Full Time – Senior Leadership
Exempt
Reports to: Chief Strategy & Organizing Officer
About the New Pennsylvania Project (C4)
The New Pennsylvania Project (NPP) was established in May 2021 modeled by the success of the New Georgia Project. NPP is a voting rights organization with a year-round primary focus on voter registration, civic education, and mobilization. NPP centers historically disenfranchised and often neglected Black, Indigenous and other people of color communities, immigrant communities and the youth in our work. Through civic engagement, we ensure all eligible voters feel compelled to exercise their freedom to vote in the Commonwealth.
The New Pennsylvania Project has a shared services agreement with the New PA Project Education Fund (“NPPEF”), a non-partisan 501(c)3 voting rights organization. Staff may, at the request of NPP, provide similar services to NPPEF. Any time spent providing services to NPPEF will be considered part of the hours and duties set forth by NPP.
About New PA Project Education Fund (C3)
The New PA Project Education Fund (NPPEF) is a nonpartisan organization led by community leaders across the Commonwealth. NPPEF is dedicated to providing all Pennsylvanians with the opportunity to exercise their voice, power and leadership as full participants in the democratic process. NPPEF centers the youth, immigrants, and Black, Indigenous and other communities of color because these communities are the least represented and most impacted by decisions our government is making.
About the Position
The Director of Organizing is responsible for supporting the implementation and management of the New Pennsylvania Project and New PA Project Education Fund’s in-state community organizing program. This will include directly working with all in-state program staff and every regional organizing director, in rural, urban and suburban regions across the state.
The Director of Organizing will create leadership development opportunities for their direct reports, which include the Deputy Director of Organizing and the Director of Quality Control. As a member of Senior Leadership, the Organizing Director will operate as part of an integrated team that works across different programmatic areas of work to further the success of both NPP and NPPEF.
The Director of Organizing will be responsible for assisting in the implementation and management of systems and strategies to support the ongoing efforts of the Organizing Department.
Because our target communities and colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, this position needs to be able to thoughtfully navigate issues related to diversity, race, equity and inclusion, and bring a deep commitment to advancing these values. The applicant will also need to bring a strong commitment to excellence and true collaboration, an ability to work quickly but carefully, and appreciation for/patience, and developing and growing team members.
Additionally, this position has recurring work situations that involve having a high degree of discretion. The need for accuracy and effective utilization of accepted programs and routines is high. Errors in judgment will waste resources and adversely impact performance.
Responsibilities
Staff and Organizational Leadership
- Manage the Deputy Director of Organizing and the Director of Quality Control, including the evaluation process
- Assist and/or lead the management and coaching of Regional Organizing Directors, including the evaluation process
- Assist in hiring and recruitment of staff; provide final approval for the hiring of organizing staff and ensure their proper onboarding
- Work with the Deputy Director of Organizing to mediate and resolve potential staffing issues, such as performance, and encourage staff development and growth
- Assist the RODs with communication between program, teams from partner organizations and coordinated offices
- Facilitate communication between the program team, senior leadership and other departments
- Represent NPP and NPPEF at the PA C3 and C4 Tables. Collaborate with partners who are supporting engagement work to design and implement programs that reach every part of the state.
Strategic Program Development
- Develop and implement innovative approaches to voter registration and civic engagement, education and mobilization (GOTV), and integrate them into the organizing plan
- Work with the Chief Strategy and Organizing Officer to develop and implement an organizing campaign, start to finish, and writing large scale campaign plans
- Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence and executed grant deliverables, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality and data controls of the organizing efforts, communications, and policy initiatives
- Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
- Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents
- Propose innovative tactics to move the engagement and organizing plans into the next phase of refinement and implementation. Pivot as needed to ensure we are meaningfully engaging with the communities that we center
Training and Development
- Contribute to the design and implementation of comprehensive training programs to ensure programmatic success
- Create, maintain, and evaluate structures that provide timely information about the statewide work and can identify areas of opportunity
- Support and/or direct on the development and implementation of training curriculum and training related to voter registration data and associated technologies (BLOCKS, VAN, voter registration applications and others).
- A history of setting clear milestones for direct reports and being accountable for achieving metrics
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-3 years of experience managing large programmatic teams
- Proven supervisory background required
- Strong preference for experience managing multilayered teams
- Proficiency using Votebuilder (VAN)
- Understanding and communicating c3/c4 legal compliances to team members
- Preference for tracking direct report’s time for compliance
- Track record of being able to juggle many organizing priorities while ensuring accuracy and quality; proactively identifies and acts on opportunities to improve processes, training, engagement, and practices.
- Ability to work autonomously and patiently
- Adaptable self-starter who can take appropriate initiative to drive for results
- Preference for someone with experience in, or interest in, relationship-based organizing, leadership development, digital organizing, and team building
- A willingness to work with supporters and voters of all political persuasions
- Fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus
- Ability to work long or irregular hours
- Expected to work in an NPP or NPPEF office
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- GSuite competency is required
- Preference for Bi-lingual English/Spanish speaking candidates
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation; expect to travel statewide up to 40% of the time
COMPENSATION
- Salary range between $85-90/year, paid weekly, commensurate with experience
- Paid time off/vacation days/holidays/sick days and 3 personal days
- 100% of individual medical, vision, dental and life insurance paid by NPP
- Travel reimbursement
- Retirement plan with employer matching after three months
LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER
The above position description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position.
All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with federal and state laws.
No calls. Please email your resume to kelly@newpaproject.org and let us know in the subject line which position you are applying for.