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  • Mon 03 Jun, 2013
    Community Radio Applicant Support Case Manager
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    About ColorOfChange.org

    With over 850,000 members nationally, ColorOfChange.org is the nation's largest online Black political organization. Using the Internet, we enable our members to speak in unison, with an amplified political voice, on issues directly affecting the Black community. In the process, we also bring attention to the needs and concerns of Black folks by holding coordinated events in different parts of the country, lobbying elected representatives, pressuring corporations, running TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The Community Radio Applicant Support Case Manager works under the supervision of the Organizing Director to provide direct support to ColorOfChange members who are applying for community radio licenses. ColorOfChange will be recruiting additional applicants through the end of June, and the Case Manager(s) will work to support these applicants through the close of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) application window in mid-October. One full-time position based in Oakland, California is preferable, but under the right circumstances we would consider hiring two Case Managers working half-time and/or remotely.

    The key tasks of the Case Manager focus on identifying and assessing viable applicant groups, and directly supporting applicant organizations around legal, engineering, governance and organizational development challenges.

    Primary Responsibilities

    • Identify potential applicant groups and assess their viability in starting a community radio station.
    • Provide direct support to and manage relationships with groups applying for low power FM licenses.
    • Maintain contact data in a constituent relationship management system.

    Qualifications

    • The ideal candidate has some experience in radio production and/or management. Must have ability and curiosity to learn the FCC process in relation to community radio, and have the skill to communicate complicated technical and legal issues in common language.
    • Detail-oriented, flexible and thrives in a fast-paced, friendly environment.
    • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
    • Team orientation, responsive and collaborative working style.
    • Strong comfort level with technology and the Internet.
    • Understanding of racial justice issues necessary.
    • Non-profit management/grassroots fundraising experience a bonus.

    Compensation

    Salary based on experience.

    Application Submission

    Email cover letter and resume to: radiojob@colorofchange.org. The title of the position ("Community Radio Applicant Support Case Manager") MUST appear in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please.

  • Wed 29 May, 2013
    Finance Director
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    About ColorOfChange.org

    With over 850,000 members nationally, ColorOfChange.org is the nation's largest online Black political organization. Using the Internet, we enable our members to speak in unison, with an amplified political voice, on issues directly affecting the Black community. In the process, we also bring attention to the needs and concerns of Black folks by holding coordinated events in different parts of the country, lobbying elected representatives, pressuring corporations, running TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The Finance Director (FD) oversees the financial systems for ColorOfChange.org, which includes three organizations (c4, c3 and PAC). The FD will report directly to the Executive Director and will work closely with program directors to manage the organization's overall budget. The full-time position is based in Oakland, California.

    Primary Responsibilities

    • Manage accounting systems and all financial management, including budget reports, payroll, benefits and pension systems, A/R and A/P.
    • Lead budgeting process and monitor budget goals throughout the year.
    • Provide financial reports for the program staff, Executive Director, and/or Board on a regular basis.
    • Work closely with the development department on fundraising tracking and preparing reports for foundation and other contributors as needed.
    • Ensure compliance with city, state, and federal non-profit regulations as well as reporting and yearly tax/information filings.
    • Develop and track consultant contracts.
    • Maintain relationships with external vendors and brokers.
    • Negotiate and manage organizational insurance contracts for the corporation as well as personnel benefits (health, dental, vision insurance, etc.)
    • Interact with COC’s CPA for audit preparation as needed. Ensures accurate and timely filing of COC’s yearly 990 Form.
    • Work with contract bookkeeper on monthly reconciliations.
    • Participate in program planning and evaluation with COC as a whole, including attendance at Board/staff retreats and seminars as requested.

    Qualifications

    • The ideal candidate has at least 5-years non-profit finance experience. Must be detail-oriented, flexible, and thrives in a fast-paced, friendly environment.
    • Knowledge of Quickbooks and bookkeeping processes.
    • B.A. from an accredited university (experience will be considered in lieu of degree).
    • Team orientation, responsive and collaborative working style
    • Strong comfort level with technology and using on-line websites.
    • Understanding of racial justice issues necessary.

    Compensation

    Salary based on experience. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance as well as generous vacation allowance.

    Application Submission

    Email cover letter and resume to: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position ("Finance Director - Oakland") MUST appear in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please. Application deadline is June 14, 2013. Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis.

