Black Pen Recruitment

Program Manager

• Build, manage, administer, and grow safety training for authors, their allies, and the wider literary community
• Conduct training for authors and their allies within the literary community
• Attend and speak at conferences and other public events
• Jointly oversee the development and maintenance of safety resources for writers and their allies
• Collaborate with the senior manager of safety and protection to facilitate the provision of individualized, trauma-informed safety support to writers and their allies
• Coordinate across PEN America teams to support authors and the wider literary community
• Build and strengthen partnerships with author-safety-related coalitions and networks
• Research funding opportunities and draft proposals to sustain and build the program
• Follow current developments in author safety, online abuse, freedom of expression, and digital rights

Program Manager – U.S. Author Safety

Manager

• Manage the design, build, and implementation of an in-house system to provide safety consultations and referrals to at-risk writers and their allies in the U.S. including authors, journalists, scholars, and librarians
• Lead the provision of individualized, trauma-informed safety consultations and referrals for at-risk writers and their allies in close collaboration with colleagues, consultants, and external partners
• Represent the team in and strengthen the efficacy and efficiency of multi-stakeholder safety-related coalitions and networks that protect frontline democracy defenders, such as the Journalist Assistance Network and Democracy Protection Network
• Drive outreach and build sustained partnerships with relevant organizations— including professional associations, media organizations, publishers, libraries, bookstores, and universities—to strengthen support for at-risk writers and their allies
• Serve as an expert by advising the team and wider organization on safety and protection issues
• Support the development and maintenance of multimedia safety resources for writers and their allies—including for the organization’s website and social media channels
• Represent the team and speak at conferences and other public events as needed
• Cultivate and research funding opportunities, draft proposals, and draft grant reports to sustain the program, including overseeing monitoring and evaluation by tracking metrics
• Follow current developments in digital and physical safety, psychosocial wellbeing, online abuse, and freedom of expression and conduct relevant research and analysis
• Provide support on intern recruitment and management, recordkeeping, financial reconciliation, expense reporting, and other team-wide administrative tasks as appropriate
• Passionately support and advance PEN America’s mission to safeguard free expression in the United States and abroad.

Program Manager – U.S. Author Safety

Senior Manager, Safety and Protection