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Right to Start · 2 hours ago

Director of Partnerships & Community Engagement

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

Right to Start is seeking an experienced Director of Partnerships & Community Engagement to provide leadership and hands-on management to build, engage, grow, and mobilize action for their national networks. This role blends people leadership, community engagement, and organized planning to drive impact and support the organization's mission for entrepreneurship.

CommunitiesNon ProfitSocial

Hiring Manager

Morgan Allen, MBA

Responsibilities

Own the execution for recruiting new Founders and meeting goals to expand the national community, which is core to building R2S's national base of supporters

Provide regular touches with the community: emails, updates, CTAs, texts, and opportunities to participate

Activate Founders around campaign pushes (examples: storytelling, activation events, civic engagement)

Highlight and engage top-performing Founders via the newsletter, social media, and other R2S communications channels. Ensure that top-engaged Founders feel celebrated and connected to the broader national effort

Oversee tracking of community growth and engagement data within Quorum, including the number of Founders recruited and actions taken

Lead the strategy for building and expanding the Partner network, including building, managing, and fulfilling partner relationships and ensuring regular engagement across the full network

Work directly with our most active partners to align strategic goals, foster collaboration on campaign initiatives, craft formal partnership agreements as necessary, and manage fulfillment of any such agreements

Plan and lead Partner Calls that serve as opportunities for collective action for partners. The calls should ideally be held monthly, but may be adjusted as needed. These calls will provide clear, high-impact actions for partners to take in alignment with the America the Entrepreneurial monthly CTA

Ensure partners are consistently activated with clear calls to action that align with the national campaign

Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of partner agreements, engagement metrics, and outcomes in Quorum and Monday.com

Manage the Ambassador recruitment pipeline to identify, engage, and onboard new members and build strong, diverse representation (across backgrounds, geographies, and ideologies) from volunteer civic leaders across the country

Plan, script, and deliver polished, purposeful monthly Ambassador Calls

Oversee the full cycle of the annual Ambassador project (each person’s individual commitment of how they will advance the mission), including:

Maintain ongoing, personal engagement with Ambassadors through regular check-ins, updates, and recognition

Collaborate with the Sr. Director of Field & Campaign Strategy to align all Right to Start networks with the work of statewide coalitions, ensuring shared goals, consistent communication, and mutually reinforcing actions

Qualification

Community EngagementNetwork BuildingStrategic Partner ManagementData TrackingCampaign ManagementPeople LeadershipSelf-directed

Required

Experience in leadership and hands-on management to build, engage, grow, and mobilize action for national networks

Ability to design, test, build, and operationalize programs to grow network membership

Experience in community engagement and organized planning

Ability to use software systems, including Quorum and Monday.com, to track network growth, engagement, and campaign outcomes

Strong writing skills

Ability to work effectively with people across highly diverse backgrounds, geographies, and ideologies

Self-directed, dedicated, motivated, and disciplined, especially in a remote work environment

Highly entrepreneurial with a dynamic 'get the job done' spirit

Cares deeply about everyday people trying to start and grow businesses

Possess personal qualities of humility, integrity, and dependability

Benefits

Comprehensive insurance: medical, dental, vision

401(k) benefits

Annual Remote Work Stipend to cover office-related costs, such as internet connection, coworking space, and computer/phone equipment (currently $3,000 per year)

Flexible vacation policy and generous holiday observances

Family leave