Leaders for Educational Equity: Managing, Elected Leadership

[Leaders for Educational Equity]

The Manager will be responsible for assisting the Elected Leadership
team growing the pipeline of Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE)
members pursuing elected office, converting those who intend to run
into candidates, providing support to candidates to be successful in
state and local political campaigns, and once in leadership, providing
support to elected leaders to become more effective in their elected
role. This involves working directly with members who are considering
running for office, candidates and their campaign teams, members in
elected office, as well as internal and external partners. The Manager
of Elected Leadership will report to the Managing Director of Elected
Leadership.

Responsibilities:

- Track upcoming elections in over 15 states, including research open
seats, election deadlines, election law, opposition research and
critical local data;
- Coordinate with LEE Field Engagement and Leadership Training and
Initiatives teams to identify and recruit potential LEE candidates and
build relationships with existing candidates, as well as foster growth
within candidate pipeline;
- Support Managing Director and Director of Elected Leadership on
recruitment goal tracking;
- Provide strategic support for LEE members who intend to run for
office and candidates and their teams;
- In consultation with data management staff, update and maintain
comprehensive systems for tracking all LEE members interested in or
running for office;
- Support members who intend to run for office and candidates in
developing campaign plans to include detailed field, fundraising,
messaging, media and mail plans;
- Manage relationships with LEE candidates and track progress on
field, fundraising and voter communication goals for dissemination to
LEE staff, board, partners and members;
- Manage LEE’s voter data system nationally;
- Build target universes and field plans for candidates, including
city council and school board races;
- Coordinate with external partners to coach/train potential
candidates and support candidates;
- Assist elected LEE members in becoming more effective elected
leaders by working with external partners, coaches and Leadership
Trainings and Initiatives team to provide training and mentorship;
- Support senior leadership and other team members on special
projects.

Experience and Skills:

- Bachelor’s Degree required;
- Demonstrated success in political campaigns, ideally focused on a
broad array of campaign activities;
- Strong organizational skills and detail orientation;
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects with diverse stakeholders
and tight deadlines;
- Strong relationship-building skills with internal and external
stakeholders;
- Strong research skills;
- Strong creativity and ability to implement innovative ideas;
- 50% travel required; Ability to work flexible hours with occasional
weekends and evenings.
- Demonstrated ability to draft and edit effective, streamlined and
error-free communications;
- Demonstrated ability to conduct political landscape analysis and
strategy;

Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word;
- Some web design and graphic design experience preferred;
- Some voter file experience preferred.

Benefits and Salary:

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior
experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity:

Leadership for Educational Equity seeks individuals of all ethnic and
racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to
maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all
those who can contribute to this effort.

About Leadership for Educational Equity

LEE believes that we will succeed in eliminating educational inequity
only if a critical mass of leaders at every level of government
believes that it is possible and understands what it will take to
accomplish this end. When Teach For American corps members experience
success teaching in low income communities, they emerge with the
conviction that the opportunity to attain an excellent education is a
civil right, and that the achievement gap is both unacceptable and
solvable, if enormously complex. This set of deeply held beliefs,
coupled with natural leadership traits and abilities that characterize
a Teach For America corps member, is exactly what we need driving long-
term systemic change throughout the public sector.

LEE was launched to inspire and support individuals pursuing public
leadership. We know there are significant hurdles on the path to
realizing high impact careers in public leadership. Our mission is to
enable individuals to realize high impact careers in public leadership
by: (1) educating LEE members about the policy, advocacy and political
landscape in their region and in the nation so they are inspired and
ready to participate politically and civically; (2) equipping LEE
members with the skills, resources, and experiences to successfully
pursue public leadership positions; (3) helping LEE members become
highly effective change agents for educational equity once in
positions of leadership; and (4) fostering a thriving LEE community in
which members support one another in pursuing public leadership and
actively engage around political and civic matters.

Currently, LEE has over 10,000 members in 43 regions across theUnited
States. We will grow to more than 20,000 members in 60 regions by
2015. As a result of the efforts to date, 55 members serve in elected
office, 80+ are in high impact roles in policy and advocacy, and
thousands of others are expressing interest in these fields. By 2015,
LEE aspires to enable more than 275 of its members to serve in elected
office, for more than 300 to be in policy and advocacy leadership
roles, for more than 1,000 members to be in "active" pipelines for
public leadership, and for more than 3,000 members to actively support
one another in their political and advocacy pursuits. LEE also aspires
to become a main destination for education reform supporters to find
and support political and civic activists.

LEE is a high-growth; results-oriented organization. We operate in an
entrepreneurial environment, maintain focus on objective measures of
success, and are committed to continuous improvement.

Apply Now:
Please submit your resume and a one-page cover letter to
staf...@educationalequity.org.

For more information, please contact staf...@teachforamerica.org