Partnerships Manager

Description

About For Our Future

Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and racial and social justice. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve peoples lives.

In 2018, we made over 10 million door knocks and held over 1.5 million face-to-face conversations with voters in 7 states. Our turnout operation and innovative program helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians, expand Medicaid coverage to 400,000 in Virginia, and resulted in sizable electoral progress at the state and federal level, including the pickup of 3 Gubernatorial offices, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.

For Our Future will continue to grow and win through 2020, building power across issue fights and elections. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our current state programs include Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a dynamic individual to assist with the For Our Future and For Our Future Action Fund partnership programs. This is a key role interfacing with our State Directors, external partners, and other progressive organizations across the country. Our ideal candidate is a clear communicator, is highly detail-oriented, has excellent people skills, demonstrates a passion for progressive issues and politics, and has sharp political instincts.

The Partnerships Manager is based in Washington, DC and reports to the Campaigns Director.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the partnership program, including
  • Reviewing grant applications
  • Shepherding grant applications and agreements through an internal approval process
  • Maintaining a database of grantee specifics, progress to goal, and accountability metrics
  • Producing materials related to the program
  • Providing training on the program to state staff
  • Collaborating with staff across partner organizations to ensure grants are administered smoothly and results are achieved
  • Working with national and state staff to identify new potential partners
  • Implementing quality control and technical assistance for partner programs
  • Working with state staff to ensure that partnerships are executed in a culturally competent fashion
• Representing the organizations at coalition and table meetings as needed
• Producing issue and constituency-based program reports

Qualifications:

• At least four years working in progressive politics or advocacy
• Exceptional communications skills and extraordinary attention to detail
• Proficiency with Google and Microsoft platforms
• Flexibility and a willingness to take on new tasks and work long hours as needed
• Experience working on projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working on an electoral campaign a plus
• Experience working on an issue campaign a plus
• Experiences working for or with labor a plus
• Experience drafting program strategy and budgets a plus
• Experience drafting and reviewing contracts a plus
• Experience working for a community-based nonprofit organization a plus

EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

• Normal hours of business are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday, however employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends and nights.
• Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively during blackout periods. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.

For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid, and 5% employee paid
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave
• Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
• $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement
• 10 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
 

At-Will Employment
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as employment at will. This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing employment at will relationship. By signing below, you hereby affirm your that your employment is at will, and that you acknowledge that no oral or written statements or representations regarding your employment can alter your at will status, except for a written statement signed by you and our Chief Executive Officer or duly authorized representative as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors of For Our Future Action Fund.