Position Summary 

Vote Run Lead is an expansion-stage nonprofit looking to significantly scale to meet heightened market demand for women’s political leadership training and implement a moon-shot goal of gender parity in all 50 state legislatures (RUN/51 Project), launched in 2021 in Georgia (GA), Minnesota (MN) and New York (NY). Vote Run Lead is building  teams for each of the pilot states. The State Teams will provide skilled leadership for all aspects of Vote Run Lead’s programming and training partnerships in their respective states, and will prioritize implementing the Vote Run Lead Training Institute and the Vote Run Lead RUN/51 Project - a sure-fire strategy to transform every state legislature in the country into women-led majorities. 

The Deputy State Directors will work in close collaboration and alignment with the Senior State Director in each state, serve as key members of Vote Run Lead’s RUN/51 team, and collaborate closely with other organizational leaders, including the operations, development, and media teams.

The RUN/51 Project will house market-tested and innovative, data-driven methodologies, tools, and technology to ensure all 50 states achieve and maintain gender parity in state legislatures. The project will be a testing lab for marketing, recruitment, community-building, and other activities to grow the representation of women in state legislatures. RUN/51 will work in concert with the “Run As You Are” Training Institute to achieve project goals. 

The Training Institute will house and deliver all Vote Run Lead trainings in any location, whether Vote Run Lead-managed, fee-for-service, in partnership, or as special projects, and includes both online and in-person trainings and content. All curriculum design originates in the Training Institute, as well as any training-related recorded or written content. The Training Institute trains, tracks and manages relationships with all Vote Run Lead Certified National Trainers, a network of national and local partner organizations,  and all #VRLNation (alumnae). 

Key Responsibilities 

Responsibilities of the Deputy State Director includes, but is not limited to:

Trainings--Support planning, logistics, and administrative duties for state-based trainings according to the RUN/51 Project goals, partnership agreements, fee-for-service agreements, and other special projects; Ensure “best in class” quality and consistent delivery across all training programs; 

Manage Volunteers--Manage and supervise in-state Vote Run Lead Fellows and volunteers;

Fundraising and budget--Provide support to the fundraising team and Senior State Director as needed; work with the Accounting team to track and account for all program related expenses; 

Data Collection--Ensure that all metrics related to the RUN/51 Project are properly tracked and collected; Support the Data team and Senior State Director to ensure accurate evaluation and assessment of key metrics, ensure data collection consistency, and meet data integrity standards across all in-state programs, working primarily in Vote Run Lead’s database and leveraging the database functionality and toolsets;

Communications--In collaboration with the Vote Run Lead Communications team, ensure consistent messaging and branding  on the state stage and in the media;

Strategy--In coordination with the Chief Political Officer and the Senior State Director, provide support as needed to maintain focus on the  state’s strategic priorities, programs and resources; Project manage all in-state Vote Run Lead programming connected to the Training Institute and the RUN/51 Project;

Partnerships--Provide support to the Senior State Director with the goal of deepening relationships in communities across the state to build a strong pool of female candidates, campaign workers and thought leaders; Provide administrative duties related to new partnerships with strategically identified state organizations and networks;

Values--And most importantly, employ anti-racism approach to all programs; support continued development of Vote Run Lead’s racial and cultural equity competencies, and contribute to fostering an inclusive environment for all who work in, with, and alongside Vote Run Lead.

Compensation 

This is a full-time position at Vote Run Lead, with a salary commensurate with experience. (Salary range is $52,000-$68,000.) In addition, Vote Run Lead offers an excellent benefits plan, including health insurance through BlueCross-BlueShield, flexible scheduling, and paid travel expenses. For the right candidate, Vote Run Lead is open to flex-time work arrangements, including remote days, customized working hours, and condensed work weeks. 

Key Qualifications 

Vote Run Lead is seeking State Team members who have extensive experience working in politics at both strategic and tactical levels, and along the continuum from grassroots to the statewide scales. The ability to work toward a big-picture vision while working collaboratively and effectively across all levels of the organization is critical. Vote Run Lead is interested in hardworking and mission-focused leaders with experience working in fast-paced environments and proven track records of delivering measurable, impactful results. Women of color and bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Specific requirements include: 

• History working in the state and demonstrate knowledge of state and local politics;
• Direct experience working with communities of color and women to increase civic engagement and political representation; 
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple groups and respond to real-time priority shifts;
• Demonstrable passion to drive change, pursue game-changing goals, and create meaningful impact around women’s political leadership; 
• Proven commitment to work collaboratively and simultaneously with a variety of constituent groups, including program participants, staff, board members, volunteers, donors, alumnae, and other supporters and partner organizations;
• Demonstrable and quantifiable track record of past success in similar role or roles;
• Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communication skills;
• Expertise or experience in managing programs. 

About Vote Run Lead 

Vote Run Lead trains barrier-breaking women to run for political office and win. We empower women to run for local and state offices because more women in politics creates real change, effective democracy, and better government. 

Vote Run Lead is a national, nonpartisan, civic leadership organization for women of all backgrounds. We use training, technology, and community to create large-scale impact on women’s representation and to fuel women’s ambition for political leadership, increase diversity, and close the knowledge gap around civic engagement for women of all classes, cultures, and colors. For more information, please visit www.voterunlead.org 

To Apply  Please submit a resume and a brief cover letter that exemplifies why you would be great for this position to: https://voterunlead.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/b8c5670267284a39a996e37a2fb4b208

Brevity is appreciated. Applications that do not follow these instructions will not be considered.

Vote Run Lead is an equal opportunity employer. Vote Run Lead prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic characteristics, disability, status as a special disabled veteran or veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.