation infrastructure, and dramatically cutting fossil fuel use.
LCV is seeking a Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern who will support the Senior Director for Climate Strategy in running and supporting issue campaign work to (1) secure the passage and implementation of a progressive climate, jobs, and justice policy agenda at the federal level, and to (2) ensure that federal resources spur massive clean energy infrastructure growth at the state and local level. A special project could include researching how state-level clean energy and clean transportation infrastructure needs (e.g. financial resources to electrify buildings and buses in the K-12 school sector) could be met with federal climate investments. Another area of focus might involve working, in tandem with the Senior Director for Climate Strategy, to ensure that the various LCV climate capacities—organizing, communications, and lobbying—are working together synergistically to maximize impact.
The Climate Policy and Campaigns intern will join a cohort of LCV interns. Summer interns participate in brown bag lunches with various members of LCV's senior management team, including President Gene Karpinski.
Intern Will Gain Experience in:
Understanding how a large environmental organization leverages influence within the halls of government and at the grassroots level within states and communities to advance bold climate solutions.
Supporting advocacy work to advance legislation and Administrative policies that will result in hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and expand climate justice.
Gaining experience in understanding how a multifaceted environmental non-profit--with multiple capacities including lobbying, grassroots organizing and communications--leverages these assets to make substantive societal change.
Researching opportunities to expand racial, social and economic justice in climate policies at the state and national level.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Work Experience: 6 months administrative support work, including internship experience preferred. Interest in clean energy and climate solutions, such as renewable energy, vehicle and building electrification and climate resilience strategies is essential. Familiarity with the climate or environmental movement is a plus.
Skills: Highly organized; strong attention to detail; excellent written and oral communications skills; strong research skills; exhibits solid judgment; critical thinking skills; able to work independently and as a team; able to handle multiple tasks; self-starter; proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite.
Cultural Competence: Shares our commitment to increasing racial diversity in our movement and organization, integrating racial justice and equity into the work we do, and ensuring an inclusive organizational culture. Commitment to environmental protection and mission of LCV.
Conditions: The location of this position is flexible. Please note that all LCV staff and interns are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic .
To Apply : Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern” in the subject line no later than March 14, 2021. No phone calls please.
LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.
Title: Climate Strategy Director
Department : Executive Office
Status : Exempt
Reports To: Chief of Staff
Positions Reporting to this Position: None
Location : Flexible
General Description :
LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.
Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential network in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country.
LCV’s dynamic, multi-faceted climate program—which spans our entire organization as a top priority—needs a focused leader in the Climate Strategy Director who can effectively marshal all of our efforts toward LCV’s collective climate goals. And, our goals are big and meaningful—with our 30+ Conservation Voter Movement (CVM) state affiliates—we aim to defeat the fossil fuel industry and win policies that deliver clean energy for all and fundamentally transform our economy to be more just and equitable. This means addressing historic and present environmental injustice and lifting up working people by creating high-quality careers, spreading economic benefits widely, and building strong and resilient communities. We strive for our campaigns to be grounded in authentic partnerships with organizations led by those most impacted by climate change—including communities of color and youth, to build grassroots and political power, and to advance climate justice. At its core, this highly collaborative leadership position, working in coordination with the Chief of Staff and other senior leaders, would be responsible for guiding an inclusive strategy that elevates the following initiatives into a comprehensive, effective climate program:
Clean Energy for All Campaign. Through our Clean Energy for All campaign, LCV and our CVM state affiliates have won some of the most far reaching state climate policy victories, and in part thanks to our work, 1 in 4 people now live in a place that is committed to 100% clean energy.
Grassroots Community Organizing. LCV’s community organizing is anchored in achieving climate justice, and continues to build grassroots and political power and authentic partnerships with organizations and movements led by young people, people of color and communities that are affected first and worst by climate impacts.
Electoral Programs. Our state and federal electoral programs have elevated climate change and helped get pro-climate candidates into public office.
