Deputy Director

NEW ERA COLORADO FOUNDATI • Denver, CO

7d • $93,000 - $98,000 • Onsite

About The Position

New Era Colorado Foundation and New Era Colorado Action Fund are seeking a full-time Deputy Director to drive program strategy and lead the program team in achieving organizational goals. The Deputy Director leads the program leadership team in shaping the strategic direction of statewide grassroots organizing to build political power for young Coloradans and advance the youth agenda. The role turns the organization’s vision into short- and long-term programmatic strategy, working closely with the Executive Director and overseeing organizing, communications, policy, and political work. This is a permanent, full-time, exempt, management-level position based out of New Era’s Denver office, with in-person work and occasional travel to regional hubs in Northern, Southern, and Boulder Colorado.

Requirements

• Background in grassroots organizing, political campaigns, or advocacy at the state, federal, or local level.
• Ability to write and execute campaign plans and manage a team to achieve electoral, policy, and organizing outcomes.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to address complex issues with equitable and sustainable approaches.
• Ability to lead a team to become anti-racist in practice and principle, identify disparate impacts based on identity, and change systems and practices to operationalize equity.
• Inclusive leadership and management skills, including articulating a clear vision, delegating effectively, holding a team accountable, and fostering learning, growth, and healthy risk-taking.
• Strong organization, motivation, and attention to detail; ability to manage competing demands and prioritize work while maintaining quality.
• Knowledge of Colorado’s political context, key players, and opportunities and threats relevant to New Era.
• Ability to manage relationships with partner organizations, elected officials, funders, and state tables.
• Commitment to New Era’s mission, engaging young people in the political process, peer-to-peer organizing, grassroots organizing, and policy change.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with political databases, including VAN, EveryAction, and ThruTalk.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Executive Director to set the organization’s programmatic vision and define how organizing, communications, policy, and political programs will advance its mission.
• Set annual goals for the program team, including goals for organizing, communications strategy, political work, and policy work.
• Drive development of program strategy, including strategic shifts toward more local organizing, accountability work, and policymaking.
• Design campaign plans and delegate their execution across organizing, policy, political, and communications teams.
• Oversee campaign and program work such as statewide Get Out the Vote efforts, the state legislative session program, grassroots multi-issue organizing, local campaigns and regional hub strategy, and 501(c)(4) endorsements, accountability, and targeting.
• Manage the Program Leadership Team, including organizing, policy, and political directors and the communications manager, through meetings, check-ins, progress monitoring, and strategy assessment.
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication across the program team through regular communication, meetings, and feedback norms.
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships and represent New Era in issue-based coalitions and progressive state tables.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision, with the employer paying 85% of the premium.
• $300 annual wellness stipend.
• Minimum $400 annual professional development funds.
• SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match.
• Annual technology stipend.
• RTD Ecopass.
• Generous holiday and time off.
• Eligibility for an eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of employment.
• Paid parental and family leave benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed