Program Manager

Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is a national non-profit and social change organization that works to end gender-based violence and childhood adversity around the world. With offices in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Boston, we’re a team of educators, strategists, trainers and grassroots organizers who develop policies and programs that change social norms, prevent violence and create the conditions and experiences that children and adults need to thrive.

We are hiring a Program Manager to join our Children and Youth team. The Program Manager (PM) will provide program development, implementation and training support. The PM must be located (and reside near) a FUTURES’ office location.

Overview:

Reporting to the Program Director, the Program Manager (PM) will play an important role in one of our signature projects, Promising Futures.  Promising Futures is both a National Capacity Building Center and a growing federally funded grantee program that helps build capacity to support children and their families who are impacted by domestic violence. The Promising Futures team provides support and thought partnership to states, tribes and local grantees and to the larger national audience of domestic violence advocates and child serving organizations.

• Our work involves mobilizing community innovations to prevent violence and support healing and outcomes for children, their families and communities.
• Our goal is to create the conditions and experiences that lay the foundation for children and their families to thrive.
• Our aim is to drive meaningful, large-scale change using the power of storytelling, distributive leadership, strategic communications, and social action.

The PM will work closely with the Promising Futures team and provide guidance to grantee organizations to support them in their respective project implementation and evaluation efforts. The team is looking for someone committed to social justice, racial and gender equity, continuous learning, and teamwork. In addition to the skills identified below, a successful candidate is someone who embraces ongoing experiences of collective learning and unlearning, takes a collaborative approach to problem-solving, promotes solutions, and has a sense of humor. We provide mentorship and professional development opportunities to support the candidate’s growth and leadership.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct support, guidance and training to community organizations, states and other professionals in the domestic violence and child serving fields.
• Lead the development and delivery of new (virtual and in-person) training and education materials, web-based resources, podcasts, and tools as defined by program goals and priorities.
• Facilitate group-based coaching and/or learning communities.
• Coordinate and provide education and training to grantees and the larger national network of domestic/sexual/child abuse prevention organizations.
• Represent FUTURES at relevant stakeholder meetings, conferences and coalitions.
• Work closely with the Promising Futures national evaluation team team.
• Collect and analyze data and generate reports as needed.
• Manage program and event (virtual and in person) planning and implementation.
• Mentor administrative staff with potential to supervise in the future.
• Build and maintain trustworthy and authentic partnerships with a broad range of collaborators, (survivors, professionals, funders, etc.) to mobilize social action and change.
• Research innovative partner and event engagement strategies to amplify the team’s reach and impact.
• Stay current on research related to domestic violence and children’s exposure to violence.
• Support grant management activities, including proposal development and grant reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Some travel is required (with expenses paid by the organization).

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

The successful candidate will have:

• Advanced degree or equivalent combination of education and related work and or lived experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in direct service, project management, evaluation, or research.
• Content and practice expertise in domestic/sexual/youth violence prevention and intervention.
• Skilled approaches to project management and event planning. Able to effectively plan, organize and manage complex projects/events to achieve predefined goals and outcomes.
• A design mindset that centers the needs and interests of the intended audience.
• Ability to collaborate with our policy team to translate lived and field experiences into policy goals and recommendations.
• Experience in training and meeting facilitation, program development & implementation, and meaningful collaborations.
• Ability to operationalize anti-oppression values and principles and center race and gender equity in their approaches to collaboration and execution of job responsibilities.
• Capacity for self-reflection and team collaboration to improve our collective work to undo racism, sexism, transphobia and other forms of oppression.
• Experience providing technical assistance and/or training on domestic, sexual, or youth violence prevention, and/or children experiencing violence.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and public speaking and presentation skills.
• A high level of creativity to develop and implement innovative program execution strategies, successfully working independently and part of a multicultural team.
• Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills along with demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of people, e.g., policymakers, funders, practitioners, and parent and child survivors.
• Superior attention to detail and command of contemporary computer skills including Microsoft Office suite, Zoom meeting and other web-based meeting platforms and/or customer-relationship management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce.

In addition to the required skills and experience, a preferred candidate will also have experience with one or more of the below subject areas:

• Experience with evaluation, CQI processes and data analysis.

• Experience with website development.

• Experience with community organizing.

• Subject matter expertise on restorative/transformative justice practices with people who cause harm.

• Subject matter expertise on array of violence that children and youth experience, e.g gun violence, child exploitation (both on line and in person).

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

This is a full-time, exempt position. The pay rate is $97,500.00 annually. This salary is based on a standardized compensation structure that is transparent across the organization. Please note that the salary is non-negotiable and like all positions at FUTURES, eligible for step increases as part of our commitment to thriving wages for all staff. FUTURES offers excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus tax-advantaged Flexible Spending arrangements for Health Care and Dependent Care. FUTURES employees can take advantage of generous sick and vacation benefits including 13 paid holidays, 3 weeks of vacation to start, 12 days of sick and safe leave per year, and an employer-contributed 401k retirement plan.

FUTURES welcomes applications from people of color, indigenous people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other communities that have been marginalized and disproportionately impacted by violence and abuse. FUTURES maintains a diverse and dynamic workforce and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and promotions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Children and Youth team also encourages applications from survivors of violence and those who have experience with or within the child welfare and foster care system.