Category: Executive Level

Policy Director Philadelphia or Harrisburg, PA: Education Law Center

The Education Law Center-PA, a statewide nonprofit legal advocacy organization that has played a leading role on key issues of educational equity and civil rights since 1975, seeks an experienced professional for a full-time policy advocacy position. The candidate should have a demonstrated commitment to civil rights, racial justice, educational equity, and advancing the rights of underserved populations.

The mission of the Education Law Center is to ensure that all children in Pennsylvania have access to a quality public education. ELC employs a broad range of strategies to accomplish this mission including direct legal representation, impact litigation, educating parents and students about their legal rights, supporting community-based groups, and policy advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels. Our work focuses on issues of access and equity in public education for students historically underserved by education systems, including students of color, students with disabilities, multilingual learners, LGBTQ youth, students experiencing homelessness, and students involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. We work to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure fair funding for public schools, and make certain that all children have access to the full range of public education opportunities.

Job Responsibilities include:

  • Leading ELC’s legislative and policy initiatives with a primary focus on our fair school funding advocacy
  • Working in collaboration with partners in other organizations to advance the rights of students
  • As a member of the Management Committee, the Policy Director will advise the Executive Director and colleagues on policy advocacy implementation consistent with ELC’s strategic priorities
  • Engage, develop, and execute a public policy agenda that supports the organization’s strategic goals
  • Identify, track, and analyze relevant legislation before the Pennsylvania General Assembly, in concert with colleagues
  • Prepare and edit policy and advocacy materials, including reports in collaboration with colleagues
  • In collaboration with communications team, develop and coordinate messaging on policy matters and speak publicly on ELC’s behalf at events and to the media
  • Informing and developing ELC’s policy positions at the local, state, and federal level
  • Supervising attorneys on policy work

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Director of Content, Communications: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

This position will be based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Washington, D.C. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees.

About FIRE 

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the most essential qualities of liberty. FIRE educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights, promotes a culture of respect for these rights, and provides the means to preserve them.

Position Description 

FIRE is seeking a Director of Content with 10 or more years of experience to oversee and execute a cohesive editorial strategy that tells FIRE’s story across media platforms and galvanizes more Americans to join our fast-growing free speech movement. The Director of Content supervises the in-house creative, social media, and editorial teams, while also collaborating with teams across FIRE, specifically our Litigation, Rapid Response, Public Advocacy, and Campus Rights Advocacy teams.

  1. Developing and implementing a comprehensive and cohesive multimedia strategy that tells FIRE’s story across multiple channels.
  2. Managing, mentoring, and motivating the in-house creative, social media, and editorial teams to ensure FIRE produces top-notch content, including articles, social media, graphics, and video.
  3. Collaborating closely with the organization’s Creative team, Digital Editor-in-Chief, and Digital Communications Strategist to identify fresh content ideas and new trends that the public is thirsty for, propelling FIRE’s mission, and growing FIRE’s audiences across different platforms and executing on those ideas and trends.
  4. Leading weekly content meetings to determine what to produce each week as well as to discuss larger projects that require cross-team and cross-department coordination and collaboration.
  5. Supervising editorial, social, and video content calendars to ensure the proper coordination and cadence of content on FIRE’s website and across its social media channels.
  6. Setting comprehensive goals for performance and growth of the content across platforms.
  7. Monitoring relevant performance metrics across platforms and adjusting strategy to focus on what works to meet or exceed relevant key performance indicators.
  8. Managing vendor relationships and contracts as well as finding and managing new vendors to assist in producing content for FIRE’s website and social media channels.
  9. Finding and onboarding software and other tools to increase the efficiency and speed of creating and publishing content on FIRE’s website and across its social media channels.

This position involves occasional travel. Moderate work on weekends and evenings should be expected.

The expected start date for this position is as soon as possible.

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Legal Director: Legal Clinic for the Disabled

Organization Overview:

For over 35 years, the Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) has worked to empower low-income people with disabilities and the deaf and hard of hearing in the Philadelphia region by providing free legal representation to overcome legal obstacles that would otherwise affect clients’ independence, health, or quality of life. LCD is headquartered in Center City, and our practice areas include family, housing, planning documents, public benefits, and social security law. Through LCD’s Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative, staff work directly with medical partners at multiple sites across Philadelphia, and through our Housing Initiative, LCD actively participates in the Philadelphia Eviction Prevention Project. Additionally, we conduct general telephone intake and hold Community Legal Outreach Clinics. Last year alone, LCD served over 1,900 clients and more than 2,000 additional household members, furthering our mission to foster inclusion, independence, and justice for all.

Position Overview:

The Legal Director reports to the Executive Director (ED) and is responsible for working with the ED to provide leadership to ensure that LCD achieves its overall mission and annual objectives. The Legal Director leads, manages, and supports legal personnel who provide direct client representation and serves as lead counsel or co-counsel in major litigation. The Legal Director also oversees the development and dissemination of legal information (e.g., cases, statutes, and regulations) to provide support to the legal team and assure staff knowledge remains up to date.

Responsibilities:

Leadership:

  • Participates in the agency management team and functions as Acting ED when the ED is absent or otherwise unavailable
  • Participates in annual development of LCD’s areas of work
  • With the ED, establishes program benchmarks and recommends improvements; develops standards for reporting, accountability, and measuring success; and makes program development recommendations to the ED
  • Participates in planning and applying for LCD fund diversification, including grant writing and review

Legal Team Management:

  • Day-to-day leadership and oversight of the agency’s legal work and legal team members;
  • Leadership and oversight of the agency’s advocacy work
  • Participates in regularly scheduled meetings with all legal team members
  • Engages in legal work on behalf of clients and maintains a personal case load
  • Establishes procedures for each step of LCD’s direct services of clients beginning with intake, determining which cases LCD will take based on resources, and the distribution of cases to staff
  • In conjunction with the Supervising Attorney, oversees MLP operations at each site, including referral forms and processes, provider trainings, and staffing
  • Supervision of attorney case work and court appearances when the Supervising Attorney is otherwise unavailable
  • Works with staff to establish annual goals/expectations and conducts 6-month check-ins with staff regarding goals/expectations
  • Works with the ED to recruit and hire legal team members
  • Oversees orientation and training of new legal team members
  • Files impact litigation
  • Identifies experienced practitioners to provide mentoring for staff attorneys in new practice areas and other counties
  • Oversees the pro bono arm of LCD’s direct services

Program Development and Evaluation:

  • Coordination of in-service trainings for staff, including both substantive legal issues as well as skills-based trainings
  • Oversees data collection, including setting uniform data points, storage, outcome measures, and client authorizations
  • Coordinates with the Supervising Attorney and staff attorneys across MLP sites to share best MLP practices
  • Coordinates with the Housing Director to ensure compliance with expected deliverables and outcomes

Community Involvement and Systemic Advocacy:

  • Oversees LCD attendance at specific Philadelphia Bar Committee monthly meetings, task force group meetings, and MLP cohort meetings
  • In coordination with the ED and Housing Director, cultivate and maintain relationships with regional legal services agencies to identify areas for collaboration;
  • In coordination with the ED, identifies areas to target for policy advocacy and impact litigation;
  • Oversees submission of abstracts to regional and national conferences regarding the MLP model, LCD’s MLP Initiative, and LCD programs.

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Executive Director: Reclaim Philadelphia

Reclaim Philadelphia is a member-led organization that builds community power to win change, reclaim government for the people, and advance economic, racial, and gender justice. Since our founding in 2016, we have significantly changed the political landscape in Philadelphia with a series of previously unimaginable electoral victories. Recently independent after years of fiscal sponsorship, we seek our first Executive Director. The most important thing you need to know before applying is that we are a membership organization and do not want to be a typical nonprofit. Our Board is committed to being member-led, making our organization more democratic, increasing member participation, encouraging member initiative and leadership development, and moving away from Covid-era electronic-only organizing practices. Externally we want to focus on collaborative work and strengthening relationships with partners old and new.

