Organizational Background:
Equality California (EQCA) is California's largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization with over 800,000 members. EQCA's mission is to achieve full and lasting equality, acceptance, and social justice for members of the LGBT community. Through its legislative work, EQCA has successfully sponsored 102 pieces of pro-equality legislation cementing California as the state with broadest LGBT-civil rights protections in the country. EQCA strives to create a broad and diverse alliance of LGBT people, educators, government officials, communities of color and faith, labor, business, and social justice communities to achieve our goals.
Equality California Institute (EQCAI), EQCA's sister organization, is a 501(c)3 organization that utilizes advocacy, education, and mobilization programs to promote full and lasting equality and acceptance of LGBT people, improve the health and well-being of the LGBT community, and to educate the broader community on important LGBT related issues such as marriage equality, healthcare, health disparities, and immigration. Over the last five years, EQCAI has spearheaded successful programs to tackle these issues, including multiple public education campaigns, such as Let California Ring, Fair Share for Equality, the Breakthrough Conversations Project, and Health Happens with Equality.
Tentative Start Date: ASAP
Position Overview:
Equality California and Equality California Institute seek a full-time Program Manager to help coordinate and manage key programs and projects for Equality California and Equality California Institute. Current programs and issues include expanding healthcare access, HIV/AIDS, transgender rights, safe and supportive schools, immigration, leadership development, as well as mobilization, organizing, advocacy, and electoral work in all of these areas. EQCA/I's expanded mission includes an intersectional approach to issues, as well as working with a wide range of institutions such as schools, unions, religious congregations, health clinics, and LGBT organizations. The Program Manager's responsibilities will include mix of policy, advocacy, program/project management, organizing, and campaign work. The Program Manager could be based in either the Los Angeles office or the Bay Area and will be supervised by the Director of Programs and Chief of Staff.
Responsibilities:
1. Help coordinate and manage EQCA/EQCAI programs including:
a. Program Development and Proposal/Grantwriting
b. Program Implementation
c. Grant Reporting
2. Help manage and coordinate EQCA's advocacy, legislative, public policy and electoral work.
3. Support EQCA/I's fundraising efforts including local foundation grants, corporate and individual donations, helping with major events, and PAC fundraising.
4. Help coordinate and manage organizational events such as Fair Share for Equality, Town Halls, conferences, as well as represent EQCA/I at various coalition meetings and events.
5. Along with other program staff, serve as an EQCAI's organizer on the ground in selected region/s. This work includes:
a. Coordinating and implementing objectives from grant funded programs in that geographic area.
b. Developing key relationships with representatives of LGBT organizations, LGBT friendly religious congregations, LGBT student groups, labor organizations, immigration and healthcare organizations.
c. Identify, train, and develop teams of EQCAI members and supporters to help implement program and organizational objectives.
6. Support other work of the organization on an as-needed basis at the discretion of the Director of Programs and Program Development, Chief of Staff, and Executive Director.
Qualifications:
1. Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
2. Passion and commitment to addressing issues impacting the LGBT community as well as other social justice issues such as immigration, healthcare, economic justice, and issues impacting communities of color. Experience in at least one of these areas strongly preferred.
3. At least 3 years experience in management of programs, projects, or campaigns in the non-profit, government, or private sector.
4. Demonstrated experience and interest in working across lines of difference (such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age.)
5. Ability and interest to work with a wide range of organizations and institutions including other LGBT groups, schools, unions, religious congregations, and other social justice and advocacy organizations. Demonstrated experience with at least some of these organizations is required.
6. Demonstrated experience in forming strong public relationships to achieve organizational impact.
7. Strong public presentation skills, and experience in public speaking and/or training.
8. Demonstrated strong written communication skills. Experience in areas such as grant writing, policy writing, and member communications preferred.
Salary will be based on experience and includes competitive benefits
(healthcare, dental, vision, long/short term disability, life insurance and
401K). This full time position will be based out of our Los Angeles office or the Bay Area will require a flexible schedule including evening and weekend work time, as well as regular travel. Applicants will be reimbursed for mileage, but must have a car.
To apply:
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GAIN Jobs via JobsthatareLEFT" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jobsthatareleft+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to jobsthatareleft@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jobsthatareleft/23f6b9e6-02fc-4abd-8c59-01aaa9538788%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.