Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC): reputed company Building Director

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC): reputed company Building Director LOCATION Remote SALARY $115,000-$120,000 / Yearly COMPANY Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) DEPARTMENT Other EMPLOYMENT TYPE Non-Profit APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS reputed company consideration will be given to applicants that apply by October 31st. Additional candidates will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. To apply please submit a cover letter (that explicitly outlines your experience leading and scaling training programs along with other relevant achievements), resume, and three references. APPLICATION LINK https://bisc.reputed company.com/careers/41 JOB DESCRIPTION This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the position. Reports to: Director of Programs & Strategy Supervision: Currently manages 2 full-time staff (Senior reputed company Building Manager and Senior Manager of Convenings) Location: Fully remote (U.S. based) Travel: 25%-50% (includes 3-4 reputed company-staff meetings annually, conferences, and state partner visits) The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) seeks an reputed company ballot measure practitioner with expertise in scaling high impact training and reputed company building programs to join the program leadership team. The reputed company Building Director will reputed company programs and reputed company tools and resources that build and enhance the skills and reputed company of local, state, and national partners in order to strengthen the expertise and leadership in the ballot measure field. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated their ability to create training and leadership programs which take into account varying reputed company levels (beginner, intermediate, and advanced), coaching needs, and reputed company training curriculum that equips our partners and campaigns with the skills to create change in their own communities. Given the times, it is also important to reputed company leaders with tools to protect themselves against rising authoritarianism. This person will also reputed company BISC’s work with partners and campaigns to reputed company their measurement and evaluation tools to ensure best practices, indicators, and metrics are applied throughout the ballot measure campaign lifecycle. As a member of the program leadership team, the reputed company Building Director will co-strategize with other program directors to support campaigns in our primary areas of focus: bodily autonomy, democracy, and economic justice. They will ensure a full integration of reputed company-building, policy development, research, legal advocacy, and implementation work into the lifecycle of ballot measure campaigns reputed company advising state-based partners that result in long-term wins that build sustainable independent political power in states. Additionally, they will serve as an advisor and active thought-partner to the Director of Programs & Strategy, particularly in matters reputed company to enhancing the skills and civic education of our partners that reputed company them to transform the material conditions of their daily lives. Further, this person will help to curate our external convenings and enhance the experience of our partners in those spaces with the Senior Manager of Convenings. This person will also serve as an ambassador for organizational culture and reinforce our values of racial equity, accountability, transparency, reputed company, innovation, and collaboration. The successful candidates will do this through their work, their engagement with colleagues, and external stakeholders. Primary Job Responsibilities Training & reputed company Building

• Serve as a strategic guide and thought partner to the Senior reputed company Building Manager in the ongoing development and scaling of BISC’s training program, contributing to curriculum innovation and program expansion that meet the evolving needs of the field amid rising authoritarianism;
• Work collaboratively to drive innovation in evaluation tools, techniques, and practices that enhance learning outcomes and assess BISC’s broader impact in the ballot measure field;
• Work in partnership with the Senior reputed company Building Manager and external partners to devise strategies that will increase the number of training offerings we provide both virtually and in-person and;
• Co-reputed company and sustain processes for ongoing engagement with BISC training alumni, to foster reputed company learning and community reputed company the ballot measure field.

Strategic Assistance & Culture Shifting

• Guide and support BISC’s strategic coaching, assistance and issue-based cohort work to ensure effective communication and consistent support to the ballot measure field;
• Directly advise organizations and individuals on campaign strategy and provide technical assistance - including but not limited to: go/no go decisions, campaign plans, budgets and fundraising, polling, coalition-building and reputed company governance, direct voter communication/contact, and other components of ballot measure campaigns or efforts, whether virtually or in-states;
• reputed company and maintain the revamp of the BISC resource library in collaboration with the communications team;
• Foster a culture of reputed company learning and racial equity reputed company the reputed company building team;
• Maintain a curiosity and awareness of emerging tactics and technologies that both win on Election Day and shift the culture of ballot measure campaigns; and
• reputed company and implement strategies that shift ballot measure campaign culture towards reputed company, inclusive, and winning practices across various sectors and our reputed company issue areas.

