Program Manager, Network Rules and Advisory
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Program Manager
UndauntedK12
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Tableau
About the role
- Advance ongoing state campaigns to advance equitable access to healthy, resilient, decarbonized school buildings and grounds, including collaborating with partners and stakeholders, mobilizing grassroots groups, engaging district leaders, connecting with organizations, and monitoring campaign metrics.
- Advance the Climate Ready Schools Coalition’s (CRSC)’s advocacy, initiatives, and operations, and help marshal the network’s resources for impact.
- Develop state-specific advocacy materials including policy briefs, toolkits for advancing climate action, youth leadership programming, and assets to support campaigns.
- Conduct policy research, landscape scans, informational conversations, and synthesize external reports to support development of campaigns and strategies.
- Serve as an ambassador of Undaunted and steward relationships with partners, elected officials and staff, government agencies, district stakeholders, coalitions, and prospective partners.
- Develop and maintain data-related products for public consumption, likely in partnership with aligned organizations.
- Help the Undaunted team efficiently engage new partnerships, allies, school districts, and communities by providing support, resources, and tools as needed.
- Create, maintain, and improve systems for managing Undaunted’s state specific contact database, distribution lists, and listservs.
- Identify, collect, and manage performance indicators related to campaigns and broader impact metrics, and develop practices that enable the organization to utilize collected data to inform decision making and communicate with donors and partners.
- Manage logistics for webinars and other virtual and in-person events.
- Draft communications and materials, including visual content, for a variety of audiences including schools, state and local leaders, partner organizations, and private sector partners.
- Write, research, and edit reports, presentations, fundraising materials, blog posts, website copy, op-eds, and social media for both state and national audiences.
- Collaborate with the Undaunted team, communications partners, and reporters to support placement of news articles, op-eds, and letters to the editor.
- Manage and enhance UndauntedK12’s state-related communication channels including state pages, state network emails, and state campaign spaces.
- Strengthen and organize the Climate Ready Schools Coalition webspace and handle incoming communications from possible members and stakeholders.
- Create communications assets for the California Youth Climate Policy Fellowship and support efforts to scale youth programming to additional states.
- Support UndauntedK12 staff with research and outreach related to core issues and inform policy proposals and landscape analyses.
- Support efforts to expand youth leadership programming to new states and engage alumni in K-12 climate action.
- Represent UndauntedK12 in state and national meetings with coalitions, elected officials and staff, government agency staff, district stakeholders and partners.
- Develop and communicate clear work-plans aligned to organizational priorities and engage on emergent projects as needed.
Requirements
- Outstanding communicator. Exceptional writing skills and success in creating and designing compelling resources, tools, and presentations that distill complex topics and serve a variety of audiences.
- Project manager. Exceptional project management skills and a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and details to success in a rapidly changing environment.
- An eye for details and design. Extraordinary attention to detail, the aesthetics of good design, and a track record of producing consistently high-quality work.
- Data & research savvy. Skilled at conducting research, analyzing data sets, building models, drawing out conclusions and trends, and communicating those trends to broader audiences.
- Problem solver. Able to consistently make excellent decisions through a combination of data analysis, judgment and experience – including the ability to anticipate future consequences and trends and incorporate them into the organizational plan.
- Team builder. Has an exceptional capacity for managing and leading people across multiple functions and the ability to connect, on both an individual level and in large groups, with people from a wide range of backgrounds. Treats teammates and others with care and respect.
- Systems thinker. Can quickly assess root causes and see how multiple work streams fit together into a cohesive operation. When facing a large issue, the first instinct is to break it down into smaller, manageable pieces to be able to move forward.
- Entrepreneurial. Thrives in environments where there is not an established path. Is not deterred by ambiguity and remains motivated and adaptable when responding to evolving circumstances.
- Strong collaborator. Eager to contribute and support across work streams, proactive in spotting issues and solving them, and invested in overall success of the organization.
- Aligned to the cause. Passion for UndauntedK12’s mission, issues, and values.
- College degree or comparable experience.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience preferably in a field focused on climate, education, decarbonization, resilience, and/or environmental justice.
- Demonstrated mastery with presentation and design tools such as Powerpoint, Google Slides, Canva, Adobe, and Squarespace.
- Candidates must be comfortable working with datasets in Excel and Google Sheets.
- Experience with data analytics and visualization tools, such as Tableau or ArcGIS StoryMaps, is a plus.
- Must reside in or be willing to move to California; able to attend in-person meetings 2-3 times per month and travel ~4-6 times per year.
Benefits
- Competitive nonprofit salary between $80,000 - $120,000.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision coverage for employee.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability including paid parental leave.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company contribution.
- Federal holidays plus 3 weeks paid time off and a winter holiday break.
- Remote role with in-person meetings 2-3 times per month and periodic travel (~4-6 times/year).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data analysispolicy researchproject managementcommunication designwritingdata visualizationpresentation skillscampaign metrics managementyouth leadership programmingadvocacy material development
Soft skills
outstanding communicatorproblem solverteam buildersystems thinkerstrong collaboratorentrepreneurialattention to detailadaptabilityorganizational skillsaligned to the cause
