Assistant Director of Emerging Leaders Network

Description

ABOUT US

Interfaith America is a national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. We believe that religious diversity is a foundational American strength, and we are building a nation that achieves that promise for the common good. Our mission is to inspire, equip, and connect organizations and leaders to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. We leverage our expertise in interfaith leadership in different sectors in American life, activating a public discourse on pluralism with a focus on higher education, workplaces, and civic partners. IA activates leaders and institutions in these sectors with the tools and resources they need to positively engage religious diversity for the common good.

At Interfaith America, we are ever-adapting and changing. We look for people who set audacious goals and love that one workday may not be like the next. We have a strong commitment to pluralism and building bridges across deep differences. Our programs help people build skills to bridge deep ideological divides. Our work is about staying in relationship with one another and contributing to the common good even when we might disagree on fundamental things. We seek to attract and retain a team of staff comprised of a wide variety of views and backgrounds we need to achieve our vision.

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Implementation

• Co-create and implement strategy for recruitment, onboarding, branding, and storytelling for the network, including website, email, and SM promotion, entry-level training, and public narrative efforts
• Oversee recruitment, implementation, integration, and impact measurement of core ELN programs, including: 2 fellowships, an annual leaders' convening, and sector cohorts.
• Ensure compliance with or complete administrative duties including reviewing and updating database for accuracy, website updates, quality control checks on following internal systems (granting, financial payments, contract processes), power point development, etc.
• Advise Summit leadership on selection of trainers
• Develop and manage network budget

Recruitment and Narrative

• Refine, manage and adapt recruitment strategy across ELN programs to ensure pipeline of Emerging Leaders meets short- and long-term organizational goals; conduct one on ones to cultivate relationships
• Serve as primary internal liaison for the ELN, channeling resources (members and funding) to appropriate org practice areas (e.g., higher ed, workplace, health, narrative, bridgebuilding, learning, operations, evaluation, etc.)
• Provide thought leadership and support to ELN cohort leaders; cultivate thought leadership within ELN cohort leaders
• Work with Strategic Communications to capture video and other narrative features of Emerging Leaders on location across the US throughout the year
• Engage Emerging Leaders to contribute to the public narrative strategy through Interfaith America Magazine and other narrative outlets

Team Management and Alignment

• Supervise Program Coordinator, responsible for operational and relational support for network, as well as CRM management
• With IA director, identify and implement ongoing strategic alignment of the ELN with IA’s mission, vision, program strategy, and business plan

Contribute to Organizational Culture and Projects as Needed

• Lead or contribute to additional network projects as determined by organizational needs and cultural realities
• Ensure that all programming delivers on IA goals and grant requirements
• Build relationships with external networks and professional associations and represent IA at conferences and networking spaces of emerging leaders

General

• Collaborate across organization as needed to promote IA mission, including grant reporting, operational compliance (workflow, evaluation, CRM, etc.), and other org-wide projects as needed
• Maintain and interpret advanced understanding of IA theories and commitment related to interfaith cooperation, civic pluralism, and social change

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree
• 6-8 years of project management or community organizing experience
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple ongoing projects from multiple stakeholders
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong competence in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Willing to learn and utilize organization-wide constituent relationship management software (Salesforce)
• Authorization to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• High level of religious literacy and fluency in diversity, pluralism, and inclusion

Supervisor: Director of Democracy Initiatives

Leadership level: Assistant Director

Location: Working from our Chicago Loop office 2-3 days per week. Or CO, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI or DC with four trips to our Chicago office per year.

Travel: 20% of the time traveling on behalf of IA

Compensation: $80,000 - $90,000 annually, plus excellent benefits. Please read more about our benefits here.

Application is open from April 24, 2025- May 16, 2025.

Other Requirements: This position requires the ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to: maintain regular attendance; travel across the US; work cooperatively with others; adhere to Interfaith America personnel policies and safety rules; sit and/or stand for extended periods of time; operate standard office equipment, including computers, telephones, photocopiers, and projectors; communicate orally, in writing, and via computers and digital devices; and requires close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal and other office equipment.

Interfaith America is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodation will be provided as needed to enable qualified applicants with a disability to participate in pre-employment procedures.

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