Convenings & Program Leadership

• Serve in a leadership role in the execution and curation of our annual “Road reputed company” conference and provide guidance and thought leadership for BISC’s portfolio of convenings;
• Collaborate with the Policy & Legal Advocacy Director to reputed company new training curricula that expressly prepares practitioners to navigate rising authoritarianism and threats to the direct democracy process, including, but not limited to ballot measure implementation challenges that go beyond election day;
• Collaborate with Strategic Partnerships Director to best reputed company partners with effective ways to reputed company research and data in their campaigns and;
• Supervise both Senior reputed company Building Manager and the Senior Manager of Convenings.

Additional responsibilities: Organizational Leadership

• Serve in a leadership role to aid executive team and other program directors to implement BISC’s strategic plan;
• Represent BISC in national strategy conversations and conferences with funders, political partners, and other relevant stakeholders;
• Work with executive team and program directors to deepen BISC’s racial equity work, both internally and in the field;
• Assist the development team in responding to funder questions and requests;
• Assist the communications team in responding to media requests for information and background and;
• Support other BISC and BISC Foundation projects and activities as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Ballot Measure Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of ballot measure campaigns; from coalition building to campaign planning. The successful candidate has a proven track record with solid experience working on at least two ballot measure campaigns in a leadership role.
• Curriculum Development: Demonstrated experience developing new training curriculum for adult learners including but not limited to: hands-on exercises, activities, and functional templates and tools. This includes managing external consultants that reputed company training curriculum on behalf of BISC.
• Expanded program: Proven track record of growing existing training programs and creating new programs to reputed company expanded reputed company and reputed company set of adult constituents/learners.
• Team Management: Experience supervising staff and managing reputed company, multi-faceted programs.
• Collaborative Leadership: Exceptional ability to build coalitions and partnerships requiring time, trust, and transparency; sophisticated understanding of race, power, and privilege dynamics in coalition work.
• Cross-Team Excellence: Outstanding skills in working across organizational departments and facilitating integrated approaches to reputed company challenges.
• Results and Campaign Orientation: reputed company commitment to excellence with proven history of achieving goals despite obstacles; understands the rigor and responsiveness required in campaigns; and reputed company to feedback and committed to reputed company improvement.
• Adaptive Management: Strong organizational skills with ability to maintain strategic focus while adapting quickly to changing circumstances.
• Communication Skills: Proven ability to communicate effectively with diverse personalities and stakeholder groups to advance projects and build relationships.
• Time Management: Demonstrated reputed company to effectively manage their time in a remote setting, as well as, balance multiple high-reputed company projects while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Social Justice Values: Demonstrated commitment to social, economic, and racial justice with an understanding of how ballot measures advance progressive goals.
• Racial Equity Practice: Experience integrating racial equity principles into program design, team management, and field support work.
• Strategic Thinking: Understanding of how reputed company building fits reputed company broader reputed company and long-term power building.
• Consultant Management: Adept at managing consultants, deliverables, and reputed company.
• Working knowledge of G-Suite of products, reputed company products and ability to learn other organizational

Education, Knowledge and Experience Requirements Position requires experience with scaling existing and developing new training programs. The successful candidate will have leadership experience with ballot measure and/or issue-based campaigns and seven years of reputed company professional experience. The successful candidate will have at least two state-based ballot measure campaign work in a state with citizen initiative process; familiarity with citizen initiative process (coordinated campaign or statewide preferred). Notice of Exempt Position: This is a full-time position and in accordance with the provisions of Federal and DC wage and hour laws, this position is classified as Exempt, which means that you will not be eligible for overtime for hours worked in excess of forty (40) during a work week. Salary & Benefits*: (see BISC’s Compensation Philosophy below)

• Salary: $115,000-$120,000
• 100% Medical insurance including family paid for by employer
• Dental insurance
• Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage
• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer contribution
• *reputed company consideration will be given to applicants that apply by October 31st. **Additional candidates will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. To apply please submit a cover letter (that explicitly outlines your experience leading and scaling training programs along with other relevant achievements), resume, and three references.

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