Good candidates must support our values and our theory of change. They will be creative, kind, respectful, positive, and organized. Further, they will align with the vision of greater democracy and collaboration laid out by the Board. They will be anchored by a deep commitment to membership and sense of accountability to members and, more broadly, to serving the multiracial working class. They will agree that staff time should be used not to do all the work, but to build the infrastructure to empower and facilitate members and leaders to organize neighbor-to-neighbor, like a membership-led organization should. They will be eager to think outside the boxes and traps of the nonprofit world and work as a partner with the Board and member-leaders to experiment to create powerful new models of success that combine the reliability of paid staff with the scalability and true power of member-led organizing.

The Executive Director will work with the Board and member leaders to achieve Reclaim’s mission, conducting day-to-day operations efficiently, developing and evaluating programs, overseeing campaigns, managing personnel, and leading fundraising efforts. More specifically, the Executive Director will:

Program and Operations: 

  • Work with the Board and members to build the infrastructure of the organization, ensuring systems, processes, and work plans across the organization are aligned with Reclaim’s vision and current priorities and that day-to-day operations are set up for maximum impact.
  • Ensure strategic priorities are reflected in an actionable plan with measurable milestones and outcomes.
  • Perform day-to-day operational and programmatic duties and tasks related to the continued functioning and success of Reclaim, including but not limited to meeting with member leaders, planning trainings, developing field plans, etc.
  • Serve as a lead external ambassador and spokesperson for Reclaim with the media, donors, coalition partners, elected officials, and other external stakeholders.

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Communications Director: Children First PA

Position Summary

We are seeking a talented communications professional with experience creating and deploying strategies that penetrate social media portals and traditional media, creating news and effecting the public narrative, writing persuasively and incisively, conceptualizing simple and interesting graphic images of data and messages, and a burning passion for deploying the tools of advocacy to improve the lives of children. Our work is dynamic and requires a communications professional who understands the need to be responsive to external events and effectively juggle tasks so that large efforts and advocacy goals continue to be advanced.

Key Duties:

  • Build and maintain relationships with the reporters who are assigned to beats that align with our work and stay abreast of current news in the five counties and the capitol press corps to connect our work with emerging or breaking news at the county or state-level.
  • Write effective media advisories, pitch messages and press releases that attract media coverage of our events, reports and stories; and write strong press releases that enable reporters to rapidly cover an issue or an event and enable news outlets to readily use the content of releases for stories where space and time permit.
  • Lead Children First’s digital advocacy by:
  • Directing strategic development, implementation, and assessment of Children First’s organic digital engagement through social media, email, website content, and other platforms. Ensure alignment with platform capabilities, content relevance, and current trends.
  • Build the reach of Children First’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram presence, ensuring state of the art use of these platforms that stimulate engagement.
  • Write and produce the biannual newsletter, including finalizing all content and assembling graphics and photo images.
  • Work with colleagues on the development of reports, events, or campaigns to hone the narrative, talking points and narrative development tools so that when anything “goes live” it is accompanied with a thoughtful media strategy. Participate in the communications subcommittee of coalitions advocating for school funding, early learning supports and more.
  • Maintain a depth of knowledge about the issues Children First has at the forefront of its advocacy by attending staff meetings, team meetings and carefully reviewing Children First research and public statements.
  • Track and share creative and effective child advocacy messaging campaigns from other states/cities and consider how those examples can be applied to our work.

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Voter Registration Director: Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)

Description

About the Organization:

The Asian American Community Fund of PA (AACFPA) is the first-ever statewide nonpartisan civic engagement organization directly advocating for the needs of Asian Pacific Islanders in PA. Built by Asian American  community leaders across the state with a collective 50 years of experience advocating for our people, we build long-term political power and win justice for our communities.

The AAPI PA Power Caucus, a project of the Asian American Community Fund of PA,  is the first and only statewide Asian American civic engagement and power building coalition in Pennsylvania. Formed in 2019 as a nonpartisan 501c3 table, now comprised of 20 Asian American nonprofits representing Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, South Asian, Muslim, Filipino, and LGBTQ+ organizations, we have since been building our collective power and developing our API Platform for PA.

This position is shared with our sibling entity, the Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA), a separate 501(c)4, to whom the employee may also report and provide services consistent with the below duties on occasion.

