Senior Program Manager

Why work for Strong Cities at ISD-US?

This role will sit within the North America Regional Hub, dedicated to Strong Cities regional coordination, engagement and activities as the Network seeks to continue to deliver on it's strategy to enhance its impact at a city, national, regional and global level.

The Strong Cities Network is hosted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). Recruitment for this role will be managed by, and the successful candidate employed by, ISD-US. For more information on ISD’s recruitment policies and processes, visit the ISD website.

Our benefits

• Flexible and remote working based on ISD's Time Principles (Trust, Communication, Flexibility). 
• 20 days paid time off (plus 11 public holidays, a week of additional paid time off over Christmas, extended 4th of July and Thanksgiving breaks). All in, this is nearly 40 days of yearly PTO. 
• Up to 6 weeks paid sick leave and other family-friendly policies.
• Dedicated mental health counsellors on staff for those working with potentially traumatic content.
• Inclusive wellbeing program with regular wellbeing initiatives e.g. early finish every Friday, 'Digital Detox' in the month of August, and more.
  
  

Salary

$85,000 - $110,000 per annum depending on experience.

Location

We welcome candidates from anywhere within the United States to apply, but will give preference to applicants based in the D.C. metro area. Unfortunately, we cannot provide Visa sponsorship for this vacancy at this time. 

Hours

Full time / 40 hours per week.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

ISD is committed to promoting diversity throughout its workforce and aims for its team to be truly representative of all sections of society. We make a concerted effort to ensure our workplace, employment policies and organisational culture creates an inclusive, positive and progressive environment in which all members of our team are treated with dignity and respect. For further information about this policy or our recruitment practices, please email vacancies@isdglobal.org.

The Senior Program Manager will work as part of the Strong Cities Management Unit, as a senior member of the Strong Cities North America Regional Hub. They will lead on the implementation of a Department of Justice-funded project that involves working with local governments and community-based organizations (CBOs) in five (5) cities across the US to enhance community-based prevention of, responses to, and reporting of hate crimes and incidents. The post holder will lead program management, manage project staff, engage with external stakeholders and potential donors, and conduct briefings and trainings as appropriate.

• Manage Strong Cities’ DOJ grant that involves working with local governments and CBOs in five (5) cities across the US to enhance community-based prevention of, responses to and reporting of hate crimes and incidents.
• Maintain and build relations with project stakeholders (donors, external leadership partners, subject matter expert consultants, CBOs and city governments, etc.)
• Work with and coordinate efforts of SMEs to produce training and briefing content for key stakeholders
• Deliver and/or facilitate capacity-building training for CBOs/city governments

Stakeholder Engagement & External Representation (10%)

• Manage relationships and represent the Strong Cities Network’s work in this domain with key project partners, members, governments, and donors

Institutional Support (10%)

• Coordinate with the wider ISD-US team on ongoing efforts, and collaborate with the wider ISD global team where appropriate
• Line manage, support, and develop junior staff working on Strong Cities North America

The ideal candidate

The ideal post holder will have strong program management, organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills. They will bring energy to the role and possess a strong work ethic and attention to detail. This individual will have the opportunity to travel for a small number of 2–3-day site visits, workshops, and/or network conferences throughout the country each year. They will have demonstrated in previous roles the ability to work both independently and as part of a dynamic team environment – and one which requires timely action and response – and be motivated to contribute actively to the Strong Cities mission.

Please review our  job description for essential criteria, and keep in mind that no candidate will meet every requirement in the advert. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified, but you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.

How to apply

Please submit your application by October 15th. ISD reserves the right to interview and appoint candidates prior to the advertised closing date.

If you have any further questions about this vacancy or want to speak to a member of our recruitment team, please contact vacancies@isdglobal.org.