Remote Grassroots Leadership Manager

Great Old Broads; United States; Remote; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Old Broads for Wilderness is seeking a Grassroots Leadership Program Manager to lead national outreach from a remote, full-time position. You will guide big-picture work for local leaders, supervise staff, and develop projects.

The focus is on expanding a diverse grassroots network and shaping strategy for engagement. The role involves managing a team, coordinating professional development, and ensuring high standards.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years managing grassroots organizing staff.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results in grassroots organizing, such as network growth, increased engagement, or policy wins.
• Fluency in English, with impeccable written and oral skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the organization's grassroots leadership program is run to the highest standards
• Guide professional development for 1 FTE and .5 FTE, modeling excellent grassroots organizing skills, finding outside training resources, and conducting ongoing staff development to ensure staff have the skills needed to successfully engage a grassroots network
• Hold 1:1 meetings weekly, with additional team meetings on a biweekly basis
• Create an overall plan for grassroots leadership, including recruiting, developing, and retaining members and chapter leaders
• Ensure membership more accurately reflects the face of American women by growing the diversity of race, class, political perspective, and location, working with communications team staff as needed
• Lead program evaluation
• Establish metrics for program success in collaboration with grassroots leadership program staff and the executive director, to be finalized by January of each year in alignment with annual planning
• Collect data on program performance, working with communications team staff as needed
• Analyze data and suggest ways to continue successes and resolve challenges
• Provide high-level support to grassroots leaders
• Develop and manage the on-boarding process for new chapter leaders
• Develop and manage the retirement process for chapter leaders
• Resolve any conflicts between members and between members and staff, demonstrating organizational values and high standards of professionalism and respect
• Support committee calls by taking notes and supporting staff and members as needed
• Participate in national coalition calls as delegated
• Develop an annual calendar of resources
• Develop a calendar of resources by January of each year, tied to the annual planning process
• Include both materials that are related to specific needs and evergreen materials that can fuel engagement
• Seek support from grassroots leadership program team members in the drafting process, including suggesting ideas and reviewing drafts
• Have plan approved by supervisor
• Develop a plan for communications with chapter leaders (monthly newsletter and blog)
• Develop updates to the communications plan by January of each year, tied to the annual planning process
• Seek support from grassroots leadership program team members in the drafting process
• Include the communications team in planning to ensure alignment with the overall communications calendar
• Have plan approved by supervisor
• Write drafts of materials, in a style suitable for grassroots organizing
• Seek support from grassroots leadership program team members in writing
• Work with communications staff for copy edits and graphic design
• Publish/share materials by deadlines
• Manage monthly meetings of leaders
• Plan monthly Broadband Connect meetings
• Prepare materials, facilitate meetings, and follow up as needed
• Seek support from staff and program team members
• Evaluate meeting success annually
• Manage platforms
• Add contacts to membership funnels and assign new paid members to chapters
• Facilitate Zoom for programmatic and fundraising webinars
• Manage email accounts and Google groups
• Develop plans to collect data from Broadband leaders and other members
• Implement plans with relevant teams
• Ensure smooth rollout of tools
• Support public speaking
• Serve as media spokesperson as needed
• Make presentations at public events as needed
• Serve as panelist or conference speaker as needed
• Support administration
• Participate in staff meetings, renewal calls, planning and budgeting
• Travel up to 10 days per year

Skills

Managing grassroots organizing staff

English fluency

Job description

Great Old Broads for Wilderness is seeking a Grassroots Leadership Program Manager to lead national outreach from a remote, full-time position. You will guide big-picture work for local leaders, supervise staff, and develop projects.

The focus is on expanding a diverse grassroots network and shaping strategy for engagement. The role involves managing a team, coordinating professional development, and ensuring high standards.