ProGeorgia Job Announcement
Deputy Director
Application Deadline: December 1, 2015
JOB DESCRIPTION: Deputy Director
Summary
ProGeorgia is seeking a talented leader with a record of success managing civic engagement programs and overseeing organizational operations to serve as deputy director. The deputy director will help develop, plan, and implement strategic, year-round, coordinated civic engagement programs in order to achieve table project and program outcomes. In addition to achieving short-term program goals, the deputy director will help to build long-term capacity through leadership development, increasing communications skills, and data-driven programming. This position reports to the ProGeorgia Executive Director.
About ProGeorgia
ProGeorgia is a statewide network committed to the goal of ensuring that every Georgian is able to fully participate in our democracy. ProGeorgia is a new model for coordination among nonpartisan 501(c)3 organizations that have civic engagement as a core part of their mission. ProGeorgia is a permanent collective impact initiative focused on solving real problems for real people in Georgia, and bringing greater equity to our state. Through common sense collaboration and increasing political engagement, we work to create measurable positive change in our state. We work collectively to achieve shared goals, increase effectiveness, reduce duplication, and embrace a new way of doing our work that will result in greater impact. ProGeorgia is a member of the national State Voices network. State Voices has affiliate organizations in 20 states around the country.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Job Functions
The Deputy Director, who reports to the executive director, is responsible for the following:
- Work closely with the Executive Director and staff of ProGeorgia, along with ProGeorgia partner organizations to implement and manage the overall strategy to expand and mobilize the electorate and guarantee that policy-making is guided by the public interest, not special interests.
- Assist organizational partners in developing strategic nonpartisan civic and voter engagement plans that encourage year-round civic engagement programs including issue education and organizing and voter registration and mobilization. Support member organizations through the development of field plans, providing technical and data assistance, messaging guidance and responding to partner requests.
- Provide strategic programmatic guidance and support to the Table’s workgroups including the development of shared plans, budgets, metrics, and evaluations, innovative new approaches, long- and short-term organizing strategies and engagement of new allies and potential partners.
- Create tracking systems to synthesize organizational plans and produce reports on gaps in the overall strategy.
· Work with the Executive Director and State Voices staff to identify opportunities for conducting and executing experiments.
· Develop and maintain strong communication with our partners and allies in state and nationally.
· Support building our organization in state and support the efforts to raise funds to forward our agenda.
Key Qualifications
- 5+ years leadership experience in civic engagement, community organizing and/or political campaigns required.
- Field organizing experience required.
- Experience working with underrepresented and/or diverse communities.
- Experience facilitating coalitions and knowledge of the political landscape in the state are required.
- Ability to manage several tasks/projects concurrently and prioritize work effectively.
- Ability to communicate effectively, work well under pressure, be detail oriented and meet deadlines.
- Diplomatic, professional approach to problem solving and the ability to think independently and creatively.
- Excellent organizational, time-management, oral and written communications skills.
- Must exercise good judgment and discretion and be able to work independently and as a member of a group.
- Must be a self-starter; willing to work sometimes long, irregular hours and to travel as needed.
- Strong VAN (Voter Activation Network) skills preferred and familiarity with online electoral tools such as Catalist and constituent relationship management tools is a plus.
- Experience working with a state table as staff or table partner staff is a strong plus.
Salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits include employee retirement plan, paid vacation, and paid sick days. Please submit a cover letter and resume including three references to Page Gleason at pgleason@progeorgia.org. Application deadline: 12/1/2015.
Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at State Voices, where employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.