Creative Communications. We have expanded the climate movement through creative communications, including storytelling and multi-platform online and offline communications channels.
Federal Advocacy. LCV’s federal advocacy team leads the translation of our organization’s political power to advance federal policies that address the climate crisis in racially and socially just ways.
To bring these strong forces together into a cohesive strategy, we are looking for an experienced campaign strategist, specifically, someone who has run issue campaigns that are deeply rooted in advancing racial justice and equity and that spans both state and federal policy. Given the urgency of the climate crisis, we need someone who can leverage the moment we’re in and build power for the long haul.
Responsibilities :
Develop the strategy and oversee the execution of LCV and our 30+ CVM state affiliates climate campaign.
Engage and work with LCV staff, funders, coalition partners, and 30+ CVM state affiliates throughout the country to create a campaign strategy that aligns federal, state and local campaign programs to advance our shared climate change priorities.
Work collaboratively and inclusively across all LCV departments to ensure we effectively leverage all of our expertise and resources in order to meet our organization’s bold climate goals, including by:
Marshalling LCV climate resources—including staff, grassroots leadership, messaging, coalition engagement, opinion research, and paid and earned media.
Ensuring that the stories, voices, and vision of our grassroots base—particularly communities of color and young people—are central to the campaign’s process and outcomes and are seen as agents of change at the local and federal levels.
Preparing reports and materials for donor and board meetings and helping raise resources for the climate campaign.
Foster transformational partnerships with national progressive organizations as well as climate justice, economic and racial justice organizations and coalitions in coordination with other key LCV staff.
Ensure that the campaign theory of change, goals, strategies, and tactics are advancing racial justice and equity and furthering an inclusive organizational culture.
Qualifications :
Work Experience:
Required : At least 8-10 years of issue campaign experience, particularly with organizing teams and grassroots base, issue advocacy program, lobbying, earned and paid media. Experience drafting and implementing campaign plans that reflect a commitment to racial justice and equity, elevate the voices and leadership of people of color and young people and develop authentic relationships with organizational partners. Experience working with state/local level campaigns or organizations, multiple coalition partners, and national organizations that have state affiliates or chapters. Familiarity with budget management.
Strongly Preferred - Familiarity with climate policy and experience in the climate movement.
Preferred - Successful direct supervisory experience.
Skills: Proven ability to manage strategic and effective issue campaigns. Superior political judgment, including understanding the disparate political makeup of a wide range of states. Proven track record of successfully working across lines of race, ethnicity, language, class, gender and other identities and experiences. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Highly collaborative and excellent listener. Passionate about addressing the climate crisis and elevating the leadership of communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Works well in a fast-paced environment and able to manage competing priorities. Experience building and managing strong teams. Effective fiscal management.
Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. A commitment to the complex understanding of racial justice and the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understanding of the ways in which principles of racial justice and equity are vital to addressing climate change effectively.
Conditions: Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time. The location of this position is flexible. Please note that all LCV staff are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To Apply : Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Climate Strategy Director” in the subject line no later than August 4, 2020. No phone calls please.
LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.
Jul 15, 2020
Full time
Title: Climate Strategy Director
Department : Executive Office
Status : Exempt
Reports To: Chief of Staff
Positions Reporting to this Position: None
Location : Flexible
General Description :
LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.
Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential network in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country.
LCV’s dynamic, multi-faceted climate program—which spans our entire organization as a top priority—needs a focused leader in the Climate Strategy Director who can effectively marshal all of our efforts toward LCV’s collective climate goals. And, our goals are big and meaningful—with our 30+ Conservation Voter Movement (CVM) state affiliates—we aim to defeat the fossil fuel industry and win policies that deliver clean energy for all and fundamentally transform our economy to be more just and equitable. This means addressing historic and present environmental injustice and lifting up working people by creating high-quality careers, spreading economic benefits widely, and building strong and resilient communities. We strive for our campaigns to be grounded in authentic partnerships with organizations led by those most impacted by climate change—including communities of color and youth, to build grassroots and political power, and to advance climate justice. At its core, this highly collaborative leadership position, working in coordination with the Chief of Staff and other senior leaders, would be responsible for guiding an inclusive strategy that elevates the following initiatives into a comprehensive, effective climate program:
Clean Energy for All Campaign. Through our Clean Energy for All campaign, LCV and our CVM state affiliates have won some of the most far reaching state climate policy victories, and in part thanks to our work, 1 in 4 people now live in a place that is committed to 100% clean energy.
Grassroots Community Organizing. LCV’s community organizing is anchored in achieving climate justice, and continues to build grassroots and political power and authentic partnerships with organizations and movements led by young people, people of color and communities that are affected first and worst by climate impacts.
Electoral Programs. Our state and federal electoral programs have elevated climate change and helped get pro-climate candidates into public office.
Creative Communications. We have expanded the climate movement through creative communications, including storytelling and multi-platform online and offline communications channels.
Federal Advocacy. LCV’s federal advocacy team leads the translation of our organization’s political power to advance federal policies that address the climate crisis in racially and socially just ways.
To bring these strong forces together into a cohesive strategy, we are looking for an experienced campaign strategist, specifically, someone who has run issue campaigns that are deeply rooted in advancing racial justice and equity and that spans both state and federal policy. Given the urgency of the climate crisis, we need someone who can leverage the moment we’re in and build power for the long haul.
Responsibilities :
Develop the strategy and oversee the execution of LCV and our 30+ CVM state affiliates climate campaign.
Engage and work with LCV staff, funders, coalition partners, and 30+ CVM state affiliates throughout the country to create a campaign strategy that aligns federal, state and local campaign programs to advance our shared climate change priorities.
Work collaboratively and inclusively across all LCV departments to ensure we effectively leverage all of our expertise and resources in order to meet our organization’s bold climate goals, including by:
Marshalling LCV climate resources—including staff, grassroots leadership, messaging, coalition engagement, opinion research, and paid and earned media.
Ensuring that the stories, voices, and vision of our grassroots base—particularly communities of color and young people—are central to the campaign’s process and outcomes and are seen as agents of change at the local and federal levels.
Preparing reports and materials for donor and board meetings and helping raise resources for the climate campaign.
Foster transformational partnerships with national progressive organizations as well as climate justice, economic and racial justice organizations and coalitions in coordination with other key LCV staff.
Ensure that the campaign theory of change, goals, strategies, and tactics are advancing racial justice and equity and furthering an inclusive organizational culture.
Qualifications :
Work Experience:
Required : At least 8-10 years of issue campaign experience, particularly with organizing teams and grassroots base, issue advocacy program, lobbying, earned and paid media. Experience drafting and implementing campaign plans that reflect a commitment to racial justice and equity, elevate the voices and leadership of people of color and young people and develop authentic relationships with organizational partners. Experience working with state/local level campaigns or organizations, multiple coalition partners, and national organizations that have state affiliates or chapters. Familiarity with budget management.
Strongly Preferred - Familiarity with climate policy and experience in the climate movement.
Preferred - Successful direct supervisory experience.
Skills: Proven ability to manage strategic and effective issue campaigns. Superior political judgment, including understanding the disparate political makeup of a wide range of states. Proven track record of successfully working across lines of race, ethnicity, language, class, gender and other identities and experiences. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Highly collaborative and excellent listener. Passionate about addressing the climate crisis and elevating the leadership of communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Works well in a fast-paced environment and able to manage competing priorities. Experience building and managing strong teams. Effective fiscal management.
Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. A commitment to the complex understanding of racial justice and the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understanding of the ways in which principles of racial justice and equity are vital to addressing climate change effectively.
Conditions: Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time. The location of this position is flexible. Please note that all LCV staff are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To Apply : Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Climate Strategy Director” in the subject line no later than August 4, 2020. No phone calls please.
LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.