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Vice President, Community organizing 🔥


About Leadership for Educational Equity

Leadership for Educational Equity is a nonprofit leadership development organization inspiring and supporting a network of civic leaders to eradicate the injustice of educational inequity.

Through one-on-one coaching, fellowships, workshops, and resources, LEE works to develop and inspire its members individually and collectively, across all disciplines – as policy makers, advocates, elected leaders and community organizers. LEE membership is free and currently open to all Teach For America corps members and alumni. LEE believes that when a diverse group of leaders, grounded in a commitment to equity, are in leadership roles, they will serve as a transformative force for and with students and communities.

LEE is a diverse team of passionate and talented individuals committed to making a difference. We are a high-growth, results-oriented organization that operates in an entrepreneurial environment deeply invested in continuous improvement. LEE is honored to have been selected as a LATINA Style 50 Award recipient and a “When Work Works” award recipient. We are also an Employer of National Service.

If you would like to become part of our team and join the fight for educational equity, or if you would simply like to learn more, please visit educationalequity.org.

Position Summary:

The Vice President, Organizing Leadership sets vision and direction for LEE’s community organizing platform, which includes training, digital support and engagement, organizing technology and more. The Vice President will lead the 8-person Organizing Leadership (OL) team, including building a diverse team, and developing and managing the team to ambitious results. Through the Organizing Leadership team, the Vice President will build on the current platform to enable stronger organizing impact in the short-term, and more impact as LEE expands over the long-term. Rooted in leadership development best practices, the OL team will create online, in-person, and blended learning opportunities to enable effective volunteer community organizers across the country to achieve tangible changes in education policy that better serve students. Successful applicants will have strong experience in community organizing and team management. This position reports to the Senior Vice President, National Impact.

Position Location: Flexible

Travel Requirements:  Up to 50% (*no current travel due to COVID pandemic)

Responsibilities:

Organizing Platform Development (40%)

  • Create and execute the Organizing Leadership strategy to ensure organizing platform supports (training, digital support and engagement, organizing technology and more) grow and strengthen LEE members and enable greater organizing success across the country
  • Oversee the creation of online, in-person, and blended learning opportunities
  • Establish supports for volunteer organizers in regions with varying time commitments
  • Build both the collective action theory of development and supports so that 50% members are engaging with collective action in regions and developing through it at all ladder levels, and converting into other ladders
  • Create the national platform for regions to execute the organizing alliance work in regions

Team Management and Financial Stewardship (30%)

  • Manage a diverse team of 8 to meet and exceed goals
  • Manage budget for OL team and ensure fiscal responsibility for work on the team
  • Evaluate staff member performance and develop differentiated professional development plans as well as lead the team’s hiring, culture building, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and team building efforts
  • Work with National Impact senior leaders and across LEE teams to ensure staff in regions are developing the organizing skills, knowledge and mindsets of LEE members and working towards increased member impact for kids
  • As a member of the organization-wide Leadership Team and member of the National Impact Leadership Team, collaborate with other Vice Presidents across the organization to develop various, meaningful ways to increase member engagement, recruitment results, and provide optimal support to members interested in organizing leadership
  • Collaborate with teams across the organization to leverage programs and assets to reinforce support for members
  • Set goals and lead the team to execute effectively and efficiently to goals including managing through the talent continuum
  • Provide financial leadership around the Collective Action work

Set Organizing Vision & Strategy (20%)

  • Set vision and direction for the Organizing Leadership (OL) team and for LEE’s Collective Action work across the country, including all national platform supports to regions and members in OL and evolution of the organizations

Special Projects (10%)

  • Complete other projects as assigned by the SVP, National Impact

 Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or commensurate years of experience
  • 10 years of relevant professional experience
  • 10 years of experience with issue-based community organizing, with 5 years of experience in a senior role, including base-building, leadership development and community-set policy platforms
  • 4-5 years of experience building, managing and growing a highly effective team 
  • Familiarity with digital organizing
  • Entrepreneurial and innovative mindset; demonstrated experience leading growth and scale of programs
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, as well as ability to establish and maintain professional relationships
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct landscape analysis and strategy
  • Proven ability to operate and thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
  • Ability to work flexible hours with occasional weekends and evenings
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate within a geographically dispersed team
  • Strong, demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion
  • Deep passion for educational equity and belief in LEE’s mission and theory of change

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Graduate degree 
  • 6+ years of managing teams to exceed goals
  • Experience leading and managing a geographically dispersed and/or start-up team

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