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Adult Lead, Programs
Location: New York, New York or Detroit, Michigan
Job Schedule: Full Time
Salary Basis: Annual
Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000
COMPANY OVERVIEW
RISE is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that educates and empowers the sports community to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice and improve race relations. Through partnerships and programs, we inspire leaders in sports to create positive change on matters of race and equality.
For more information about RISE, visit our website.
POSITION SUMMARY
RISE seeks an entrepreneurial, creative and innovative professional to join its Programs team to empower its program partners and other stakeholders to take practical actions that help to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice and improve race relations.
Reporting to the Chief Program Officer, the Adult Lead, Programs will be primarily responsible for leading RISE’s empowerment work with its program partners. The person in this position will be responsible for proposing and assisting in implementing initiatives that help RISE’s partners take action in their organizations and communities. This will require the person in this position to be creative and strategic in identifying opportunities across different stakeholder groups and geographies, and able to find connections between organizations.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in working in roles focused on issues related to race, equity, inclusion and social justice, will have experience in relationship management and community organizing. The candidate will also have experience in driving innovative and new programming within a mission driven organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to identify training needs and strategies for athletes, administrators, coaches and other adult stakeholders as necessary
- Project manage needs analyses and climate surveys for program partners
- Facilitate assigned training sessions; The majority of sessions facilitated will be for professional and corporate audiences and partners with others assigned on an as-needed basis
- Maintain participant tracking and administer evaluations
- Monitor and document progress across assigned programs, provide coaching and intervention as needed
- Establish and maintain relationships with agencies and community-based programs in order to make the proper referrals for RISE programming
- Track and measure participants progress utilizing program forms, participant files and web-based system
- Guide program participants individually and in group settings to achieve personal adjustments in regards to social, school or family situations
- Initiate and maintain community contacts with families, schools and other organizations and institutions to enhance programs and services
- Identify and strategically support voting rights initiatives
- Plan, project manage implement, and facilitate workshops utilizing prescribed RISE’s evidence-based programs to empower RISE’s participants to use their platforms beyond the classroom to be more civically engaged.
QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:
- At least six years’ experience in programming, program design, implementation, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation
- Experience facilitating workshops and programs
- Documented evidence of developing successful proposals & grants
Skills:
- Strong leadership, strategic planning, management and supervisory skills; achieving results and meeting deadlines
- Experience in managing highly visible and politically sensitive projects in a multicultural environment
- Proven success in dealing with complicated program partnerships and skills in prioritizing major strategies and critical relationships
- Demonstrated problem solving and diplomatic skills
- Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology and analysis
- Demonstrated team-building and interpersonal skills and ability to develop staff capacity
- Demonstrated experience managing program budgets
- Proven sound judgment and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Must be sensitive to political and cultural nuances and able to consistently apply excellent judgment to a variety of demanding and fast-changing situations
TRAVEL
This position requires employee to travel, possibly on nights, weekends and holidays.
COMPENSATION
We offer a competitive package, commensurate with experience.
This job posting contains a salary range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that RISE believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the locations specified. RISE expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would RISE consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
TERMS / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
- RISE employees are required to work 40 hours per week
- This role may require work on nights, weekends and holidays
- RISE maintains a Flexible Workplace Policy that provides members of our workforce with opportunities to periodically work from a location of their choice, while maintaining a priority on in-person work (2 days / week) at the RISE office, which enables us to more effectively collaborate, connect and build a workplace culture that will drive our continued success.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender self or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
Salary : $90,000 - $120,000
