Director of Civic Engagement

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Project On Government Oversight

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Government Watchdog • Whistleblower • Exposing Corruption • Nonpartisan

11 - 50 employees

Founded 1981

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

🌍 Social Impact

Description

• Develop and lead the implementation of the civic engagement strategy • Supervise staff and contractors while collaborating across teams to build a network of engaged partners • Mobilize folks to create federal-level change in priority areas • Serve as an in-house civic engagement subject matter expert • Build and maintain strong relationships with individuals and organizations to strengthen policy campaigns • Establish new partnerships on behalf of POGO • Contribute to grant proposals and communicate with funders • Prepare reports to the public detailing civic engagement outcomes

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience playing a lead role in planning and executing federal grassroots and/or grasstops issue-based advocacy campaigns (preferably both) • Solid working knowledge of the federal legislative policymaking process, lobbying/hill facing advocacy, and how it can intersect with community-level civic engagement. • Track record of success in advocacy campaigns, political education curriculum design, coalition building, community engagement. • Demonstrated experience integrating justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion into campaigns and into their leadership style. • Minimum 3 years directly supervising and leading full-time, permanent staff (especially early career staff) in a way that is inspirational, accountable, and supportive. • Empathetic and self-aware leader who is effective at building trust, connecting across difference, and inspiring people to take action. • Courageous leader who is unafraid to hold space for conversations around the connections between civic engagement and race, gender, ability, immigration status, class, etc. • Clear, kind, and direct communication and conflict-resolution skills. • Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead with vision in a new and evolving role. • Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment. • Effective at independently building and maintaining relationships and partnerships from the ground up (think cold calling).

Benefits

• Competitive nonprofit salary in the range of $92,000 - $112,000 • Health, dental, and vision insurance • 403(b) employee investment plan available, with employer retirement contribution once eligible • Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage • Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave