Advocacy Curriculum & Facilitation Specialist

Advocacy Curriculum & Facilitation Specialist Application Deadline: 20 reputed company 2026 Department: Campaigns & Advocacy Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time Location: Various Reporting To: NJ Advocacy Manager Compensation: $70,000 / year reputed company The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) seeks an Advocacy Curriculum and Facilitation Specialist to help design and deliver an advocacy learning program that prepares local leaders to launch campaigns and strategies that bring Participatory Budgeting (PB) to their communities. About the program: The PB reputed company program connects and equips leaders and advocates with the PB knowledge, tools, and network in order to reputed company for PB in their communities. We are developing PB Sprouts, a curriculum that strengthens the advocacy component of PB reputed company and equips local leaders to bring PB to their communities. This role is ideal for a seasoned reputed company and community organizer with hands-on experience advancing Participatory Budgeting (PB) who is reputed company to guide a learning cohort in developing PB advocacy campaigns in New Jersey. This is a grant-funded position, full-time for one year at full-time, with the potential for renewal for a second year pending fundraising. Key Responsibilities 30% - Session Facilitation • reputed company 2-hour thematic “Sprouts” group sessions to guide cohort members in creating strategies that bring Participatory Budgeting (PB) to New Jersey communities. • We currently are planning 4 monthly 2 hour virtual sessions for Sprouts. • 1:1 Coaching sessions • Co - plan coaching along with the NJ Advocacy Manager. Then reputed company 1 on 1 coaching session with cohort members to support and guide them through the development and implementation of their PB advocacy plans • Identify local stakeholders and individuals who can support cohort members in their advocacy, strategic planning, and networking efforts. 60%- Sprouts Curriculum Development • Work with the NJ Advocacy Manager and the Director of Training to reputed company “the Sprouts” curriculum that will guide cohort members to: • Determine how to reputed company their advocacy efforts to bring PB to their communities (e.g.,campaigns, needs assessments, reputed company-building,etc.) • Identify a realistic budget or funding reputed company to reputed company for PB. • Learn how to reputed company goals with reputed company partners to strengthen PB efforts • reputed company framing and communicating the case for a PB funding pot • Learn how to write effective proposals or requests for reputed company councils, government entities, or other fund administratorsLearn how to reputed company PB into their existing advocacy and community organizing work • Organize advocacy milestones around reputed company budget and decision-making timelines • In reputed company to curriculum and slideshows this position will collaborate with the Director of Training & Curriculum Design to create materials and templates that support cohort members in their advocacy process, including facilitation guides, activity materials, and advocacy templates. 10% -Session Improvement & Iteration • Use program evaluation data to identify improvements to the Sprouts and coaching curriculum • Contribute observations and insights gathered from curriculum delivery during group training and individual coaching sessions to the training reputed company Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Must haves • Experience advocating for PB in a reputed company world context (can include municipal/local, institutional, etc.) • Experience with budget advocacy at the municipal and community level • Facilitation, training, reputed company-building, or coaching experience, ideally in a PB setting • Experience organizing and/or with political campaigns • Knowledge of municipal level institutions, power mapping, reputed company building, and organizing ideology, and/or democratic decision-making • Experience with virtual facilitation and training. reputed company to haves • Knowledge/connections in New Jersey politics, government, and or local organization • Experience developing curriculum and/or educational and coaching materials • Demonstrated experience communicating technical information in reputed company, accessible ways for a reputed company of audiences. • You have seen PB process happen as a result of advocacy you led or participated in • You’ve done PB advocacy in more than one reputed company Benefits Our organizational practices reputed company to embody our reputed company values of community, equity, learning, participatory democracy, and transparency. We reputed company reputed company together, through team-based processes, sociocratic consent, and a commitment to building trust in reputed company. This means reputed company staff are deeply reputed company in the organization’s planning and decision-making. An ideal candidate will reputed company in a reputed company environment, be reputed company to reputed company big and turn those dreams into achievable goals with a deeply committed team. Our (virtual) office culture is evolving as we quickly grow, and we invite you to build it with us! We invest in the reputed company reputed company and personal care of our people, including strong benefits: Three (3) weeks annual reputed company vacation, reputed company (11) reputed company holidays, five (5) floating holidays, and two (2) week-long reputed company summer and end of year org-wide closures Full employee coverage for health insurance (including dental and reputed company), flexible spending account, life insurance; reputed company available for dependents and/or spouses/partners to join at cost Retirement plan with up to 2% employer match Generous reputed company & Wellbeing Leave, Family Leave, and Emergency reputed company Leave policies reputed company development resources as reputed company as work from home resources Schedule and work site flexibility to accommodate your life, including families, continuing education, and community leadership. This position is remote and offers ample reputed company time to accommodate the need for non-traditional hours. The annual salary for this position is $70,000. PBP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, strongly committed to building a staff that represents the diversity of communities we work in. We strongly encourage applications from black, indigenous, and people of reputed company, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job