Manager, Policy & Coalition Strategy
Generation Citizen
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $32 per hour
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Manage the day-to-day operations of a three-year, catalytic grant from the Rhode Island Foundation to advance equitable civic education across Rhode Island.
- Coordinate complex projects, facilitate diverse stakeholder groups, and track measurable outcomes in legislative advocacy, educator support, and youth engagement while maintaining rigorous attention to grant compliance, data tracking, and continuous improvement.
- Serve as the primary operational liaison with the Rhode Island Foundation in coordination with the Executive Director.
- Support the Executive Director in ensuring compliance with grant requirements, including narrative and financial reporting.
- Track budget execution across three years, tracking expenditures against approved allocations, and providing regular reports to the Executive Director.
- Develop and maintain detailed project work plans aligned with the three-year implementation timeline.
- Plan and facilitate monthly coalition meetings using consensus-based decision-making with support from the Executive Director as needed.
Requirements
- Minimum 2+ years in education policy, coalition building, advocacy, or nonprofit program management.
- Demonstrated experience tracking or supporting grants or complex multi-stakeholder projects with measurable outcomes.
- Exceptional organizational skills, managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and budgets.
- Strong analytical skills using measurement systems and using data for continuous improvement.
- Experience working within or supporting diverse coalitions, building consensus, and navigating complex stakeholder dynamics.
- Understanding of legislative processes and developing actionable campaigns.
- Excellent written & verbal skills, synthesizing complex information for diverse audiences.
- Deep commitment to educational equity and racial justice; ability to center equity in all work.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) with a 3% employer match (capped at $1,000 annually)
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Emplova
- Tickets at Work
- Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
grant managementbudget trackingdata trackingproject managementlegislative advocacyeducator supportyouth engagementnarrative reportingfinancial reportingmeasurement systems
Soft skills
organizational skillsanalytical skillsconsensus buildingcommunication skillsstakeholder managementattention to detailtime managementcollaborationfacilitationcommitment to equity