Head of Programme Management

The initial application window for this position has closed and the search team is currently reviewing candidates. This is a virtual position, but due to the programmatic nature of this role and our geographical base of community members and organizational partners, this position must be based in New Mexico or in the surrounding border areas of Arizona or Texas.
Strong Families cultivates people power by deeply caring for our communities, growing our collective leadership, and centering the lived experiences of people most impacted to shape meaningful change. We lead organizing, movement building, narrative, leadership development, and civic engagement strategies so that people can thrive. Strong Families is a fully-remote organization and is growing our team from five to seven people in 2026. Alongside community members and strong organizational partners, we have built and expanded rural organizing, year-round civic engagement, and statewide healthcare access and affordability policy wins. Our healthcare work includes programming focused on healthcare access for all community members and comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including abortion care.
Programmatic Project Management and Leadership: Coordinates the planning, implementation, and evaluation of program projects including the legislative program, campaigns, events, community outreach, and leadership development projects.
Engages community leaders, organizational partners, and community members to meet program goals and objectives.
Maintains and builds strong working relationships with community leaders and organizational partners with the vision of building long-term collaborations between the organization and others.
Leads or co-leads community meetings and trainings, local events, and other outreach efforts such as door-to-door canvassing, site canvassing, phone banks, or text banks to meet program goals.
Creates community resources and training materials to meet program goals.
Creates and maintains the annual communications calendar for regular sharing of Strong Families programmatic work via website, social media, email, and earned media.
Uses project management tools and systems to plan, track, and communicate work progress.
Uses systems to document qualitative and quantitative metrics on Strong Families' program work.
Analyzes and synthesizes data findings, outcomes, and impact indicators and writes program reports to share findings on our work for internal and external use as needed.
Writes content for emails, letters, social media posts, and other communication as needed.
Travels for events and meetings within New Mexico up to 20 times per year for 1-4 days at a stretch (Travel is 1-2 times per month average with higher travel frequency during legislative sessions in Santa Fe and higher travel frequency across the state during peak campaign times which shift from year to year).
Travels out of state 1-3 times per year for conferences or training.
Program Systems Management: Creates and monitors program project and event budgets in alignment with the organizational budget.
Oversees, maintains, and updates the main organizational database/CRM for the individuals, organizations, and work related to programming
Effectively utilizes all financial, 501c3, and related systems by following financial systems protocols and filing documents in a timely and accurate manner, including payment requests, monthly credit card reports, and time/lobbying tracking forms.
Shares community organizing and campaign learnings with the Strong Families team for ongoing strategy development.
Contributes to the overall strategic direction of the organization, acts as a role model and coach for community leaders and other members of the team as needed to help build a healthy organizational culture.
Participates in organizational strategic planning, work plan development and evaluation, and performance measurement to improve organizational and personal program work and growth.
Participate in inclusive wellness and grounding practices such as breathing, stretching, and low-impact physical movement or other accessible forms of movement as part of our team building and organizational culture.
Supports the engagement of community leaders in fundraising strategies to capture the work of the organization's campaigns and programs, and to strengthen our resource mobilization efforts.
Strategic Thinking and Community Organizing Implementation: The Program Manager understands the foundations of community organizing and has a minimum of 5 years experience in nonprofit campaign, organizing, and/or civic engagement work working with diverse and underserved populations. This position knows New Mexico communities well. The Program Manager knows how to envision ways to get toward larger goals and at the same time how to center community members in this work. This position understands how to collaborate and work alongside community members most impacted by systemic oppression and build strong relationships for impact and change. The Program Manager has the ability to control and handle confidential and time-sensitive information, possess good judgment, and has an awareness of other people's needs. The person in this position has the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and work well with others, while exercising respect for all the communities we work with.
The Program Manager is a strong project manager who ensures that multiple projects and tasks involving community members, staff, and organizational partners are running smoothly with people invested in the work and updating one another along the way. The Program Manager must be reliable and accountable regarding their work and actions and helps others do the same. This position has careful attention to detail, including wording used in communications and an understanding of clear visual presentation of information such as the skills to put together trainings and resources that community members understand and value. The Program Manager must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace. Being bilingual in English and other languages is a plus.
Data and Systems Skills: The Program Manager has a strong ability to use online systems, manage databases, and organize data for internal record keeping and external reporting. You have proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google Suite (word processing, spreadsheets, email, calendaring, and cloud storage applications), web browsers, and the basics of database and conferencing software.
Some organizational needs require work on occasional Fridays, other weekend days, and evenings. We are a fully-remote organization.
Due to the programmatic nature of this role and our geographical base of community members and organizational partners, this position must be based in New Mexico or in the surrounding border areas of Arizona or Texas.
Ability to travel is required for this position. This position travels for events and meetings within New Mexico up to 20 times per year for 1-4 days at a stretch (1-2 times per month/average with higher travel frequency during legislative sessions and peak campaign times). This position might involve travel out of state 1-3 times per year for conferences or training. This position must have the ability to drive with a valid state driver's license and, if driving one's own car, proof of insurance coverage meeting Strong Families' organizational insurance levels.