Senior Manager – Rural Democracy Policy & Program

Job not on LinkedIn

🔥 17 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $85k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

👻 Ghost score 0%

What it means: the chance that no one is really hiring for this job.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Clover Search Works

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

2 - 10 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🎯 Recruiter

💼 Consulting

Non-profit • Recruitment • Consulting

Clover Search Works is a nonprofit executive search and transition support firm that helps nonprofit organizations identify and recruit senior leaders. The firm provides executive search, transition support, coaching, trainings and workshops, and emphasizes equity in search practices. Its website navigation and page copy highlight services for current searches, publications, and client testimonials, indicating a focus on serving nonprofit clients through recruitment and advisory work.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement grantmaking strategies for assigned priority states • Manage a policy and communications-focused grantmaking portfolio and state-based grantmaking • Conduct research and outreach in specific geographies, communities, and issue areas • Build trusting relationships with existing and new grantees and partners • Collect grantee reports and participate in site visits • Gather, review, and organize grant proposals, reports, and supporting materials • Prioritize and recommend grants and support grant docket preparation • Assess impacts and opportunities with field and funding partners • Co-lead and manage the bi-annual Rural Policy Action Summit, including organizing a 50-person convening • Project manage and contribute to the bi-annual Rural Policy Action Report • Serve as a thought partner on policy best practices • Support the grantee network through resources, coaching, and peer-to-peer learning • Contribute to policy-focused communications • Support the Senior Program Officer and Strategic Partnerships team • Participate in grantee data collection, surveys, and political landscape summaries • Monitor and update grantmaking data systems with the Grants Management team • Advance program priorities through meetings, retreats, surveys, work plans, and project plans • Facilitate grantee access to resources, tools, and capacity-building opportunities • Identify persuasive case examples and timely news for newsletters, annual reports, and policy memos • Translate grantee impact stories, photos, quotes, and anecdotes into fundraising content • Work part-time with affiliated Rural Victory Fund to advance 501(c)(4) investments

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of related work experience in a nonprofit, advocacy, government, intermediary, or foundation setting, and/or equivalent • Understanding of social change, civic engagement, public policy, or political strategy • Significant experience advancing policy change and navigating policy tradeoffs within coalitions • Experience connecting local and state priorities to federal policy • Demonstrated commitment to racial justice and fluency with equity and anti-racist practices • Ability to listen deeply, hold space for different perspectives, and work with people from varied political, cultural, and social backgrounds • Strong writing and verbal communication skills • Excellent relationship management skills with diverse constituencies • Ability to work independently and drive complex projects involving cross-organizational and external collaboration • Experience building and using organizational systems to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and complex projects • Exceptional attention to detail • Acumen with event and convening organization and facilitation, and working with coalitions • Entrepreneurial and resourceful, proactive and creative problem-solving • Connection to and passion for rural people and places • Experience in the philanthropic sector and with grantmaking preferred • Experience working on rural federal policy and/or with national advocacy organizations preferred • Understanding of the media and communications landscape preferred • Understanding of rural and small town America through lived, professional, and/or volunteer experience preferred • Familiarity with Monday.com, Google Suite, Airtable, Fluxx, and Slack preferred • 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofit program management experience preferred • Must be authorized to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families • 401k retirement plan • 3% automatic 401k contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions • Pre-tax transportation benefits • 120 hours of vacation time annually • 80 hours of health leave annually • Up to 2 days of casual leave annually • 20 hours of volunteer leave annually • 13 paid holidays annually • 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment • Fully remote work from home within the United States • Occasional travel within the US • Professional growth and impact opportunities

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume