Director: Protect Education, Accountability

PRFP Release Date: February 24, 2026

Title: Director, Protect Education, Accountability Now

Application Submission Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications received by Friday, March 6, 2026

Location: Arizona

Projected

Start Date:

ASAP

The Protect Education, Accountability Now Campaign Committee is seeking proposals from qualified individuals or firms to act as the director of a statewide voucher accountability initiative on the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot in Arizona.

We are seeking a dynamic, disciplined, and results‑driven Campaign Director to lead a statewide initiative aimed at bringing accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion‑dollar ESA voucher program. This initiative aims to eliminate the fraud, waste, and abuse occurring in the universal voucher program known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) and put safety standards in place to protect Arizona’s kids.

This role will be responsible for building out a dynamic campaign in partnership with the General Consultants and the Executive Committee, managing a broad coalition and ensuring key milestones of the initiative are hit.

The Campaign Director will lead this initiative from its launch with support from the parents, educators, and organizations spearheading this initiative, along with supporting staff and consultants. This role reports to the initiative executive committee with day‑to‑day contact and support from the General Consultants and executive committee members. This role will require strong project management skills, high‑level ballot initiative strategy, creativity, political judgement, and the ability to lead a team of diverse stakeholders.

Note:

We do not expect the Campaign Director to solely lead political outreach and coalition development. The political strategy will be co‑led by consultants and executed in partnership with the Director.

• Strategic Leadership & Planning:
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive, multi‑phase strategy designed to build broad public, political, and institutional support for and adoption of voucher spending accountability in Arizona.
  • With approval of the initiative steering committee and dependent on campaign needs, identify, recommend, recruit, and oversee management of a team of staff and/or:
    • Coordinate with consultants and appropriate coalition organization staff to support the strategy across work streams, including signature gathering, policy white paper design, revenue development, stakeholder engagement, communications, polling, and ballot campaign execution.
  • Work in partnership with the initiative’s executive committee, principal funders, and supporting organizations to strategically leverage their expertise, infrastructure, and resources, aligning organizational capacity with initiative priorities and timelines, as appropriate.
  • Provide dynamic leadership of the initiative, using data, campaign metrics, polling results, landscape analyses, and other tools to continuously refine and strengthen the initiative’s strategy.
  • Provide consistent, structured communication and reporting to the initiative’s governance structure, ensuring transparency, accountability, and adjusting work as needed.
• Management & Execution:
  • Ensure all elements of the initiative, including qualification, outreach, organizing, policy design, coalition building, and fundraising are advancing in coordination and alignment with strategic goals.
  • Lead the initiative’s daily operations, infrastructure development, and budget management, ensure compliance (with legal and compliance firm supervision), performance benchmarks, and coalition partner actions are on track.
  • Manage initiative staff, consultants, and funded partners to ensure alignment with initiative goals and effective execution of organizing and outreach strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Hire and manage staff as proposed to and approved by the initiative’s executive committee.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including grassroots organizations, funders, advocacy groups, non‑profits, and the business…