Community Manager
Analyst Institute is looking for a community manager to join our Partnerships
& Community Engagement Team and work closely with our Donor Partnerships
Team. Both teams collaborate to ensure over a decade’s worth of research
and recommendations are disseminated across the progressive, social justice,
and civic engagement community. We work to build and support a community of a
broad range of organizers, campaigners, strategists, donors, institutional
funders, and their advisors and provide them with the best available evidence
to use in their program planning, implementation, and investment decision
making.
We’re looking to fill the community manager role as soon as possible. We
will be accepting applications through November 18, 2022.
The Role
We are seeking an excellent communicator with strong project management and
interpersonal skills to join the team as community manager. You’ll lead
efforts to engage the Analyst Group (AG), our community of over 12,000
practitioners, researchers, and donors. You’ll guide and implement
programming that fosters a strong community and educates members about our
latest research findings and recommendations. You’ll also manage logistics
and infrastructure to support such efforts.
You’ll report directly to the lead communications strategist while working
closely with fellow Partnerships & Community Engagement Team members and the
Donor Partnerships Team (as well as the broader Analyst Institute team).
As a community manager, you’ll:
- Write, edit, and manage the production of engaging content (e.g., reports,
presentations, web pages, training materials) that translates research into
actionable lessons and recommendations, including Analyst Institute’s
weekly newsletter, the AG Digest.
- Develop and implement strategies to equitably and inclusively grow the
Analyst Group membership base and deepen engagement with practitioner and
donor partners (e.g., building out a new member onboarding process).
- Lead planning and coordination for community events and trainings (virtual
and in-person). Present Analyst Institute’s research and recommendations to
progressive and civic engagement audiences (possibly one to three times a
year with opportunity for more, if wanted).
- Manage member engagement tools (Mailchimp, Copper, Calendly, Wordpress,
Zoom, Gmail, etc.), and monitor metrics across platforms to improve
communications and identify gaps in membership and outreach efforts.
- Maintain and make improvements to Analyst Institute’s website. Support
the facilitation of internal and external stakeholder processes to improve
its functionality and user experience.
- Help Analyst Group members identify and access resources that answer their
strategic and programmatic questions and implement strategies that solicit
their input on how to make our resources even more useful and accessible.
Qualifications
The following encompasses many of the skills and experiences we consider
useful for the community manager role, but we encourage you to apply even if
you do not meet all of the qualifications.
You should be someone who:
- Has professional experience in communications, content, and/or community
management.
- Has experience in event planning/production, content marketing, and member
support, plus demonstrated ability to engage with the substance and logistics
of such work.
- Enjoys and excels at writing in a variety of formats and can create
visually appealing and accessible content.
- Can communicate technical concepts, including statistical methods and
social science research, in ways that can be easily understood by lay
audiences.
- Can learn new systems and subject matters quickly.
- Can independently manage projects start-to-finish in a detail-oriented
manner while juggling multiple responsibilities with firm deadlines.
- Creatively collaborates with those of different backgrounds, skill sets,
and expertise.
- Has strong interpersonal skills.
- Is curious, self-motivated, and a proactive problem-solver.
- Believes deeply that applying evidence to political and social justice
campaigns can help further the progressive movement.
- Values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Deeply understands the concept of leadership through service.
Though less necessary for the role, we are interested in people with the
following experiences:
- Basic technical knowledge of HTML, Wordpress, and Mailchimp.
- Professional experience in graphic design.
- Professional and/or volunteer experience working on a political or advocacy
campaign.
- Familiarity with the body of academic and practitioner research related to
electoral, issue-based, and advocacy campaigns, as well as the findings from
Analyst Institute’s signature reports.
- Experience working with a wide variety of digital communication
technologies (e.g. Slack, Asana, etc.) to facilitate project management and
collaboration.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish with experience translating technical
language from English to Spanish.
Logistics
- Location: We are equally open to candidates working remotely or from our
D.C. office near McPherson Square (pandemic-permitting). Roughly two thirds
of our staff works remotely regardless of the status of the pandemic, and our
internal culture fully supports and integrates remote staff. When it is safe
to do so, remote staff may be asked to travel periodically for training,
important convenings, and team-building. This position may require one trip
per year to Washington, D.C., when we resume in-person membership-based
events.
- Start date: We are looking for this position to start in January 2023. This
is a full-time, exempt position.
- Compensation range: Starting salary commensurate with experience and skill
set, from $70,000 to $85,000.
- Benefits: These include 100% premium-covered health, dental, and vision
care, generous paid time off, 401(k) matching, twelve weeks paid parental
leave (including the birth, adoption, or fostering of a child), and
professional development stipends.
- For more information: Learn some of the reasons you may want to work here
and visit us at https://analystinstitute.org for more information about
the work we do.
- To apply: Click the link below to fill out an application.
Women and nonbinary people, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community,
and members of other commonly underrepresented groups are especially
encouraged to apply, even if you don’t meet all of the criteria.
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employment decisions at Analyst Institute will be based on merit,
qualifications, and abilities. Analyst Institute does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability,
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compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.
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visas or work permits.
AI is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part
of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are
provided reasonable accommodations as determined through an interactive
process. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job
application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or
to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
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