Regional Manager, Voter-Approved Children’s Funds
Children's Funding Project
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Louisiana • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $77,500 - $80,000 per year
About the role
- Cultivate relationships with local and state advocates to build a strong movement with the goal of securing dedicated and sustainable public revenue for child and youth systems in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
- Lead technical assistance and one-on-one coaching provided to local child and youth advocates participating in Children’s Funding Project’s Ballot Measure Cohort
- Develop and lead training and peer learning opportunities aligned with the A-Zs of Creating a Voter-Approved Children’s Fund, tailored to meet the unique needs of advocates working in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
- Monitor and track the progress, needs, and outcomes of existing and prospective VACFs throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
- Contribute to Children’s Funding Project's work to build a national movement around sustainable financing for children and youth programs and services by developing public-facing materials (briefs, blogs, fact sheets, presentations, and tools).
- Work collaboratively to identify movement building opportunities and potential new allies.
- Support the planning and execution of learning opportunities for Children’s Funding Project’s national network of advocates, including virtual training sessions for the national Ballot Measure Cohort and the biennial, in-person Children’s Funding Institute
- Conduct research to support local communities pursuing new public funding for children through VACFs.
- Act as a go-to expert on available local funding options and ballot measure rules in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma and respond to internal and external questions on this topic.
- Work closely with senior staff to provide technical assistance to local partners on sources of additional funding for child and youth serving programs and services.
- Build skills for independently coaching and facilitating technical assistance to communities and states on this topic.
- Support development of tools and strategies for providing technical assistance on this topic.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree and/or 5-8 years of experience in child and youth policy, community organizing, issue advocacy, and/or direct service to children and youth in an early childhood education or out-of-school time setting.
- In-depth knowledge of one or more subject areas strongly preferred
- Familiarity with local election systems, ballot-issue campaigning, and policymaking processes within municipal or county governing bodies in Texas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma strongly preferred.
- Experience coaching, informing, or providing technical assistance to both public and private sector partners.
- Experience facilitating cross-systems collaborative groups and supporting evidence-informed decision making is a plus
- Familiarity with Children’s Funding Project’s services, ideally through experience as a client, partner, or member of a related network
- Compelling professional oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely summarize complex policy information for a variety of internal and external audiences
- Team-oriented attitude with an ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a remote environment
- Attention to detail and anticipation of organizational needs
- Familiarity and comfort with common technology platforms (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Google Suite)
Benefits
- generous benefits package
- professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
child and youth policycommunity organizingissue advocacytechnical assistancecoachingfacilitating cross-systems collaborationevidence-informed decision makingresearchpublic fundingballot measure rules
Soft Skills
oral communicationwritten communicationteam-orientedcollaborativeindependent workattention to detailorganizational anticipation