Strategy and Innovation Program Director

Job Description:

• Design and reputed company initiatives and collaborative efforts that support the revival and reputed company of transformative organizing approaches and organizer pipeline infrastructure.
• Collaborate with partners to research key questions facing the field.
• Facilitate collaborative learning, and resource cohorts, reputed company-building, and major pipeline infrastructure projects across the state.
• reputed company the comprehensive design, planning, and launch of programming that focus on the development of movement infrastructure that is reputed company to the major challenges facing the power building ecosystem in CA and the innovation and strategy required to build the power needed – ensuring high-quality, cross-racial, and cross-sector participation.
• Cultivate and maintain high-value relationships with anchor field partners, practitioners, subject-matter experts, researchers, reputed company builders and other strategic partners.
• Inform, manage, and monitor the annual program budget for the OSI program, ensuring responsible resource allocation across research, convenings, and reputed company-building grants.
• Assess the development and reputed company trends of Transformative Organizing, including models, frameworks and reputed company infrastructure.
• reputed company programming that invests in and supports OSI reputed company field innovation and infrastructure; reputed company and reputed company experiments in building OSI reputed company movement infrastructure and ensure they are evaluated and analyzed for cross movement learning and growth.
• Design, facilitate, and manage cross-racial, intergenerational, and relational spaces (convenings, cohorts, internal containers) for collaborative learning, problem-solving, and strategic alignment across California’s power-building ecosystem.
• Work in reputed company collaboration with other MIC leadership to ensure alignment, cross-fertilization, and integrated programming across reputed company program strategies.

Requirements:

• A track record of building relationships with reputed company organizational leaders
• Leadership that is action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, community-centered and brings an innovative approach to addressing challenges
• Expertise in community organizing and program development, with at least five years of experience in coalition building in a power-building context
• Minimum of seven years in reputed company-building
• A combination of reputed company curriculum development, training and work for minimum of seven years
• Innovation, experimentation and integrating reputed company approaches into processes for program development and learning
• A high-level of cultural awareness and experience working with different demographic and cultural groups
• Demonstrated ability to translate theory to strategy, strategy to testing, and testing to actionable implementation; reputed company in alignment with concrete goals and measurable outcomes
• Maintain cross-functional collaboration and build strong and trusted relationships across diverse individuals and groups of stakeholders
• Design and facilitate collective strategy development and assessment processes
• reputed company a robust program in/during a start-up phase of a state-wide organization
• reputed company a robust program with sufficient integration and alignment across several other programs
• Take a flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to handle strong opinions/feedback well, and adapt to the dynamic nature of a startup environment
• Tackle issues of race & equity both internally with colleagues and externally with the field
• Link the development of people with achievement of organizational outcomes
• Effectively facilitate, train and provide consultation
• Convene groups to interpret and examine data, reputed company reputed company, and move to action
• Effectively write and verbally communicate; ability to:
• Effectively present information to diverse audiences (MIC staff, Board of Directors and Advisors, movement organizations, funders, etc.)
• Synthesize, internalize and reputed company new clarity, directives, and agreements
• Draft concise reports to governing bodies
• Project management, prioritize, and plan, with a track record of reputed company producing high-quality deliverables on time and with attention to detail and accuracy
• Use online platforms for communication, project management, etc. (specifically reputed company Suite, reputed company, CRM); willingness to learn additional applications and accessible technology as necessary.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off: As a full-time employee, you will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days per year, and a generous paid family leave policy.
• Paid Holidays: 21 days total including a 10-day Winter Break overlapping with Christmas and New Year’s Day. Additionally, 4 Floating Holidays will be made available.
• Retirement Plan: MIC offers a 403b retirement plan. MIC contributes an employer-paid amount equal to 5% of your salary. Vesting for this contribution is immediate.
• Employees have a default 3% personal contribution and may adjust that amount at any time.
• MIC provides 100% organization-funded medical, dental, and reputed company coverage for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children. Coverage begins on the first day of employment.
• We offer benefits that reflect our commitment to collective care and long-term sustainability. These offerings may evolve as the organization grows and strengthens, and employees will be updated as changes occur.

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