PolicyLink is hiring a
Position Announcement
POSITION TITLE: Managing Director, Winning on Equity in Places
LOCATION: Remote
STATUS: Exempt
APPLY BY: Open Until Filled
About PolicyLink
This position, available immediately, is an exciting opportunity to join the staff at PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works®. We are dedicated to improving the lives of the 100 million people in America who live in or near poverty, particularly those facing the barriers of structural racism. We are currently working remotely. Please visit our website at: www.policylink.org.
Position Overview
Winning on Equity in Places is PolicyLink signature cross-programmatic, place-based program. Our strategy centers the dignity, voice, and power of the 100 million people living in or near poverty in key regions of the country—including California, the US South, Midwest, and Puerto Rico—to advance the kinds of structural changes necessary to bend the arc of development towards justice. Winning on Equity in Places leverages two decades of place-based partnerships and corresponding communities that are part of our Water Equity and Climate Resilience, Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Workforce Development networks of community leaders and local government actors to create racially just, economically inclusive, and ecologically sustainable cities, regions, and states.
The strategy is driven by three goals.
The Managing Director for our Winning on Equity in Places strategy will play a lead role in shaping the development of our new Sustainable Cities for All (“SC4A”) initiative that invests in transformational local solutions at the intersection of climate change and racial wealth equity by strengthening the capacity of relationships between cities and communities to co-create and implement solutions. The initiative will prioritize deep investment over four years in up to 25 cities with significant Black populations and high levels of climate vulnerability and racial wealth inequity. PolicyLink serves as the lead partner for SC4A and will coordinate the efforts of national, regional, and local partners to implement a portfolio of community engagements.
With a passion for developing collaborative relationships to execute innovative strategic initiatives at the local level, the Managing Director will coordinate a team of partner organizations working to refine processes where historic systems have opportunities for greater success, and support ground-level innovation at scale by centering relationships with one another and the work.
The Managing Director will oversee PolicyLink statewide California program; our emerging Puerto Rico portfolio; and our SC4A program. As such, they will be a high-level orchestrator of a networked organization management structure that requires collaboration across a core group of internal and external partners. The Managing Director will also be responsible for executive management duties including progress reports to the program funder(s), and ensuring overall success of the program and partnership.
The Managing Director will focus on these key areas of responsibility:
Strategic Leadership
Program Communications
Program Operations
Learning Culture
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge Required
Experience and Qualifications
Additional Candidate Characteristics
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $175,000 - $225,000 dependent upon experience.
Additionally, PolicyLink provides a generous and comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k match, ancillary benefits, access to Flexible Spending Accounts and generous leave benefits.
How To Apply:
We accept online applications only.
Please note: No phone calls please. Only those selected to participate in our hiring process will be contacted.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
PolicyLink strongly values equity and believes in a just and fair society where all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. We work towards a more inclusive world and as such we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. PolicyLink is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.
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