Governance Lead

GOVERNANCE LEAD

Schedule: Full-time

Location: Remote, with 30% travel

Reports to: Managing Director

Compensation: $88,000-$103,000, with full health benefits for employee and dependents, employer-funded retirement plan, remote work stipend, and 13 holidays with flexible paid time off

Application Instructions/Deadline: Please submit a resume and cover letter to the link. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered!

MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is an ecosystem of organizations and individuals creating a shared vision and strategy to win rights, control, and resources for Black communities and the planet. Our ecosystem is held together by politics of abolition, anti-capitalism and radical Black Queer Feminisms, and a value system that fights for the most marginalized amongst us.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Governance Lead provides administrative and coordination support of a substantial and confidential nature to M4BL’s governing bodies: the Board of Directors and the Strategy Table (the highest leadership body of M4BL’s members). The Governance Coordinator will ensure effective and seamless support and communication of M4BL’s governance. Most of the work requires a high degree of autonomy, without prescribed procedures, and with delegated authority to exercise discretion and judgment, especially in communication with stakeholders. Many competing objectives, priorities, and demands are typical of this role.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Governance Lead will perform each of the essential functions listed below for the Strategy Table, and then separately for the Board of Directors. In addition to performing these functions separately, the Governance Lead will also need to perform these functions for joint governance collaboration, projects and meetings.

Coordination:

• High-level facilitation of meetings including: preparing agendas with input from members, tracking meeting highlights, decisions made, action items, and updating necessary stakeholders as needed.
• Facilitate joint governance and joint decision making as needed by ensuring effective communications between the bodies, and aligning work plans when needed
• Coordinate the activities of the bodies, including the management of complex calendars, travel arrangements, and logistics for meetings and conferences with individuals and entities internal and external to M4BL.
• Manage multiple projects; anticipate and track critical dates, expenses, events, and logistical needs
• Convene members in rapid response moments and facilitate decision making

Documentation

• Excellent record keeping; organize and maintain documentation systems that ensure all pertinent information and supporting materials are retained in accordance with the highest governance standards
• Retain knowledge of governance rules and procedures, and ensure that they’re being followed both in process and in documentation

Communication

• Compose correspondence; develop, review, and edit presentations and documentation; independently research and analyze associated issues and/or compile materials needed for presentation and/or decision-making purposes
• Liaise with Executive Assistants of the Co-Executives as necessary
• Attend designated member meetings, and support taking notes on information and decisions relevant to the governing bodies

Supporting the Governing Members

• Support the development of the governing bodies; support member onboarding, offboarding and recruitment into governance bodies; coordinate learning opportunities and systems development
• Provide systems, reminders, and support for members to complete their work in between and during meetings

Other duties as necessary.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of administrative and/or project management experience
• Multiple years of demonstrated high-level administrative experience supporting executive-level individuals and teams
• Have a strong understanding of the importance of governance bodies

CORE COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exemplary organizational and planning skills
• Strong listening skills and strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate positive working relationships and gain the trust and respect of all levels of internal and external constituencies
• Demonstrated ability to perform duties with a high level of professionalism, flexibility, discretion, judgment, diplomacy, and tact
• Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, and meet deadlines
• Advanced computer skills and demonstrated experience with Google Suite, Zoom, CRMs, Asana, Slack, and Signal

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORKPLACE

The Movement for Black Lives in partnership with The Bayard Project is proud to be an equal employment workplace. We welcome and encourage job applicants who are motivated to work with us in addressing social injustice and those who have personal experience with injustice. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any of the follow factors; race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), age, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/ or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (genetic characteristics, cancer or a record or history of cancer), military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and genetic characteristics), and genetic information.