Michigan Senior Manager of Campaigns and Partnerships

Michigan Senior Manager of Campaigns and Partnerships Organization Overview

America Votes works year-round to build a more representative democracy, strengthen every American's right to vote, and win elections in key states.

America Votes leads a robust, growing coalition of more than 400 progressive organizations across the country, building coordinated plans and executing shared strategies to win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners, including strategic planning, advocacy and electoral campaign coordination, data tools and targeting services, and on-the-ground leadership in states.

For more than 20 years, America Votes has been the common link between many of the most influential and impactful issue and membership organizations in the country, serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes' work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together, America Votes and its partners have engaged communities across the country to act on critical issues - from fighting for working families, to defending reproductive freedom, to protecting the environment, and more - and mobilized millions of voters.

As a leader of collaborative efforts to mobilize voters, protect voting rights, and win elections, America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity within our organization and across our coalition. We acknowledge the systematic racism that permeates all facets of our society, including the right to vote. America Votes is also engaging with an understanding of the ways gender, sexuality and other forms of oppression intersect with race and how those relationships impact inequities our staff, our partners, and the communities that we engage in our work face.

America Votes strives to model our commitment to racial equity through our internal and external operations, programs, and partnerships. We acknowledge the inequitable structures that continue to exist and are moving forward with a sustained commitment in time, resources and people to challenge structural racism and work towards creating a reflective organization and democracy.

America Votes is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Manager of Campaigns and Partnerships to manage coalition wide voter engagement programs and winning electoral campaigns.

The Senior Manager of Partnerships and Campaigns plays a key role in the advancement of the progressive movement and is responsible for supporting the coordination and alignment of electoral, organizing, and advocacy work among partners and allies, with an emphasis on direct voter contact. This person will be a critical part of the state team and be responsible for partner-facing projects such as coordinating and implementing cross-coalition voter engagement programs, developing winning electoral strategies, and fostering a sense of community across the coalition.

The Senior Manager for Partnerships and Campaigns will work directly with America Votes partners and allies in the state to facilitate best practices and incorporate research-tested tactics. This position reports directly to the Michigan State Director and will manage projects that advance shared electoral and democracy goals.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience building winning advocacy and independent expenditure campaigns, deep knowledge of coalition work, and experience implementing shared strategies. They are energized by bringing out the best work in others and comfortable switching frequently between on-the-ground support and developing complex spreadsheets. A high level of discretion, political judgement, and collaboration is required.

• Partnership Management and Coordination: Build and maintain thoughtful and trusting relationships with key stakeholders, including America Votes staff, America Votes partners, and allies in our work. Support coalition coordination by gathering information, elevating critical needs, monitoring benchmarks, providing high quality technical assistance including scaling up tactics and basic use of tools like Voter Activation Network (VAN) and internal tools and identifying gaps in collective strategy.
  
  This position will support coalition growth, sustainability, and effectiveness. Maintain external communications with partners (i.e. may include weekly emails) and workgroup listservs, meeting follow-up, regular phone calls, etc. Facilitate meetings or portions of meetings. Work assignments will include in person work including 1 on 1, small group, and larger coalition meetings and support to partner programs that will vary in size.
• Campaign Support: Support coalition partners through the development of campaign plans and supporting the implementation of winning strategies. Lead coalition campaign work on voter engagement programs and electoral field campaigns, including supporting the integration of best…