Position Overview: 

The Voter Registration Director reports directly to the Community Fund’s Deputy Director in setting the strategy, program management, and implementation of the Community Fund’s and API PA’s overall voter registration work. This includes working with the Deputy Director, Community Fund, and API PA staff to build relationships with Power Caucus member leaders and API PA field and organizing staff, and coordinating voter registration strategies and tactics of both Caucus members and non-Caucus API organizations across the state. and API PA’s field and organizing staff to reach their VR field goals.

Responsibilities:

The following responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel classified in this manner. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

  • Lead overall VR workplan development across our ecosystem, including setting and tracking VR goals, timelines, strategies, tactics, and evaluation across all c3 and c4 entities, consulting and collaborating with API PA’s Field Director and Organizing Director, and AACFPA’s Deputy Director
  • Set and track the VR program budget, consulting and collaborating with AACFPA’s Deputy Director and Finances and Admin Director
  • Conduct 1-on-1s with Power Caucus civic engagement staff and leaders to hear about their organizations and civic engagement programs, especially history and current plans for voter registration and support VR goal setting and capacity building
  • As needed, attend Power Caucus field subcommittee meetings to coordinate VR activities; follow up 1-on-1 with leaders as needed to finalize dates/times; attendance; phonebank lists; and other roles
  • Work with API PA’s Field Director, Organizing Director, and field/organizing staff to set VR goals and priorities, consult on implementation plans, track progress towards goals, and consistently evaluate and debrief program plans
  • Supervise and coordinate API PA field/organizing staff and Power Caucus civic engagement staff/leaders on shared VR program goals and projects
  • Develop and deliver trainings and educational materials (templates, raps, presentations, tech support documents) to support field staff and member organization leaders to effectively meet voter registration goals
  • Attend VR events and canvassing as needed to support training and capacity building of staff and leaders
  • Submit metrics and outcomes report, including quantitative and qualitative accomplishments
  • Support the Community Fund’s Deputy Director and Executive Director with VR related development work, including program planning and grant drafting as needed

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Executive Director: Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust

Description

The Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust seeks an experienced, executive leader to advance the organization’s mission to provide resources, opportunities, and economic empowerment to the community. The Executive Director plays a crucial role in leading and advancing the organization’s mission and objectives. The incoming executive director will be an experienced fundraiser with a proven ability to navigate the development landscape in the city of Philadelphia. This position requires a dynamic individual with strong leadership acumen, strategic planning capabilities, and operational management expertise. The Executive Director will be responsible for developing and expanding organizational programming, fostering community engagement, and managing various partnerships. Additionally, the person in this role will oversee office activities, ensuring compliance with leases, contracts, and various vendor relationships.

About the Company: 

The Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust was founded in 1966 by the late Reverend Dr. Leon H. Sullivan, to provide resources and opportunities essential to self-help and economic empowerment.  The Trust owns and operates the Leon H. Sullivan Human Services Center which provides office space to a range of social and human service providers. The Trust is co-owner of Progress Haddington Plaza at 56th in Philadelphia, PA. The Trust uses its resources to economically empower the community and individuals through a range of grants and as well as scholarships for college and vocational schools, internships, and community engagement.

Candidate Profile: 

The ideal candidate for this role will be an energetic and innovative self-starter with a proven track record of advancing institutional growth. The Trust is highly engaged in the Philadelphia community and requires a leader who has a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively across a variety of stakeholders and to produce quality results as an independent contributor.  Strong communication and people management skills are essential.

Professional Characteristics: Required / Desired Skills

1. Proven, effective leadership skills with a deep understanding of servant leadership in community-engaged organizational contexts

2. Experience in multi-directional management and

3. Proficient in brand communications, marketing, and storytelling.

4. Ability to represent the organization effectively with stakeholders.

5. Established experience in strategic planning & implementation, including experience in developing, and adjusting strategic plans.