  • Fri 19 Apr, 2013
    Campaign Manager
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    Location: Oakland, CA

    About ColorOfChange.org
    With over 850,000 members nationally, ColorOfChange.org is the nation's largest online Black political organization. Using the Internet, we enable our members to speak in unison, with an amplified political voice, on issues directly affecting the black community. In the process, we also bring attention to the needs and concerns of Black folks by holding coordinated events in different parts of the country, lobbying elected representatives, pressuring corporations, running TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary
    The Campaign Manager is expected to be entrepreneurial in practice every day. There are hundreds of issues, events, and government policies that affect the constituency daily. The Campaign Manager is expected to utilize his or her experience, skills, and creative energy to determine which issues are of interest to our members, have sufficient momentum, systemic implications, and a clear path forward for change. As campaigns evolve and change in fast-paced political and social environments, the Campaign Manager must utilize discretion and in-the-moment judgment to identify strategic "opportunity moments" to engage members to take action and escalate the campaign. The Campaign Manager collaborates with campaign team members and external partners, especially local organizations

    Responsibilities

    • New campaigns: Analyze, interpret, and evaluate the circumstances around local/national political and social events for their potential to become a campaign, by utilizing personal campaign instincts and ColorOfChange.org's online organizing "Theory of Change"
    • New campaigns: Create plans and provide well-thought out strategy and work plans for new campaigns
    • New campaigns: Provide start to finish oversight of campaigns for which Online Organizer is the lead
    • Local engagement campaigns: Analyze and suggest moments for strategic action promoting the organization's local engagement work
    • Voting Rights: Analyze, suggest and execute campaigns in line with the organizations efforts to expand and protect the Black electorate
    • Current campaigns: Monitor and respond quickly to the fast-paced changes that occur during current campaigns through direct outreach writing (emails, blogs, print/digital media, opinion letters) to members of the constituency
    • Current campaigns: Write regular outreach emails with input from the team to alert/inform the membership of the progress of a campaign or an opportunity for action
    • Manage relationships with partners in order to maximize the impact of a campaign, ensuring strategy and messaging is consistent and clear
    • Recruit and supervise additional staff and consultants as needed to achieve campaign goals Participate in general campaign strategy sessions, evaluations, and other meetings
    • Prepare materials for grant proposals and reports pursuant to campaigns for which Online Organizer is the lead

    Qualifications
    The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer who is creative, entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, flexible, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Most of all, this person should have a knack for campaigning: the ability to spot a moment, the willingness to go after any target, and the determination to keep pushing, even in the face of long odds. Specific qualifications include:

    • Experience in online organizing or commensurate experience/skills that translate well into an online organizing environment (such as those gained in political campaigning, community organizing, and/or communications)
    • Strong knowledge of the political system/legislative process, particularly at the federal level
    • Deep understanding of racial justice issues
    • Excellent communication skills, including: The ability to reach/speak to various communities; Impeccable writing skills — the ability to differentiate between good, very good, and great writing; and Strong understanding of the news cycle
    • Team orientation and collaborative working style
    • Comfort level with technology, including databases, content management systems, blogging platforms, basic HTML and SQL
    • Familiarity and confidence with online fundraising

    Potential Metrics

    • Number of responses by members to outreach emails/blogs
    • Reactions by political actors to campaign materials/op-eds
    • Concrete online actions by members
    • Concrete offline actions by members
    • Concrete victories of campaigns

    Application Submission
    Email: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position ("Campaign Manager_Oakland") MUST appear in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please. Interested applicants should email us with a resume, cover letter, and writing sample.

  • Thu 14 Feb, 2013
    NY Campaign Fellow
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    Location

    New York, NY

    About ColorOfChange.org
    With over 850,000 members nationally, ColorOfChange.org is the nation's largest online Black political organization. Using the Internet, we enable our members to speak in unison, with an amplified political voice. In the process, we bring attention to the needs and concerns of Black folks, by holding coordinated events in different parts of the country, lobbying elected representatives, running broadcast, print and online advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary
    The ColorOfChange.org Fellowship was created to develop new leadership in the movement for racial justice, and to provide a unique opportunity to build experience in online activism by working in ColorOfChange.org offices and being supervised and mentored by ColorOfChange.org's campaign staff. The Fellow will work with the Communications Manager and report directly to the Sr. Campaign Manager in New York. The Fellow will assist with the day-to-day execution of ColorOfChange.org's blog, social media and Culture/Media Accountability campaign work, as well as with the longer-term strategic planning necessary to ensure success across these platforms.

    Responsibilities

    • Assist with creation of campaign materials: emails, petition text and calls scripts, blog posts, op-eds, social media, press releases, etc.;
    • Monitor political and social events for their potential to impact and shape campaigns;
    • Plan, write, edit, and proofread materials including web content and other documents as needed;
    • Collaborate in curation of third-party media content to be highlighted by ColorOfChange.org, and in production of original media content;
    • Support the coordination of on-the-ground events, e.g., petition deliveries, community events, legislative district meetings;
    • Conduct research projects, and handle routine writing and administrative tasks; and
    • Complete other tasks as assigned.

