Director of Political Education and Convening

Neighborhood Funders Group is seeking for a Director of Political Education and Convening to join the External Affairs Team. The Director of Political Education and Convening will be responsible for implementing a strategy to convene philanthropy for learning, networking, and strategizing in support of NFG’s mission. The Director of Political Education and Convening will work in partnership with the Senior Management Team to design, facilitate, and implement funder convening activities with a specific focus on providing political education, deepening membership and development, and elevating NFG as a political home for progressive philanthropy. Description About the Position: The Director of Political Education and Convening will work collaboratively with the Senior Management Team to implement gatherings for strategizing with movement partners and with program leads to identify and craft opportunities to speak at key funder conferences. The Director of Political Education and Convening will also serve as a key partner in planning NFG’s biennial national convening, leading overall project management, structure, and event production while working closely with the Vice President of Programs on content, the Director of Communications and Membership on communications, and the Operations Manager on convening logistics.  The Director of Political Education and Convening will be responsible for both funder engagement and political education as well as designing the biennial NFG National Convening, with time and energy for these bodies of work ebbing and flowing according to the life cycles of these projects.   It is expected that the Director of Political Education and Convening will travel 25-30% of the year on average for philanthropy conferences and convenings, NFG national Convening site visits, NFG All-Staff meetings and other team meetings, and some Board Meetings. The Director of Political Education and Convening will report to the Vice President of External Affairs. Primary Responsibilities: FUNDER ENGAGEMENT AND POLITICAL EDUCATION  - Support the Senior Management Team and NFG staff in operationalizing an overall vision focused on a long-term organizing strategy through political education, funder gatherings, and the NFG National Convening. - Design yearly strategies in partnership with the Senior Management Team that create opportunities for funder engagement in spaces (in-person and virtual) to build relationships, provide ongoing political education, and increase membership and grant revenue for NFG. - Lead the design and production of funder calls, webinars, organizing trainings, and meetings to advance philanthropy’s political education and analysis on evergreen and emerging topics that don’t fit squarely within an established program area. - Identify opportunities for the Senior Management Team and program leads to advance NFG’s mission by identifying speaking engagements, drafting and coordinating submissions of session proposals for various funder conferences, and coordinating logistics to engage funders (such as networking receptions or smaller funder gatherings) as needed.  - Serve as a dot-connector between Program and External Affairs teams around political education and member engagement activities by highlighting opportunities for program leads to engage members and vice versa, as well as supporting the analysis around NFG’s impact to organize and serve as a political home for philanthropy.  - Work with the Director of Communications and Membership to support the collection of members’ stories and work that demonstrate NFG’s impact.  - Develop annual budget for political education and funder engagement work and lead revenue generation and budget tracking in partnership with the Vice President of External Affairs. - Track engagements with NFG members and potential members in NFG’s organizational CRM and support real-time information sharing across the organization through Slack and team meetings.  BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENING - Work closely with the Vice President of Programs, Co-Presidents, Director of Communications and Membership, and Operations Manager on biennial national convening, serving as lead for overall project management, convening structure, event production, event consultant and vendor management, logistics, and days of site management. - Once location is decided by the Senior Management Team and the Board, evaluate options for Convening event sites and hotels through location visits with support from event consultants. - Develop materials, talking points, and discussion topics to support NFG Board of Directors’ involvement and feedback in the National Convening leading up to the event and during the event. Develop and provide updates and discussion items for NFG All-Staff meetings about National Convening. - Engage and lead a Convening Committee made up of NFG members, strategic potential members, local funders, and at least one NFG Board member to support the design and content of each National Convening. - Direct NFG staff on their roles and responsibilities before and during the National Convening to support program driven content, learning visits, and other onsite event support.  - Develop annual budget for the NFG National Convening and lead revenue generation, sponsorships, and budget tracking. Design and lead the National Convening sponsorship outreach and process with the Vice President of External Affairs and Director of Communications and Membership.  - Work in collaboration with the Director of Communications and Membership on a plan for funder outreach, member engagement, and the collection of stories of impact. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have: - Experience working at a nonprofit movement organization (including unions, workers centers, community organizations, coalitions, advocacy organizations, etc.) or experience in philanthropy, including foundations, intermediaries, collaborative funds, or affinity groups. - Experience with event coordination and facilitation of large meetings (in-person and virtual spaces). - Strong interpersonal, writing, analytical, and organizational skills. - Experience in project and event management. - Demonstrated experience and comfort with facilitating committees or coalitions. - Familiarity with philanthropy, including foundations, intermediaries, collaborative funds, affinity groups, or as a grantee partner. - Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and accountability - Flexibility and comfort with overlapping projects, competing deadlines, and multiple stakeholders. - Willingness to travel domestically and overnight approximately 25-30% of the year. - Deep commitment to racial, economic, gender, disability, and climate justice. Salary and Benefits: This position is included in a collective bargaining unit represented by the Communications Workers of America, Local 9415. Specific employment terms are subject to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). That salary range for this exempt position is $100,000 - $130,000. NFG offers a generous benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, up to 23 vacation days, 10 sick days per year, additional PTO, including holidays, and retirement contributions. This position is remote with a four day work week, Monday through Thursday. NFG is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees with respect to any terms or conditions of employment based on race (including hairstyle and hair texture), color, religion and religious practices (including dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy or related conditions, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, military and veteran status, or any other protected by federal, state, or local law. Women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. About the Company NFG was established in 1980. During our early years, NFG was one of the few spaces in philanthropy specifically focused on people of color-led, grassroots organizing, and power building as the key to effective social change strategies. Today, NFG is a place for meaning-making in philanthropy. We offer funders a political home: a place to connect, strategize, and take action. NFG’s membership is composed of over 140 grantmaking organizations that co-conspire to accelerate racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. We welcome you to NFG and encourage you to connect with our dynamic programs that explore structural racism in health and housing, racial capitalism, migrant worker justice in rural areas, and more: Democratizing Development Program, Funders for a Just Economy, Integrated Rural Strategies Group, Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders, Philanthropy Forward, and our grantmaking program, the Amplify Fund.