Director of Blogs (Volunteer)

Director of Blogs (Volunteer)

PromiseVoice | Editorial & Digital Publishing

Organization: Mentor A Promise (MAP)

Location: Remote with NYC-based collaboration as needed

Type: Volunteer Leadership Role

Reports To: Chief of Communications

Division: PromiseVoice

Works Closely With: PromisePress Editorial Team, Journalism & Storytelling Teams, Children’s Books Review Writers, PromiseStudios Creative Teams

About Mentor A Promise

Mentor A Promise (MAP) is a New York City–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children and youth experiencing housing instability through mentorship, education, literacy, social-emotional learning, creative expression, and community-centered programming.

At MAP, storytelling is not simply communication — it is advocacy, preservation, dignity, education, and public trust. Through publishing, journalism, media, and digital storytelling, MAP works to amplify underrepresented voices, elevate lived experiences, and create pathways for young people and communities to be seen, heard, and empowered.

About PromiseVoice | Communications, Editorial & Public Storytelling

PromiseVoice is MAP’s communications, editorial, and public storytelling division. The division oversees blogs, journalism, newsletters, editorial publishing, public narrative strategy, and mission-aligned communications across the organization.

PromiseVoice exists to ensure MAP’s public voice reflects integrity, accessibility, ethical storytelling, and dignity-centered communication practices while strengthening community engagement and public awareness.

Role Overview

Mentor A Promise is seeking a highly thoughtful, organized, and mission-driven Director of Blogs to lead the strategic direction, editorial standards, contributor management, and publishing operations of MAP’s blog platform.

This leadership role oversees the development and stewardship of public-facing written content related to youth, education, housing, culture, civic life, social impact, and community experiences. The Director of Blogs serves as a key editorial leader responsible for ensuring MAP’s digital publishing ecosystem reflects narrative excellence, ethical storytelling standards, operational consistency, and mission alignment.

The ideal candidate understands that public storytelling carries responsibility. This role requires strong editorial judgment, organizational leadership, collaborative communication, and a commitment to consent-driven, trauma-informed, and dignity-protective storytelling practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall editorial vision, strategy, and growth of MAP’s blog platform
• Establish and maintain editorial standards, publishing guidelines, tone, and narrative quality controls
• Develop and oversee editorial calendars aligned with organizational initiatives, campaigns, and storytelling priorities
• Recruit, onboard, mentor, and support volunteer writers, editors, contributors, and reviewers
• Oversee the review, editing, and publication of blogs, essays, commentary pieces, interviews, features, and book reviews
• Collaborate across PromiseVoice, PromisePress, and PromiseStudios on cross-platform storytelling initiatives
• Ensure all published content reflects MAP’s safeguarding, accessibility, consent, and dignity-centered storytelling standards
• Maintain organized editorial workflows, publication timelines, contributor communications, and content review systems
• Support audience engagement, readership growth, and long-term digital publishing sustainability
• Help strengthen MAP’s public narrative surrounding youth, housing instability, education, literacy, and community impact
• Maintain timely, professional, and collaborative communication through Google Workspace systems including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet, and Google Chat

Qualifications

Required

• Demonstrated experience in writing, editing, publishing, journalism, blogging, communications, or editorial leadership
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to manage multiple contributors and publication timelines
• Exceptional written communication, organizational, and project management skills
• Ability to maintain professionalism, responsiveness, discretion, and collaborative leadership in a remote environment
• Alignment with MAP’s mission, values, and dignity-centered communication practices

Preferred

• Experience managing digital publications, editorial teams, or blog platforms
• Background in journalism, publishing, nonprofit communications, media, or public storytelling
• Familiarity with editorial workflow systems, audience engagement, and digital publishing strategy
• Interest in youth development, housing equity, education, literacy, culture, or community advocacy
• Experience working within mission-driven, nonprofit, educational, or advocacy organizations

Commitment

• Volunteer leadership role
• Approximately 5–10 hours per week
• Minimum 6-month commitment preferred
• Fully remote with optional NYC-based collaboration opportunities

What You’ll Gain

• Executive-level editorial leadership experience within a mission-driven publishing ecosystem
• Opportunity to shape meaningful public storytelling and community-centered narratives
• Collaboration with journalists, educators, writers, editors, artists, and nonprofit leaders
• Professional references and leadership development opportunities
• Experience building ethical, impact-driven communications systems within a growing nonprofit organization
• Meaningful work amplifying voices and experiences that are too often overlooked or unheard

How to Apply

Interested candidates must apply directly through Idealist and submit the following:

• Resume (required)
• Cover letter (required) describing editorial experience, leadership background, and interest in MAP’s mission

Help shape stories that restore voice, dignity, imagination, and possibility for young people and communities across New York City and beyond.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Mentor A Promise. At this time, volunteer opportunities are limited to individuals based in the United States due to legal, safeguarding, operational, data privacy, and programmatic requirements. We sincerely appreciate your interest in supporting our mission and understanding these constraints.