Program Manager or Senior Program Manager

Berkeley, California
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) seeks a skilled relationship-builder with a talent for
managing complex projects to join our team in the role of Program Manager or Senior Program Manager
in the Berkeley, California office.

Who We Are
Founded in 1969, the nonprofit National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a leading advocacy
organization with the mission to build a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive
rights and thrive in good jobs. Together with local, state, and national partners, NELP advances its mission
through transformative legal and policy solutions, research, capacity building, and communications. Our
victories over the last decade have impacted the lives of an estimated 100 million workers and their
families. We lead and collaborate in fights for higher pay and just benefits, secure and safe jobs, and
support at each stage in a worker’s life. For more information, read our annual reports and explore our
website: www.nelp.org

NELP has a team of 55 staff people based across offices in New York City, Washington D.C., and Berkeley,
CA, with an 11-person Board of Directors, an annual budget of $14M, and hundreds of partners in the
field with whom we work to further our mission.

What You Will Do
You will work with NELP’s staff of lawyers, policy experts, researchers, and strategic communications
experts. You will primarily focus on coordinating and managing a groundbreaking statewide community
and government agency partnership—the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership (CSEP), which
was formed in 2016 to tackle wage theft in California. Through CSEP, community partners help to
identify significant cases and support workers throughout the process. Although the position is primarily
focused on CSEP at this time, there is an opportunity to expand into supporting our Worker Center
Program. You will report to the Director of Worker Power.
You will coordinate and independently manage the ongoing work of CSEP to support the achievement of
its vision and strategies by:

• Effectively building and maintaining relationships with CSEP partners and diverse stakeholders,
  with attention to complexity, power dynamics, and language justice.
• Supporting capacity building of worker centers and legal organizations in CSEP, including:
  identifying common challenges and opportunities, sharing learning and strategies from across the
  partnership, and connecting partnership participants with strategic research and communications
  support.
  
• Leveraging learnings from the CSEP model to promote community-agency partnerships, including
  developing materials such as policy briefs, brochures, presentations, and talking points.
  
• Supporting CSEP with overall independent project management, including planning and
  executing meetings, ranging from one-on-one meetings with funder stakeholders to 100 person
  annual gatherings, with support from colleagues and consultants.
  
• Supporting a workplace culture that fosters growth and professional development.
  
• Actively contributing to NELP’s work in becoming an anti-racist organization that reflects and
  embodies internally the values of dignity, justice, equity, and inclusion.
• Who You Are
• You have at least four years’ advocacy, organizing, and/or coalition-building experience
  promoting labor and employment rights, civil rights and racial justice, or other social or economic
  justice issues. Experience with fundraising is a plus.
  
• You are a leader who builds relationships that foster trust and transparency across lines of
  difference and have a track record of developing and maintaining alliances.
  
• You have a proven track record of working in coalition with diverse groups, such as: community-
  based organizations, funders, legal advocates, labor, government agencies, and worker centers.
  
• You understand or are curious about how policy and legal strategies can be tools to support
  organizing and worker power building.
  
• You have strong racial equity competencies and center your role in an analysis and understanding
  of how race and power shape systems in our society and culture and are continuously learning,
  reflecting, and growing.
  
• You care about the big picture and are adept at managing a multitude of details. You have created
  systems and leveraged tools for managing deliverables, milestones and deadlines. You are a
  problem-solver with strong organizational skills.
  
• You are self-aware, curious, and respectful with strong interpersonal skills fostering a sense of
  purpose and community and have high standards for holding yourself and others accountable.
  
• You operate with a commitment to excellence, integrity, diplomacy, and camaraderie.
  Start Date, Location, Compensation and Benefits: This position will be based out of our Berkeley, California
  office. Staff may be located a commutable distance from the office. NELP has a hybrid model that requires
  staff to work in-person at least six days per month. This hybrid model seeks to leverage both the benefits
  of working with colleagues in-person and the benefits of flexible remote arrangements. This position will
  require some travel, including for NELP internal meetings or conferences, as well as for CSEP meetings.
  
• The start date will be as soon as possible.
  

This position is in NELP’s bargaining unit, represented by National Organization of Legal Service
Workers, UAW Local 2320. Classification and compensation for NELP bargaining unit positions are
commensurate with relevant experience and education and based on NELP’s collectively bargained scales.

• Based on our union scale, the Program Manager’s annual salary would be between $77,807-$93,265. The
  Senior Program Manager’s annual salary would be between $96,185-$122,645. Here are some examples of
  salaries:
  • with a BA and 6 years’ post-degree relevant experience, the salary for a Program Manager will be
  $83,790; and at 10 years the salary will be $93,265; and
  • with a JD and 5 years’ post-degree relevant experience, the salary for a Senior Program Manager
  will be $96,185; and at 9 years the salary will be $107,735.
  

The differences in salaries and job title are based on education and years of relevant experience.
Compensation at NELP includes an excellent comprehensive benefits package, including full coverage of
family health insurance, a medical reimbursement plan, generous vacation and sick leave, plus additional
organization-wide holidays, significant contribution from the employer to a retirement plan (both an
unelected contribution and employer match); and for qualifying participants, up to 26 weeks paid parental
leave, 12 weeks paid medical leave, 6 weeks of paid family medical caregiving leave, childcare/eldercare
reimbursement assistance, and student loan repayment assistance.

To Apply: Candidates must be eligible and authorized to work in the United States. Go to our online
application system at https://nelp.bamboohr.com/careers to submit a cover letter and resume. If you have
questions regarding this announcement, please forward those to nelp@nelp.org, noting the job title in the
subject line. No phone calls or other email inquiries please. We will consider applications on a rolling
basis; interested applicants are encouraged to submit sooner than later.

NELP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and an equal opportunity, fair chance, affirmative action
employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be
considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability,
marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status,
current employment status, or caregiver status.

Salary : $77,807 - $122,645