Welcoming Schools Manager

Jimmy Jazz; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 55,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Human Rights Campaign, Inc. is seeking a Welcoming Schools Manager to lead core program operations, manage school policy initiatives, and oversee conferences, webinars, and communications. The role centers on ensuring efficient planning, data reporting, and cross-team collaboration within Welcoming Schools.

The position requires a proactive project manager capable of handling multiple priorities, coordinating with vendors, and delivering high-quality work on schedule. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• At least two years of equivalent work experience in administrative, education and/or project management.
• Strong understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and knowledge of PreK-12 and higher education policy.
• Outstanding organizational, task management and time management skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365, Google Apps and Zoom Conferencing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze emerging local, state and federal education policy developments affecting LGBTQ+ students and educators.
• Track and document school board activity, elections, and emerging policy trends.
• Produce and disseminate internal weekly education policy newsletter.
• Build and maintain tracking system for school board races target list including research on prospective candidates and local conditions.
• Manage the Safe School Champion application process, including application review workflows, data management and reporting.
• Collaborate on school policy and best practice resource development designed for school stakeholders.
• Contribute subject matter expertise and project management support to larger school and youth-focused policy initiatives.
• Manage and coordinate invoices to outside vendors and payments to facilitators and consultants.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for inquiries related to Welcoming Schools programs, ensuring responsive, timely stakeholder engagement.
• Prepare regular data reports for staff, directors, and board members as requested.
• Support on- and off-site meetings and events involving Welcoming Schools staff and project collaborators.
• Coordinate travel for National Facilitators and consultants.
• Manage inventory and requests for promotional materials.
• Own the Welcoming Schools conference calendar and ensure timely coordination of all conference-related deadlines, including proposals, exhibitor requirements, shipping, and logistics.
• Produce and manage the end-to-end process of internal and external newsletters.
• Manage operational planning and execution for Webinars, Peer to Peer Series and other programmatic events.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Microsoft 365

Google Apps

Zoom Conferencing

Tools

Microsoft 365 suite

Google Workspace

Zoom

Monday.com

Job description

• Location 1640 Rhode Island Ave NW,Washington, DC, 20036,United States
• Base Pay $55,100.00 - $61,000.00 / Year
• Job Category Foundation, Education, K-12
• Employee Type Exempt
• Required Degree NONE
• Manage Others No

We strongly encourage people of color, transgender and non-binary people to apply. HRC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone, including non-LGBTQ+ people, to join our team.Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that people from marginalized communities are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At HRC, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Position Summary:

The Welcoming Schools Manager leads core program operations and project management duties and oversees key aspects of HRC Schools initiatives, including school board advocacy, education policy research and analysis, and the Safe Schools Champion Initiative. The Manager oversees and executes conferences, webinars, communications, invoicing, and other program activities, ensuring projects move effectively from planning through implementation.

This position requires a highly organized, proactive project manager who can independently manage multiple priorities, build and maintain effective systems, collaborate across teams, and take ownership for delivering high-quality work accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.

Position Responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyze emerging local, state and federal education policy developments affecting LGBTQ+ students and educators.
• Track and document school board activity, elections, and emerging policy trends.
• Produce and disseminate internal weekly education policy newsletter.
• Build and maintain tracking system for school board races target list including research on prospective candidates and local conditions.
• Manage the Safe School Champion application process, including application review workflows, data management and reporting.
• Collaborate on school policy and best practice resource development designed for school stakeholders.
• Contribute subject matter expertise and project management support to larger school and youth-focused policy initiatives.

Welcoming Schools Program Operations

• Manage and coordinate invoices to outside vendors and payments to facilitators and consultants.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for inquiries related to Welcoming Schools programs, ensuring responsive, timely stakeholder engagement.
• Prepare regular data reports for staff, directors, and board members as requested.
• Support on- and off-site meetings and events involving Welcoming Schools staff and project collaborators.
• Coordinate travel for National Facilitators and consultants.
• Manage inventory and requests for promotional materials.
• Own the Welcoming Schools conference calendar and ensure timely coordination of all conference-related deadlines, including proposals, exhibitor requirements, shipping, and logistics.
• Produce and manage the end-to-end process of internal and external newsletters.
• Manage operational planning and execution for Webinars, Peer to Peer Series and other programmatic events.

Position Qualifications:

• At least two years of equivalent work experience required with a focus in administrative, education and/or project management.
• Strong understanding of LGBTQ+ issues as well as demonstrated knowledge of PreK-12 and higher education policy and school governance.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivation, and the demonstrated ability to work independently and to prioritize competing tasks.
• Outstanding organizational, task management and time management skills required.
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and manage work under tight deadlines.
• Strong skill set with Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Teams), Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, and Drive) and Zoom Conferencing.
• Preferred experience with Monday.Com.
• Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing.

All positions at the Human Rights Campaign may require travel on a regular basis or periodically. Where the need arises for business travel, appropriate compensation as outlined by the Fair Labor Standards Act will apply.

Employer is the Human Rights Campaign, Inc., an I.R.C. 501(c)(4) non-profit entity.