- Status: Full-time Exempt
- Location: Anywhere in the U.S. convenient to regular travel
- Salary: $75,000 annually
- Deadline: Open until filled
Overview
The position of Alumni Community Manager is a new role at re:power that has been thoughtfully considered and years in the making. In the last three years, re:power has added 5,000 new alumni to our already large list of folks who have taken a training with us. Formerly known as Wellstone Action, in 2018 we rebranded into re:power—maintaining the depth and breadth of our training curriculum, but explicitly centering BIPOC communities. With sixteen years as Wellstone Action and four as re:power, this organization has developed over 100,000 alumni across the country who are campaigning, organizing, running for office, managing campaigns, and more!
Our re:power alumni base are majority BIPOC and majority women who hold different roles within the progressive ecosystem and who have participated in re:power trainings across our five program areas: Civic Engagement, Movement Building, Movement Technology, Governance and Women of Color Leadership Development.
With the creation of this role, we seek to build stronger community and connection among our Alumni Community, both between alumnus and re:power and between alumni themselves. The Alumni Community Manager is the primary person responsible for strategizing and executing programming to foster deeper connections and establish ongoing communications and continued learning opportunities for re:power’s growing alumni network. The Alumni Community Manager will bring an organizer mindset and build meaningful relationships with our alumni, primarily through digital engagement but also by designing events and other activities that matter and are relevant to their lives. This role will work closely and cross-functionally with members of the Communications, Program, and Development teams in various stages of alumni engagement development, event planning and promotion, digital storytelling, fundraising and data management.
The role reports directly to the Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing. The Alumni Community Manager will have a deep personal and professional connection with re:power’s core values.
Primary Responsibilities
include (but are not limited to):
Community Development & Management
- Create and implement a strategic vision and plan for the re:power alumni community, including:
- Build meaningful relationships with alumni through direct contact and outreach, serving as the primary point of contact
- Foster a vibrant community and increase alumni engagement through developing and executing compelling and relevant programs, events, and activities (virtual and in-person)
- Manage budgets and vendor relationships for all alumni events and programs
- Create, compile and share opportunities and resources that support alumni to continue their learning journeys and advance in their careers
- Evaluate and monitor effectiveness of programs/services. Identify problems, recommend improvements and institute changes
- Support other initiatives as needed cross-programmatically
Communications & Outreach
- Create and implement alumni messaging strategies to ensure consistent outreach and communication and foster engagement across all channels including traditional, online, and social media
- Capture and share alumni stories of impact, lessons and victories through the use of digital storytelling
- Co-create the re:power alumni community brand in collaboration with the Comms team
- Own the alumni presence on re:power’s website. Coordinate and update content on alumni webpages
- Partner with Development staff to foster a culture of giving among alumni
Data Tracking and Maintenance
- Develop a clear picture of who re:power’s alumni are by working with re:power’s CRM to enter, maintain, research and report on alumni data
- Ensure accurate and complete alumni database records; capture contact, biographical and career information of alumni through surveys and other correspondences
- Develop post-event reports that analyze alumni attendees, gathers their feedback, and compiles other event data to help measure success and inform improvements
Other
- Foster organizational knowledge-building and resource-sharing by providing timely, accurate program updates and reports to staff, Board, partners and funders, as needed
- Participate in cross-organizational activities to inform alumni programming strategies and activities
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics. It’s okay if you don’t meet every single requirement!
Who you are
We are a team that believes in the value of collaboration (even when it’s messy), working hard, communicating clearly, and aiming for excellence while also holding space for joy, compassion, and community care. You would be a great fit for our organizational culture if you:
- Are self-motivated, innovative, and creative—you can balance bold ideas and vision with the ability to operationalize and execute
- Approach the work with a growth mindset and an openness to giving and receiving feedback for continuous learning and improvement
- Value relationship-building and deeply believe in the importance of relationships for success, both internally and externally
- Have a track record of “rolling up your sleeves” and working collaboratively with others to bring projects to successful completion
- Have a great sense of humor—we’re serious about not taking ourselves too seriously!
Your experience and skills
- 3–5 years of combined experience in digital or community organizing, community engagement/management, or program development.
- Proven track record of successful community engagement or development, including management, budgeting, program delivery, communications, and data collection.
- Superb interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time while maintaining focus, close attention to detail, and skill in prioritizing
- Experience using EveryAction, or similar database
- Grounds work in racial equity: analyzes and addresses the structural impacts of policies, practices, and decisions on different racial groups, and works to eliminate inequities
- Demonstrated commitment to BIPOC leadership and to racial, social, economic, and gender justice
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills
- Willingness to work non-standard hours, including weekends, and travel when required for alumni programming and events, staff retreats and to perform other duties of the role
- Organizing experience or an understanding of the broader progressive movement is a plus.
All re:power employees are required to show evidence that they are fully up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. re:power will consider requests for reasonable accommodations, as required by law. Although re:power is a nationally-distributed, remote organization that appreciates the use of technology, we also believe in the power of gathering, both through our in-person trainings and our purposefully-designed staff spaces. Due to our requirements for travel and our commitment to gathering, re:power also has a duty to provide and maintain a workplace free of known hazards. With this in mind, re:power has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health of its employees, their families, our partners and visitors, and the community at large from the risk of exposure. Click to learn more about our COVID-19 policy.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation for this position is highly competitive, with a starting salary of $75,000 annually. re:power offers a comprehensive benefits package, including these and other employment-related benefits:
- 90% employer-paid health and dental insurance premiums for staff and their families;
- 100% employer-paid life and disability insurance;
- Exceptionally generous and flexible paid time off;
- 401k retirement benefits with a 4% employer match;
- FSA enrollment;
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave;
- 12 weeks of paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of FT employment.
Application Deadline and Instructions
This position is open until filled. Applications received by 3/17/2023 will be given priority.
Hiring Process
We appreciate your time and interest in contributing your talents to re:power’s mission. Thank you! You will receive an email confirmation after submission of your materials.
re:power is an equal opportunity employer. We eagerly invite people of color, Native American and Indigenous people, immigrants, women, genderqueer and nonbinary people, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and others to apply for all open positions at re:power.
re:power offers a lively and highly rewarding professional environment. This position can be located anywhere in the United States convenient to regular travel.
