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  • Mon 16 Apr, 2012
    Director of Operations
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    Location

    New York City / San Francisco Bay Area

    About ColorOfChange

    With over 800,000 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. 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 TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The Director of Operations is a new position responsible for the day-to-day management of and business operations for ColorOfChange’s New York office, and remote supervision and oversight of ColorOfChange’s California office. This person will serve on the ColorOfChange Leadership Team and work closely with the Executive Director on all aspects of organizational strategy, operations, and management. Applicants should understand organizing and technology, and have a commitment to racial and social justice.

    This position reports to: Executive Director

    Principal Responsibilities:

    Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement

    • Responsible for ensuring that ColorOfChange is compliant with all applicable non-profit filing requirements of federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
    • Assist Executive Director in the execution of 501(c)(3) entity formation, ensuring that all steps are performed within the mandatory timeframe.
    • Prepare annual and biannual informational filings.

    Finance and Administration

    • Lead the annual budget process and manage interim budget revisions.
    • Liaise with bookkeeping, AP/AR support providers.
    • Carry out all cash-flow planning to anticipate availability of and requirements for money.
    • Prepare timely and accurate financial and management reports for management team, board of directors, related organizations, and supporting foundations.
    • Manage audits and proper filing of tax returns in conjunction with outside accountant/auditor.
    • Assure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and partnership requirements, including the proper segregation of funds whose use is restricted by law to specific activities or specific entities.
    • Assure proper tracking of restricted net assets and compliance with all grant restrictions.
    • Maintain, improve, and document internal-control systems.
    • Work closely with development staff on the financial elements of grant proposals, grant reports, and fund restrictions.
    • Ensure that the organization maintains adequate financial and legal records.

    Human Resources

    • Provide a strong day-to-day leadership presence and make key operational decisions necessary to achieve organizational goals. Identify which decisions the Executive Director is uniquely positioned to be involved in and implement systems that facilitate timely decision making
    • Develop processes and procedures for the recruitment of new program and administrative staff.
    • Maintain schedules of employee performance evaluations; ensure that scheduled performance reviews are held on schedule and properly documented; provide administrative support for goal setting systems.
    • Administer internal programs for employees, such as training & development.
    • Support Executive Director on organizational leadership and special projects.

    Office Management

    • Develop guidelines and procedures to ensure that office policies are implemented consistently across locations.
    • Manage contracts with consultants (e.g., media/public relations, tech, contract writers) and external vendors.

    Qualifications

    • Experience with non-profit regulatory paperwork required; experience with non-profit formation strongly preferred.
    • Staff supervision/management experience preferred.

    Application Submission

    Email: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position (“Director of Operations”) MUST appear in the first line of the email. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Interested applicants should email us with a resume, letter of interest, and salary history.

  • Wed 28 Mar, 2012
    Voter Engagement Campaign Manager (Temp)
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    TITLE – ColorOfChange.org Voter Engagement Campaign Manager

    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. 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 TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The ColorOfChange Voter Engagement Program was created to maximize civic participation amongst Black Americans during the 2012 election and beyond using cutting-edge online strategies and tools. The Campaign Manager will work closely with ColorOfChange’s Campaign Director and will play a lead role in the development and execution of ColorOfChange’s 2012 voter engagement plan. The Campaign Manager will also be primarily responsible for managing the data operation for ColorOfChange.org during the 2012 election cycle – overseeing its integration with the organization’s national and state programs and working to ensure that decisions are data-driven.

    Essential Job Functions

    • Support ColorOfChange’s voter engagement program, including voter file management, the development of a voter engagement microsite and related tools;
    • Work closely with staff and state partners to target voter contact programs effectively;
    • Provide the reporting structure, reliable counts and data-based analysis needed to assess the campaign’s progress and to efficiently allocate resources;
    • Assist with creation of campaign materials: voter engagement microsite, emails, blog posts, op-eds, text messages, press releases, radio and online ads etc.

    Qualifications

    The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer who is detail-oriented, creative, entrepreneurial, 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 written communication, research, and organizational skills;
    • Demonstrated experience/interest working on racial justice issues;
    • Familiarity with online organizing and basic concepts of voter contact targeting and list creation;
    • Knowledge of VAN and/or Catalyst Experience explaining data and technical concepts to nontechnical end-users;
    • At least one cycle of field, data or online organizing experience working on a political campaign.

    Interested Applicants should email a Resume and Cover Letter to jobs@colorofchange.org. This position is open in both New York City and Berkeley, CA.

  • Tue 18 Oct, 2011
    Campaign Fellow
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    Location: New York / San Francisco Bay Area

    About ColorOfChange.org

    With over 750,000 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 TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The ColorOfChange.org Campaign 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 Campaign Fellow will work with ColorOfChange.org’s Executive Director on projects related to the organization’s campaign advocacy. The Fellow will assist with managing ColorOfChange.org’s website, blog, and social media presence, facilitate member outreach and contribute to video production, conduct research projects, and handle routine writing and administrative tasks. ColorOfChange.org’s fellowship program requires a commitment of one year and a minimum of 25-30 hours per week. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program at least half-time as a graduate or undergraduate student, or have successfully completed a graduate or undergraduate degree within the 12 months preceding the application date.

    Responsibilities

    • Support ColorOfChange.org’s social media program, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and CoC blog;
    • Monitor political and social events for their potential to become campaigns;
    • Assist with creation of campaign materials: emails, blog posts, op-eds, text messages, press releases, etc.;
    • Plan, write, edit, and proofread materials including blog posts, op-eds, and other documents as needed;
    • Support the coordination of on-the-ground events, e.g., petition deliveries, house parties; 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 written communication, research, and organizational skills;
    • Demonstrated experience/interest working on racial justice issues;
    • Familiarity with online organizing;
    • High comfort level with technology a plus, in particular:
      • Familiarity with Final Cut Pro or comparable software (Adobe Premier or Avid);
      • Familiarity with compression software like Sorenson Squeeze or Compressor; and
      • Knowledge in compression formatting for the web.

    Compensation

    The Campaign Fellowship is a one-year temporary appointment, and Fellows will be paid a stipend of $10/hour for up to 30 hours per week. Fellows are classified as temporary, non-exempt employees, and earn pro-rated paid time off and holidays.

    Application Submission

    Email: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position (“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 3-page writing sample.

  • Tue 18 Oct, 2011
    Campaigner
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    Location: San Francisco Bay Area

    About ColorOfChange.org

    With over 750,000 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 TV and print advertisements, and demanding that the news media cover our issues.

    Position Summary

    The Campaigner is expected to be entrepreneurial in practice every day. There are hundreds of issues, events, and government policies that affect the constituency daily. The Campaigner is expected to utilize his or her experience, skills, and creative energy to determine: which issues have sufficient momentum, and a clear plan of action to be put forward to members. As campaigns evolve and change in fast-paced political and social environments, the Campaigner must utilize discretion and in-the-moment judgment to identify key “opportunity moments” to engage members of the constituency and call them to action. With the range of campaigns undertaken by ColorOfChange.org, this work is extremely varied in nature, utilizing a methodology/theory of change as a guide. The Campaigner oversees the work of Campaign Associates and the Community Relations Specialist, while collaborating 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 Campaigner is the lead.
    • 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 Campaigner is the lead.

    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; and
    • Concrete victories of campaigns.

    Application Submission

    Email: jobs@colorofchange.org. The title of the position (“Campaigner”) 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.

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