Advocacy Curriculum & Facilitation Specialist

Advocacy Curriculum & Facilitation Specialist Application Deadline: 20 reputed company 2026 Department: Campaigns & Advocacy Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time Location: Various Reporting To: NJ Advocacy Manager Compensation: $70,000 / year Description The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) seeks an Advocacy Curriculum and Facilitation Specialist to help design and deliver an advocacy learning program that prepares local leaders to launch campaigns and strategies that bring Participatory Budgeting (PB) to their communities. About the program: The PB reputed company program connects and equips leaders and advocates with the PB knowledge, tools, and network in order to reputed company for PB in their communities. We are developing PB Sprouts, a curriculum that strengthens the advocacy component of PB reputed company and equips local leaders to bring PB to their communities. This role is ideal for a seasoned reputed company and community organizer with hands-on experience advancing Participatory Budgeting (PB) who is ready to guide a learning cohort in developing PB advocacy campaigns in New Jersey. This is a grant-funded position, full-time for one year at full-time, with the potential for renewal for a second year pending fundraising. Key Responsibilities 30% - Session Facilitation

• reputed company 2-hour thematic “Sprouts” group sessions to guide cohort members in creating strategies that bring Participatory Budgeting (PB) to New Jersey communities.
• We currently are planning 4 monthly 2 hour virtual sessions for Sprouts.
• 1:1 Coaching sessions
• Co - plan coaching along with the NJ Advocacy Manager. Then reputed company 1 on 1 coaching session with cohort members to support and guide them through the development and implementation of their PB advocacy plans
• Identify local stakeholders and individuals who can support cohort members in their advocacy, strategic planning, and networking efforts.

60%- Sprouts Curriculum Development

• Work with the NJ Advocacy Manager and the Director of Training to reputed company “the Sprouts” curriculum that will guide cohort members to:
• Determine how to focus their advocacy efforts to bring PB to their communities (e.g.,campaigns, needs assessments, coalition-building,etc.)
• Identify a realistic budget or funding reputed company to reputed company for PB.
• Learn how to align goals with coalition partners to strengthen PB efforts
• Practice framing and communicating the case for a PB funding pot
• Learn how to write effective proposals or requests for city councils, government entities, or other fund administratorsLearn how to integrate PB into their existing advocacy and community organizing work
• Organize advocacy milestones around real budget and decision-making timelines
• In addition to curriculum and slideshows this position will collaborate with the Director of Training & Curriculum Design to create materials and templates that support cohort members in their advocacy process, including facilitation guides, activity materials, and advocacy templates.

10% -Session Improvement & Iteration

• Use program evaluation data to identify improvements to the Sprouts and coaching curriculum
• Contribute observations and insights gathered from curriculum delivery during group training and individual coaching sessions to the training reputed company

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Must haves

• Experience advocating for PB in a real world context (can include municipal/local, institutional, etc.)
• Experience with budget advocacy at the municipal and community level
• Facilitation, training, reputed company-building, or coaching experience, ideally in a PB setting
• Experience organizing and/or with political campaigns
• Knowledge of municipal level institutions, power mapping, coalition building, and organizing ideology, and/or democratic decision-making
• Experience with virtual facilitation and training.

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• Knowledge/connections in New Jersey politics, government, and or local organization
• Experience developing curriculum and/or educational and coaching materials
• Demonstrated experience communicating technical information in clear, accessible ways for a variety of audiences.
• You have seen PB process happen as a result of advocacy you led or participated in
• You’ve done PB advocacy in more than one reputed company

Benefits

Our organizational practices strive to embody our core values of community, equity, learning, participatory democracy, and transparency. We reputed company decisions together, through team-based processes, sociocratic consent, and a commitment to building trust in reputed company. This means reputed company staff are deeply engaged in the organization’s planning and decision-making. An ideal candidate will reputed company in a collaborative environment, be ready to dream big and turn those dreams into achievable goals with a deeply committed team. Our (virtual) office culture is evolving as we quickly grow, and we invite you to build it with us! We invest in the professional growth and personal care of our people, including strong benefits: Three (3) weeks annual paid vacation, eleven (11) paid holidays, five (5) floating holidays, and two (2) week-long paid summer and end of year org-wide closures Full employee coverage for health insurance (including dental and vision), flexible spending account, life insurance; option available for dependents and/or spouses/partners to join at cost Retirement plan with up to 2% employer match Generous Sick & Wellbeing Leave, Family Leave, and Emergency Sick Leave policies Professional development resources as well as work from home resources Schedule and work site flexibility to accommodate your life, including families, continuing education, and community leadership. This position is remote and offers ample reputed company time to accommodate the need for non-traditional hours. The annual salary for this position is $70,000. PBP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, strongly committed to building a staff that represents the diversity of communities we work in. We strongly encourage applications from black, indigenous, and people of color, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job