[Hiring] Regional Director @All Hands On Deck Network Inc.

Role Description

As the Regional Director, Western States, you will be MVP’s main liaison with local groups, intermediaries, select national partners, and select donors seeking to support movement building across a set of priority states in the West, including but not limited to California, Alaska, Nevada, Nebraska, and Texas. You will report to the Director of State Programs and work closely with peer State Advisors and the Capacity Building teams.

Regional Directors are integral to meeting MVP’s mission. They cultivate trusting relationships and contribute flexible resources to make timely investments that build progressive power and drive meaningful policy change, especially for communities still fighting to secure a seat at the table.

• Build a deep, ongoing understanding of state political landscapes, progressive infrastructure, challenges, and opportunities through ongoing landscape analyses, and serve as experts in their state at MVP (20%).
• Work on the ground with state-based partners to advance power-building efforts in support of short-term and long-term policy and electoral goals (35%).
• Make investment recommendations to the MVP team to support immediate political opportunities, organization and infrastructure-building, and long-term progressive electoral and legislative power (15%).
• Serve as a trusted ally and strategic advisor to our partners and connect partners with capacity-building resources at MVP to support their organizational development and strategic capacities (10%).
• Advise and align in-state donors, funding partners, and intermediaries to leverage, maximize, and streamline funding towards progressive gains (10%).
• Document and communicate about the groups and the state landscape regularly as needed; evaluate progress and make recommendations for necessary future strategic shifts (10%).

Responsibilities

• Continue developing and implementing a Western strategy, with a particular focus on Nevada and other necessary states.
• Build a deep, ongoing understanding of the region’s political landscape, progressive infrastructure, challenges, and opportunities through ongoing landscape analyses.
• Identify opportunities for regional approaches to support ecosystem building, policy gains, and/or electoral needs.
• Informed by local partners and other resources, build an understanding of the progressive ecosystem to inform short-term and long-term investment recommendations within the region.
• Work with local, state, and national partners to identify opportunities for state partners to work across state lines to support policy goals, ecosystem building, and/or electoral goals.
• Ensure power-building investments are reflective of MVP’s values, especially mission-based and our commitment to anti-oppression, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice.
• Build and maintain trusting, values-driven, strategic relationships through regular meetings with partners and allies.
• Work with local groups to strengthen their annual and multi-year electoral, issue advocacy, and base-building plans.
• Identify state infrastructure gaps and political opportunities, then work with partners and allies to address and build infrastructure.
• Draft internal strategy documents and external C3, C4, and PAC state plans for investment recommendations.
• Manage your grantmaking budget for the state, including tracking partner budget gaps and adjusting the grantmaking budget accordingly.
• Nurture new and emerging movement voter organizing groups, alliances, and special projects or campaigns.
• Work with MVP’s grantmaking team to administer and track grants across the state.
• Support local groups in assessing their staffing and capacity needs, upgrading their operations, identifying opportunities and gaps, and implementing best practices.
• Liaise and actively engage with relevant stakeholders as appropriate: local funders, organizing networks, intermediaries, influencers, etc.
• Develop relationships with local funders, partners, and intermediaries to advise their work in the state.
• Lead MVP’s engagement with the state C3, C4, donor tables, and other local alliances as appropriate.
• Work with state-based groups to complete compelling and legally compliant program reports that are rooted in state plans.
• Provide strategic insights to State Programs Team leadership about how MVP reporting processes can continue to evolve.
• Share “what’s working” with other partners and fellow State Advisors to facilitate continued relationships and growth.
• Document and share with MVP staff stories and photos from local organizations, campaigns, and individuals that illustrate the success of your state’s strategy monthly and in key moments.

Qualifications

• Depth of knowledge of political and movement ecosystems in the state gained through political campaign experience and/or movement organizing experience (ideally both!).
• Experience working across diverse movements, coalitions, and constituencies.
• Passion for supporting a diverse ecosystem of grassroots organizations.
• Ability to assess state funding landscapes and grassroots groups’ capacity to grow and expand.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing.
• Organizational and campaign leadership experience, preferably at the senior level.

Requirements

• In-depth understanding of the funding landscape in Western states, with a particular interest in Nevada.
• Some experience with, or strong desire to learn about, fundraising and grantmaking.
• Demonstrated success supporting and coaching a wide variety of leaders and organizers.
• Experience in state-based organizational leadership roles.
• Familiarity with field campaign data and tools, including Slack, Airtable, VAN, and Google Suite.
• Some experience with, or strong desire to learn about, compliance issues that guide 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC work.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $142,800 - $163,200 (based on skills and experience)
• Employer-paid premiums of health insurance at 100% for most individuals & 75% for family.
• Dental and vision insurance coverage.
• 401(k) account with partial match.
• Basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance direct coverage.
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account availability.
• Work From Home stipend.
• Wellness stipend.
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance.
• Access to free online courses.
• Paid vacation (4 weeks), paid holidays (9 days), and office closures (fall and winter breaks).
• Two floating paid days off (to be used at your discretion).
• 18 weeks of paid Parental Leave.
• Up to 4 weeks of paid Bereavement Leave.
• Up to 12 weeks of Family Leave (up to 4 weeks paid).
• Sabbatical policy.

Other Details

• Full-time, remote, exempt position.
• Occasional travel for MVP team gatherings (2-5 times per year).
• Frequent travel in states throughout the West.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.