     

    Qualifications
    The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer who is creative, entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, flexible, able to juggle multiple tasks, and thrives in a fast-paced office setting. The candidate should be excited about working in a campaign-style environment and willing to take on new responsibilities as they arise. Specific qualifications include:

    • Excellent oral and written communication, research and organizational skills;
    • Demonstrated experience/interest working on racial justice issues;
    • Familiarity with online organizing;
    • Demonstrated experience/interest in culture or media;
    • Background in media production, journalism and/or the study of media portrayals is a strong plus;
    • Eye for graphic design and technical skills to generate effective visual aids (print and digital) are desirable.

     

    Compensation
    The Campaign Fellowship is a six-month temporary appointment, and Fellows are paid $10 per hour for 40 hours of work per week. Fellows are classified as temporary, non-exempt employees, and earn pro-rated paid time off and holidays. At the end of the fellowship period, subject to fit and organizational needs, ColorOfChange.org may extend the Fellow an offer of employment as campaign staff.

    Application Submission
    Email: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position ("NY Campaign Fellow") MUST appear in the subject line of the email. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Interested applicants should email us with a resume, cover letter, and brief writing sample. If applicable, applicants are additionally encouraged to include a link to a relevant audio or video sample, ideally a self-produced podcast or clip.

     

  • Thu 07 Feb, 2013
    Senior Communications Manager
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    Location

    New York City

    Organizational overview

    With more than 850,000 members nationally, ColorOfChange is the nation's largest online Black political organization. Using the Internet, we enable our members to speak in unison, with an amplified political voice. We bring attention to the needs and concerns of Black Americans by holding coordinated events in different parts of the country, lobbying elected representatives, running TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues. For more information, please visit www.ColorOfChange.org.

    Position overview

    The Senior Communications Manager will work with both the Executive Director and Campaign Director to execute the organization’s communications, social media and culture/media advocacy strategies. This position will play a critical role in supporting all communications work, including writing and editing PR material, website copy, campaign outreaches, and collateral campaign material, and ensuring that communications with our membership, reporters, producers and other media professionals are timely and of high quality.

    We are looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented candidate with strong writing skills and solid news judgment who is online-savvy and thrives in a deadline-driven environment.

    Job responsibilities

    Writing & Editing:

    • Writes copy related to a variety of campaigns and organizational initiatives, including but not limited to press releases and advisories, email outreaches, website updates, blog posts and letters to the editor.
    • Proofreads, fact-checks, rewrites and edits as needed.
    • Comfortable in a collaborative writing environment, including editing and being edited by others.

     

    Media Relations:

    • Works with Senior Leadership to drive ColorOfChange’s communications work and develop a strategic communications plan.
    • Manages organization’s press clippings and recorded media appearances.
    • Monitors mainstream and African-American news outlets and identifies opportunities to amplify the voices of ColorOfChange and its membership.
    • Assists with planning media moments and organizing media events.
    • Develops relevant partnerships and identify coalition opportunities.
    • Identifies possible speaking engagements for Executive Director and appropriate staff.
    • Responds to media inquiries.
    • Manages consultants.
    • Manages, builds and maintains relationships with relevant reporters, producers, editors and other media professionals.
    • Assists with planning media interviews for various staff, including logistics, scheduling and follow-up.

     

    Media Advocacy/Online Strategies

    • Grows our social media presence and finds innovative ways to advance our campaign work and organization.
    • Regularly updates website with press releases and media coverage.
    • Ensures home page and other web pages are updated with fresh content regularly.
    • Provides start to finish oversight of campaigns that the employee is responsible for.
    • Monitors media and pop culture to respond quickly to the fast-paced changes that occur during current campaigns through direct outreach email writing (emails, blogs, print/digital media, opinion letters) to members of the constituency.

     

    Administrative Support

    • Maintains media contacts database.
    • Responds to and/or reroutes media inquiries.
    • Researches ad rates and places ads and other promotions.
    • Assists Campaign Director and Executive Director with projects as assigned.

     

    Qualifications

    • Bachelors degree or 3-5 years equivalent professional experience in communications, journalism, PR, or media relations, preferably for a racial justice, political or news publishing organization.
    • Prior political organizing or online organizing experience, a plus. Strong interest in and commitment to racial, social and economic justice. Extensive knowledge of print and electronic news media.
    • Excellent news sense and political savvy. 
    • Strong framing and storytelling skills. 
    • Excellent writing and proven proofreading skills, with competence in the following styles: media releases, letters to the editor, blogs and op-eds. Knowledge of AP style a plus.
    • High proficiency with MS Office suite, Internet research, and database management. 
    • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, work independently, prioritize and multitask on several projects simultaneously.
    • Self-motivated, flexible, and able to work well as part of a team.
    • High proficiency with social media and web-based tools.
    • Experience with basic HTML preferred.
    • High attention to detail.

     

    To apply

    Please send resume and cover letter that explains your qualifications and interest in this position, along with a writing sample, to jobs@colorofchange.org.

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