Unify America

Director

• Design and Deliver Deliberative Processes
• Architect and manage public problem-solving events focused on specific community issues, including using representative and randomly selected groups of residents, where appropriate.
• Develop and manage process flows and schedules for each deliberation, including learning phases, expert briefings, structured deliberation, trade-off analysis, and final recommendations.
• Travel frequently to partner communities to support training, planning, delivery, facilitation oversight, and relationship-building.
• Training, Partnerships, & Learning Networks
• Help our partner communities recruit local talent for deliberative design and facilitation, play a lead role in vetting and/or mentoring candidates, and onboarding those selected to lead.
• Design and deliver training for Democracy League partners, facilitators, and local civic leaders to build their capacity to plan, run, and sustain high-quality civic assemblies and other deliberative processes.
• Train and support partner communities in using technology appropriately to support in-person, hybrid, and virtual deliberation work.
• Develop and maintain practical training materials, curricula, and toolkits that translate deliberation best practices into clear, usable guidance for partner communities.
• Coach and support local practitioners as they implement deliberative processes, providing feedback, troubleshooting, and quality assurance across diverse community contexts.
• Convene Democracy League deliberation professionals into a structured learning network to share insights, strengthen practice, and advance collective learning.
• Plan and facilitate peer-learning sessions, workshops, and convenings that support skill development, relationship-building, and cross-community learning.
• Integrate best practices from national partners and practitioner networks, contributing to Unify America’s growing library of deliberation resources, frameworks, and tools.

Director of Deliberation