Program Manager Mississippi

About EVC The Everybody Votes Campaign, established in 2015, is a national coordinating body focused on narrowing the voter registration gap in communities of color. We are committed to creating a more representative democracy by building and supporting large scale, long term voter registration in communities of color. We partner with local organizations to support accessible, successful, and high quality voter registration programs that expand access to our democracy for people in communities of color. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY The Program team is responsible for helping to ensure partners and vendors on the ground have all the tools and support they need to run successful registration programs, and the Program Manager (PM) is at the heart of that effort. The PM sits at the pivot point between EVC and the states - they are in constant communication and collaboration with partners, they understand better than anyone else the goals and plans and challenges of their state, and they serve as a conduit between EVC and partners on expectations, needs, questions, and concerns. The overall responsibilities of the PM is to ensure that EVC is represented in this new state of Mississippi. This role will serve as the primary manager of the state and will be responsible for establishing the campaign for the first time or one of the larger states of the campaign. The PM will build relationships with our partners on the ground, co-lead statewide registration program planning and budgeting, ensure partner programs receive all EVC tools, technology, and other support, and hold partners accountable to overall goals. A successful PM will be detail oriented, understand how to take in significant amounts of communication and information and organize, manage, use, and share it back to different audiences. They will be able to balance being responsible for the overall progress and success of a state’s effort while not being the direct decision maker or manager of the day-to-day operations being run by partners. They will be extremely knowledgeable and conversant in field operations and, ideally, voter registration site-based programs, with the ability to talk canvassing numbers, discuss turf coordination, and promote and brainstorm field engagement techniques. They will know how to build and manage spreadsheets and be familiar with standard field reporting metrics. They will have experience in creating and revising large budgets. Perhaps most importantly, they will be intentional and strategic on how to navigate and balance the different opportunities, challenges, needs, and expectations of EVC and state partners. This takes a shillful hand at knowing when to push and when to pull, knowing how to talk to different people in the ways that make the most sense to them, in understanding how to prioritize different demands, and how to align the ideal plans and goals with realistic barriers and setbacks. This Program Manager Mississippi role is a full-time, benefits eligible position, but is a temporary role from June - December 2026 with possible extension depending on funding. WHAT YOU WILL DO IN YOUR ROLE ● Manage State and Region ○ Manage multiple partners ○ Work with partners to optimize their programs toward registering people of color ○ Ensure that there is adequate coverage for important conversations around program and budget through backstopping conversations ○ Double check work and step-in, as necessary ○ Help improve the quality of work in their region ○ Edit documents and resources for their region, as necessary ○ Provide leadership with state plans to reach program goals ○ Oversee development and application of quality control standards for the region ○ Help to implement and troubleshoot registration tracking and administration of QC processes ● Oversee Budgets ○ Ensure that their states have site based voter registration plans and budgets ○ Assist with developing and designing multi-million dollar budgets for state table/s and p artner/s ○ Review and provide recommendations for approval of final budget/s for table/s and partner/s ○ Provide recommendations on experimental programming ● Build and maintain relationships ○ Identify emerging opportunities for additional partnerships in state/s ○ Ensure that we continue to maintain relationships with tables and partners that is respectful, collaborative and productive ○ Lead conversations on alignment and expectation setting with partners and tables, as necessary ● Support Other Duties, as Assigned ○ Manage all components of the grant management systems in their state ○ Support, help, coordinate and occasionally lead other aspects of the Program Department’s support of programs that need capacity. Some examples include, but are not limited to: ■ Training ■ Committee and working group management ■ Troubleshoot, as necessary ○ Occasionally assist in developing processes to operationalize initiatives and enable program facing staff to do their jobs more effectively CORE COMPETENCIES ● Growth mindset : demonstrated ability to take and receive feedback with professionalism and grace from peers and staff as well as supervisors ● Relentlessly goal-oriented : enjoys working toward and achieving ambitious goals; willing to go over, under, around, or through any obstacle that gets in the way of meeting goals with a proven track record of creating and executing/managing comprehensive strategic goals ● Cultural competency : able to build relationships and collaborate with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders across multiple lines of identity difference ● Keeps Calm in Stressful Situations : demonstrated capacity and willingness to work long hours during peak season, rolling up their sleeves and getting the work done REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE ● Location Requirement: This position is a Mississippi state based role and the candidate must have a valid address and live in the state to be considered for this position Critical thinking and problem-solving ability o Experience with field programs, direct voter contact programs or voter registration programs o Excellent analytical, mathematical, problem solving and organizational skills o Past success as a manager of people and programs o Experience tracking and setting field metrics ● Highly organized, motivated, and detail-oriented Experience managing budgets and/ managing grants Experience navigating cloud-based grant management platforms (e.g., Submittable, Fluxx, Foundant, or similar) to track deliverables, compliance, and reporting. Proficiency with collaborative financial tracking tools to ensure real-time budget oversight across multiple partners. Familiarity with digital project management platforms (e.g., Asana, Monday.com) and cloud-based grant management systems. ● Relationship builder o PM must have the desire to actively contribute to a more equitable and inclusive organization and facilitate REI discussions with partners, vendors, and tables to ensure collaboration is centered to build authentic relationships across lines of difference, such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, gender identity PM must have in-state relationships ● Inclusive leadership and management o Ability to develop, coach, provide feedback and manage people o Experience and success collaborating in settings with multiple stakeholders with competing interests This is a great opportunity for someone who has: ● A commitment to the idea of changing the nature of the electorate ● A commitment to voter registration as a key component for making change ● A commitment to promoting practices that encourage empowerment for traditionally marginalized individuals and communities ● An abundance of patience and a great sense of finding and building community in new spaces BENEFITS AND CULTURE We offer flexible remote work and a generous benefits package, including: Flexible Paid Time Off 100% cost coverage of employee health benefit premiums Dedicated weekly “Flex Day” 401K with an automatic employer contribution regardless of employee contribution level $1000/yr toward Professional Development Free virtual therapy Stipend for ergonomic office setups Generous extended medical and personal leave All employees must be eligible to work lawfully within the United States upon the commencement of employment. The organization does not sponsor visa applications for prospective or current staff. This position is in a bargaining unit represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild CWA. VACCINE REQUIREMENT Under applicable legal guidance, an employer like VRP may require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID19. The CDC has advised that vaccines are one of the most effective tools to protect employee health and prevent disease. The CDC further strongly recommends that all individuals eligible to receive a booster shot promptly do so. VRP requires all employees to be “fully vaccinated” with their vaccines against COVID19. ”Fully vaccinated” means a person has received all recommended COVID19 vaccines. Salary Range : $88,000 - $102,500 Our work is centered on creating a deeply inclusive and significantly more representative electorate. In order to be successful in this role, the candidate must have the cultural competence to successfully work with a diverse group of staff, partners and stakeholders. We especially strongly encourage applicants with close ties to Black, Latinx, Indigenous, non-English-speaking, disabled, and LGBTQ+ communities to apply. We are proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer.