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Arena · 2 days ago

Program Manager

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$63K/yr - $67K/yr

3+ years exp

Arena is committed to fostering nonpartisan democratic engagement among colleges and universities in the United States. The Program Manager will be responsible for building relationships with institutions, managing recognition opportunities, and providing leadership within the community of practice program.

Higher Education

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Manage a network of higher education institutions, including recruitment of new campuses, onboarding campuses and primary contacts, ongoing campus-specific communications, and supporting overall engagement in the ALL IN program

Manage campus and individual awards programming

Manage agenda setting, campus engagement, and regular conversations with institutions within and interested in ALL IN’s Community of Practice program

Contribute to ALL IN’s digital engagement (e.g., webinars) opportunities across programs and collaborating with Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition partners doing similar work

Collaborate with team members to provide updated content for program and funding reports, as well as for campus resources and toolkits

Support ALL IN’s involvement with the Ask Every Student program

Participate in the action plan review process and provide feedback on campus action plans

Support new civic discourse programming

Contribute to student-facing programs and initiatives, including supporting nonpartisan student voting groups

Organize virtual and in-person events such as regional campus voting summits, trainings, and webinars. Represent the ALL IN program at conferences, trainings, and events

Cross-collaborate with Civic Nation hub teams to ensure cohesive, comprehensive, and efficient efforts to achieve relevant ALL IN program goals

Support the intern experience by way of recruitment, project engagement, and professional development

Comfortability with the ability to travel and represent ALL IN and Civic Nation at conferences, events, and campus visits (approximately 20% of time)

Other reasonable and related duties as assigned

Qualification

Field organizingNonpartisan democratic engagementEvent planningData managementContent creationHubSpotGoogle WorkspaceCanvaTypeformCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsAttention to detail

Required

3+ years of experience in field organizing, nonpartisan democratic engagement, and/or higher education

1+ year of experience working directly with college students, faculty, or staff

Demonstrated experience with event planning, communications, and/or fundraising

Experience with data management

Experience with content creation processes and tools to draft graphics, toolkits, and reports

Preferred

Experience with HubSpot preferred

Understanding of higher education and nonpartisan democratic engagement

Ability to consistently complete projects and adapt to shifting priorities while working to meet multiple deadlines simultaneously

Ability to produce results in a collaborative environment as well as act as a self-starter

Adept in utilizing tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Canva, Typeform) to create professional presentations and other written programmatic materials

Ability to build relationships and work with people in various contexts

Commitment to strong data collection and analysis practices

Approaches problems creatively and with an entrepreneurial spirit

Brings high attention to detail and organization to all projects and tasks

Have a commitment to nonpartisan democratic engagement

Have an understanding of nonpartisan democratic engagement (civic learning, voter participation, student voting) activities, preferably connect to higher education

Have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Strong interpersonal and oral presentation skills