6. Ability to align strategies with organizational goals and adapt to changing environments.

7. Experience with operational management and oversight, including management of staff and facilities.

8. Experience and insight in leasing, tenant management, vendor selection, and overall operations supervision.

9. Experience in fundraising and grant writing, preferably in the nonprofit sector.
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Executive Director: University City Arts League

Since 1965, the University City Arts League, now commonly known as The Arts League (TAL), has been a beacon of artistic expression and cultural enrichment in West Philadelphia. TAL is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of providing a nurturing space where individuals of all ages and backgrounds can immerse themselves in the transformative power of the arts. From fostering creativity to building community partnerships, TAL is dedicated to making the arts accessible and impactful. http://artsleaguephl.org/

As the Executive Director (ED) of TAL, you’ll step into a pivotal role as the visionary leader guiding our organization’s daily operations, strategic initiatives, fundraising, and community engagement efforts. Collaborating closely with our Board of Directors, dedicated staff, and passionate volunteers, you’ll champion our mission and drive TAL toward its next phase of growth.

Program Development and Oversight

The Arts League has a multitude of youth, community, and adult programs happening throughout the year. Responsibilities would include:

– Ensuring and supporting the continued excellence  of our diverse arts programs, including after-school activities, summer camps, and adult classes.

– Maintaining administrative oversight of the Community Arts Program, extending our reach and impact to local K-12 students.

– Managing, staffing, and fulfilling all requirements for any program grants the organization may receive.
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Executive Director and Director of Development: Chester Charter Scholars Academy Foundation

About the Company:

Chester Charter Scholars Academy Foundation is dedicated to supporting educational excellence at Chester Charter Scholars Academy. With a focus on fundraising and fund development, the Foundation aims to secure resources that empower the school to provide high-quality education to students in the Chester community.

Candidate Profile:

An ideal candidate for the Executive Director and Director of Development role at Chester Charter Scholars Academy Foundation is an accomplished development professional with a robust background in strategic fundraising, organizational development, and management in a non-profit setting. Possessing a minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible development experience, this candidate has a proven track record in successfully leading development strategies and campaigns, particularly within the education sector. This individual excels in articulating a compelling vision, aligning strategic goals with the Foundation’s mission, and has a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Their experience in driving successful fundraising initiatives positions them as a transformative leader poised to elevate the impact and financial sustainability of the Foundation through exceptional interpersonal skills, enabling them to foster strong relationships with major donors, Board members, and key stakeholders. An advanced degree in Nonprofit Management, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
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Director of Communications: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Director of Communications oversees the design and implementation of communications, marketing, outreach, social media, website, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies and tools.  This includes coordinating with colleagues and external partners to develop the annual communications calendar and utilizing various tools to achieve the following: create general communications, attract participants to World Affairs programs for youth and adults; grow the World Affairs brand and position across the region; increase membership; media relations; and partner closely with the Development team.  This position will oversee key external vendor relationships for public relations, website, branding, and CRM (Salesforce) and will work with regional partners on collaborative messaging.  This role works closely with the President & CEO and the leadership team to ensure that organization-wide goals are defined and met.  This position reports to the Senior Vice President of Programs. Direct reports of this position include the Digital Content Manager.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Communications Planning, Management, and Implementation

  • Through a collaborative approach, develops and implements an annual communications and marketing calendar.
  • Serves as the curator and steward on external communications including drafting content and reviewing copywriting done by others to ensure a consistent organizational voice utilizing key messaging.
  • Strategizes and actions key communications pieces including but not limited to: annual report, newsletters, event descriptions, fundraising appeals, remarks for staff speaking engagements, standard presentations, flyers, marketing tools, and letters written on behalf of the organization.
  • Leads story-finding initiatives to identify impactful experiences that can be utilized to advance World Affairs.
  • Maintains key messaging, including visual (photos and video) and written forms, for consistent use across the organization.
  • Leads website oversight and strategy, including content of all types and maintaining the digital “press room” and media relations webpage, in partnership with staff and an external vendor.
  • Manages design, procurement, inventory, and distribution of marketing tools such as tablecloths, flags, pop-up banners, giveaways, small, branded gifts, and related items.
  • Manages the budget for all communications, marketing, and related vendor contracts.
  • Collaborates closely with external partners and organizations on aligned communications for joint projects.
  • Manages vendor selection and relationships such as, but not limited to: public relations, branding, website, giveaway items, printing service providers, photography, videography, and customer relationship management (CRM)

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