Regional Director
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Regional Director advancing Movement Voter Project's grassroots progressive power strategy across Western states. Building partner relationships, recommending grants, and supporting policy and electoral organizing.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as MVP's main liaison with local groups, intermediaries, select national partners, and select donors across priority Western states
- Report to the Director of State Programs and collaborate with State Advisors and Capacity Building teams
- Continue developing and implementing MVP's Western strategy, particularly for Nevada and other necessary states
- Analyze regional political landscapes, progressive infrastructure, challenges, and opportunities
- Identify regional approaches supporting ecosystem building, policy gains, and electoral needs
- Build relationships with local, state, and national partners to advance policy, ecosystem-building, and electoral goals
- Ensure power-building investments reflect MVP's mission and commitments to anti-oppression, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice
- Maintain trusting, strategic relationships with partners and allies
- Support groups with electoral, issue advocacy, base-building, staffing, capacity, plans, and budgets
- Identify infrastructure gaps and political opportunities
- Draft internal strategy documents and external C3, C4, and PAC state plans
- Make short- and long-term investment recommendations
- Manage state grantmaking budgets and track partner budget gaps
- Nurture new and emerging movement voter organizing groups, alliances, and campaigns
- Administer and track grants with MVP's grantmaking team
- Maintain grantmaking recommendations and tracking systems in Airtable or other systems of record
- Support organizational development and implementation of best practices
- Engage local funders, organizing networks, intermediaries, influencers, and donor tables
- Lead MVP's engagement with state C3, C4, donor tables, and local alliances
- Complete legally compliant program reports and measure progress against goals
- Provide strategic insights and feedback to State Programs leadership and organizational leaders
- Share effective practices with partners and State Advisors
- Document and share stories and photos from local organizations, campaigns, and individuals
Requirements:
- Depth of knowledge of political and movement ecosystems in the state gained through political campaign experience and/or movement organizing experience
- Experience working across diverse movements, coalitions, and constituencies
- Passion for supporting a diverse ecosystem of grassroots organizations
- Ability to assess state funding landscapes and grassroots groups' capacity to grow and expand
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing
- Organizational and campaign leadership experience, preferably at the senior level
- In-depth understanding of the funding landscape in Western states, particularly Nevada, preferred
- Some experience with, or strong desire to learn about, fundraising and grantmaking
- Demonstrated success supporting and coaching a wide variety of leaders and organizers
- Experience in state-based organizational leadership roles
- Familiarity with Slack, Airtable, VAN, and Google Suite preferred
- Some experience with, or strong desire to learn about, compliance issues guiding 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC work
Benefits:
- Employer-paid health insurance premiums at 100% for most individuals and 75% for family
- Dental and vision insurance coverage
- 401(k) account with partial match
- Basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance
- Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account availability
- Work From Home stipend
- Wellness stipend
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
- Access to free online courses
- Paid vacation (4 weeks)
- Paid holidays (9 days)
- Office closures (fall and winter breaks)
- Two floating paid days off
- 18 weeks of paid Parental Leave
- Up to 4 weeks of paid Bereavement Leave
- Up to 12 weeks of Family Leave (up to 4 weeks paid)
- Sabbatical policy
- Occasional travel for MVP team gatherings
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