Manager, Line Network

Friends of the High Line seeks an experienced and results-driven professional to join our High Line Network Team. This position is designed to drive the strategic execution of core Network programs, help run day-to-day activities with a focus on advancing the profile of Network projects and the Network itself. A successful candidate will possess the ability to work across a range of areas – including writing, communications, advocacy, and project management.

The Manager will also play a central role in advancing the Network's communications and impact storytelling—using data, metrics, and analytics to clearly articulate outcomes, inform strategy, and elevate the Network's influence across partners, funders, and the field.

This position provides the exciting opportunity to join the growing Network team and work closely with the Network's member projects and the larger infrastructure reuse field. Reporting to the Senior Director of the High Line Network, the Manager will also possess experience with or interest in urban planning and policy, and will help ensure the Network's goals for equitable public spaces and infrastructure reuse are realized.

What is the High Line Network? A program of the High Line, the Network is a group of infrastructure reuse projects and the people who help them come to life. Members of this network are nonprofit organizations transforming underutilized infrastructure into new urban landscapes, redefining what a park can be. The Network's mission is to support a community of infrastructure reuse projects in creating vibrant and equitable public spaces that center local communities, build civic connections, support environmental resilience, and foster equitable community development.

• Effectively use data on the wider field of infrastructure reuse projects and develop systems to communicate impact of Network member projects including translating research findings, metrics, and analytics into compelling narratives that support advocacy, fundraising, thought leadership, and strategic communications.
• Develop processes for evaluating the impact of the Network and its activities using surveys, requests for feedback, and other evaluative methods.
• Support programming and events by producing marketing materials and presentations in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Create written content (including blog posts, newsletter, social media posts, etc.) for the Network's Linked In that communicates information about the network to a wider audience; explore creation of Network Instagram account.
• Manage communications-related assets for Network activities in coordination with the Communications team; work in coordination to maximize exposure of Network publications, projects and events.

• Identify trends, topics, and areas of interest in the field to develop further engagement, advocacy and communications opportunities.
• Work with Network staff on the development and documentation of best practice resources for the Network.
• Create high-quality written content including public communications materials, synthesis of Network policy and programs, and presentation materials.

• Assist with technical assistance and other requests from Network members.
• Identify and help cultivate partnerships for the network, with a focus on partnerships that can help network projects advance their work.
• Connect and promote interaction within projects in the field of infrastructure reuse, including Network members and High Line staff.
• Manage relationships with Network members and select Network partners.
• Represent the High Line Network at external meetings and events, serving as an ambassador for the organization and the field, using data-driven storytelling to communicate impact, influence stakeholders, and strengthen the Network's national profile.

• Support the development of Network programmatic scopes and project deliverables.
• Lead the execution and management of 2-3 of the Network's key programmatic initiatives, including joint programming initiatives with Network members.
• Manage the logistics and coordinate research, planning, implementation, and logistics of Network convenings (virtual and in-person) including annual events and the biennial Network Symposium. Work with Network team on content development.
• Manage daily Network activities in coordination with other Network Manager, ensuring timely execution of projects.
• Ensure adherence to budgets and timelines for Network projects.
• Support Assistant on day-to-day tasks and oversee Research Fellow projects, as applicable.
• Collaborate across High Line departments to align the Network's goals with the organization's overall initiatives.
• Integrate clear communication, storytelling, and data-informed insights into program design and delivery to ensure the Network's work is consistently understood, measurable, and impactful.

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