Deputy Director

Job Description

Job Description

NOW HIRING: Deputy Director 

New Era Colorado Foundation and New Era Colorado Action Fund is seeking a full-time Deputy Director that will drive our program strategy and lead a program team to achieving goals.

To apply:

Please submit a resume and a cover letter! The priority deadline is November 13, but this position will be open until filled and will be removed from our website once it is filled (if the posting is still up, you can and should still apply!). Ideal start date is January 4. No phone calls please.

About New Era Colorado: 

New Era aims to build a youth movement that fights for a common vision of the world: one that centers equality, prosperity, love, and joy. A vision where everyone is treated fairly, has their basic needs met, and can thrive. Young people are the most impacted by the challenges and issues we face today and have the capacity to dream bigger, designing the solutions towards this future. And yet, young people are often shut out from the halls of power and ignored by elected officials. That’s why at New Era, we organize young people to participate in the political process, develop as leaders, and find a political home. Since our founding in 2006, we’ve registered more than 250,000 young people to vote and consistently turn out those registrants at one of the highest rates in the country. We’ve won critical protections for student loan borrowers, played a key role in ballot measure campaigns to protect abortion rights and climate, enacted voter preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds, advocated for key improvements to our voting systems, and more. Get to know us: Website | Facebook | Instagram

About the Position: 

New Era’s next Deputy Director will be responsible for leading our full program team to meeting program goals as outlined in our strategic plan. You will lead New Era’s program leadership team to shape the strategic direction of New Era’s statewide, grassroots organizing in order to build political power for young Coloradans while advancing the youth agenda!   

Job Responsibilities:

The Deputy Director reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for taking our organizational vision and turning it into short- and long-term programmatic strategy by:

• Working closely with the Executive Director to set programmatic vision for the organization, detailing how our organizing, communications, policy, and political program will achieve our mission and vision;

• Setting annual goals for the program team, specifically around our organizing, communications strategy, political, and policy work

• Driving the creation of all of our program strategy, including key shifts from the strategic planning process to more local organizing, accountability work, and policymaking;

• Designing all campaign plans and delegating execution of these plans across organizing, policy, political, and communications teams; for example on our:

  • Get Out the Vote efforts statewide 

  • State legislative session program

  • Grassroots, multi-issue organizing team

  • Local campaigns and regional hub strategy

  • 501(c)(4) strategy around endorsements, accountability, and targeting  

• Managing the Program Leadership Team, comprised of our organizing, policy, political directors, as well as the communications manager to execute their department goals through regular team meetings, check-ins, progress monitoring goals, and assessing our strategy so that we are achieving our ultimate mission; 

• Ensuring that our program team is connected and collaborating effectively through regular communication, meetings, and feedback norms; and

• Building and managing key stakeholder relationships to solidify our place in the progressive infrastructure in issue-based coalitions and progressive state tables.

What We’re Looking For: 

To be successful in this job, you will excel in these areas:

• Previous organizing, advocacy, or political campaign experience: You have a background in grassroots organizing, political campaigns, or advocacy work at the state, federal, or local level. You understand how to write and execute a campaign plan and manage a team to achieve electoral, policy, and organizing outcomes. 

• Strategic thinking and problem solving: You are a problem-solver and can grasp the subtleties of complex issues. You come up with strategic, equitable, and sustainable ways to tackle common challenges and produce positive change. 

• Proven ability to lead a team to become anti-racist in practice and principle: You are fluent in anti-racism and able to apply that knowledge to managing teams toward equitable results. You identify decisions, policies, or practices that have disparate impacts based on identity and are driven to make changes in systems and practices to operationalize equity. 

• Inclusive leadership and management: You are an inspirational leader that articulates a clear vision for the work and provides autonomy to your team to reach their goals. You delegate skillfully and hold your team accountable to results. You foster a learning and growth culture and encourage healthy risk-taking.  

• Highly organized, motivated, and detail-oriented: You are able to juggle competing demands and prioritize without sacrificing quality. You lead your team to plan backwards to make deadlines and ask for help when needed. 

• Knowledge of Colorado’s political context: You understand the political landscape in Colorado, the key players, and the opportunities/threats on the horizon for New Era. You are able to lead New Era in our strategic vision and manage relationships with partner organizations, elected officials, funders, and state tables.

• Commitment to New Era’s mission: You are passionate about the work New Era does to engage young people in the political process and believe in the power of peer-to-peer organizing. You believe in the power of young people, grassroots organizing, and policy change.

Preferred but not required 

• Experience with political databases - including VAN, EveryAction, and ThruTalk

This position is based out of New Era’s Denver office. This position will also require occasional travel to our regional hubs in Northern, Southern, and Boulder Colorado. This is a permanent, full-time, exempt, management-level position. The salary range is $93,000-98,000 annualized, commensurate with experience. 

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision; employer pays 85% of the premium), $300 annual wellness stipend, minimum $400 annual professional development funds, SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match, annual tech stipend, RTD Ecopass, generous holiday and time off, eight week paid sabbatical eligibility after four years of employment, and paid parental and family leave benefits. 

This role will include in-person work. New Era Colorado is committed to the safety of our employees and requires proof of full vaccination status for all employees unless a religious or medical accommodation is granted. If you have any questions about our safety protocols please contact us at Info@ neweracolorado.org

New Era Colorado Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and members of the LGBTQ community to apply. We do not require formal education.