Network Manager
Multiplier
Network Manager
Multiplier
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $38 - $48 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Work with CRF leadership and WRF Advisory Committee to shape the direction of the network.
- Develop programming for and lead shared learning and community-building activities for network members.
- Plan and facilitate bi-monthly Advisory Committee and Network-wide virtual meetings.
- Work with CRF team, partners/funders, network members, and Advisors to organize, plan, and participate in annual WRF in-person convenings and other events.
- Work collaboratively with the CRF team to shape content for websites, publications, and newsletters.
- Manage membership dues administration and processes.
- Cultivate and build effective relationships for the WRF network with practitioners in the field, including foundation professionals, nonprofit leaders, federal agency personnel, and local/regional officials, planners, and other key constituents.
- Seek out opportunities to participate in professional networks to grow familiarity and expertise in fields of climate change adaptation and wildfire resilience.
- Undertake an independent research project under the guidance of CRF leadership on an area of interest that is relevant to advancing the work of the WRF network and CRF’s mission.
- Participate in yearly or bi-annual CRF/WRF strategic planning, internal work planning, strategic communications, as well as other legal compliance, organizational processes, and operations as directed.
- Develop monthly work plans in collaboration with the Managing Director; participate in one-on-one meetings with the Managing Director at least monthly.
- Support the development of network fundraising strategies as well as preparations for fundraising meetings, presentations, and convenings.
- Represent the mission, values, and strategies of CRF and WRF to external audiences and generally undertake activities to advocate for climate and wildfire resilience through publications and presentations.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in philanthropy, ideally including experience in program strategy development, implementation, and management.
- Experience with board relations and/or managing a committee of advisors.
- Experience working with the non-profit sector and with government agencies and personnel.
- Excellent people skills, with an ability to engage partners and team members in pursuit of shared goals.
- Advanced active listening and communications capacity.
- Ability to work autonomously while engaging your willing team at the right time.
- Experience working closely with philanthropy and understanding of and familiarity with the community of foundations working to address climate change, advance resilience, or pursue sustainability goals.
- Working knowledge of climate change science and policy, wildfire issues generally, and the connections between them.
- Knowledge of conservation science and/or policy, sustainability, and the laws, policies, institutions, and issues which represent the contextual basis for climate action.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
- A desire to build relationships with new partners and collaborators; a deep curiosity for exploring new perspectives and challenging current thinking with the ability to create consensus.
- Possess personal qualities of honesty, integrity, and a deep personal commitment to helping communities and ecosystems adapt to climate change.
- An enthusiastic adopter of new technology and tools; comfort working in a virtual office and paperless environment.
