Program Manager

The Coalition for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE) is dedicated to transforming education to ensure equity and justice for all students. The Program Manager will support state-wide organizing efforts and implement CARE youth programs aimed at empowering high school and college students from underrepresented communities to become civic and community leaders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CARE Program Director and leadership team on the design, implementation, and evaluation of program curricula, schedules, and activities
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and seminars—both virtually and in-person
• Lead outreach, recruitment, and selection process for programs with efforts to attract diverse applicants and an emphasis on equity-deserving groups
• Coordinate logistics for program events, including speaker engagement, venue booking, and technology support
• Support fellows in the development and execution of capstone projects, community initiatives, and/or advocacy campaigns
• Develop and sustain a fellowship host network by engaging experienced leaders, elected officials, community partners, and program alumni
• Assist in the development of CARE Student Clubs Network in school communities where students are interested in working with CARE to establish a club network to support high school student clubs across the state, whose mission and work align with CARE Student Club’s goal
• Build relationships with grassroots organizations to support statewide efforts regarding anti-racism and equity that reflects the values and mission of CARE
• Collaborate on cross program initiatives and promote the visibility of CARE’s work
• Assist Program Director in maintaining relationships with partner organizations, funders, guest speakers, and community leaders
• Strengthen CARE’s visibility within state wide coalitions, partnerships, and networks of power building community organizations
• Manage day-to-day schedules, calendars, and documentation to ensure timely and effective program delivery
• Collect and monitor program to track progress and report on participant and host site feedback surveys, program impact, lessons learned, and outcomes
• Prepare quarterly updates for the Program Director and assist in the delivery of final reports for CARE leadership, funders, and community partners
• Assist the Program Director in preparing budgets, managing expenditures, and ensuring financial accountability

Skills

• Strong understanding and commitment to social justice, youth leadership development, anti-racism, civic engagement, and education equity, as well as CARE's mission and vision
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working with youth in a community organizing, social justice nonprofit and/or educational setting
• 1-2 years of experience of youth advocacy, legislative advocacy and/or legislative work with elected offices
• Experience with building curriculum and content development for a youth centering civic engagement and social justice topics
• Strong facilitation and public speaking skills, with experience leading workshops and group sessions
• Strong organizational, project management skills, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Google Suites (Doc, Excel, etc.), graphic design platform (Canva, etc.), and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
• Ability to represent CARE in a professional manner to a wide range of partners, institutions, and community-based organizations
• Excellent time management, ability to prioritize and multitask, take initiative, support a team, work independently, and be an accountable self-starter
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of people
• Available to work some nights and weekends
• Must be able to pass a background CORI and SORI check

Benefits

• Federal and State Holidays
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities
• $500/month for healthcare insurance stipend

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