Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GIFFORDS is a nonprofit organization working to save lives from gun violence, with its Center for Violence Intervention advancing community violence intervention as a public safety strategy. The Coalition Manager will strengthen statewide CVI coalitions, expand a national peer network, support new coalitions in priority states, and coordinate advocacy, convenings, resources, and coalition development.
Responsibilities
- Support SCCA member development and engagement through needs assessments, outreach, site visits, onboarding, training, technical assistance, peer learning, one on one meetings, and ongoing relationship management
- Support SCCA infrastructure and member resources, including maintaining a national repository and developing model policies, training materials, webinars, strategic planning tools, coalition updates, and other field resources
- Plan and support SCCA convenings and cross-state coordination, including monthly virtual meetings, the annual in-person gathering, peer learning, cross-state advocacy efforts, and member communications
- Support the development of new statewide CVI coalitions in priority states, including stakeholder mapping, relationship-building, governance development, recruitment, and facilitation of early convenings, with a goal of launching at least one new coalition
- Support state and federal CVI advocacy efforts by preparing talking points, fact sheets, sign-on campaigns, legislative monitoring reports, model policies, advocacy days, and other policy resources
- Help develop and administer the CVI Coalition Support Fund, including establishing funding criteria, managing applications and review processes, tracking awards, and monitoring grantee progress and capacity-building activities
- Help establish and support a Frontline Worker Advisory Committee that brings frontline workers, people with lived experience, and survivors into SCCA policy and coalition strategy through regular convenings, policy review, and structured opportunities for input
- Serve as a thought partner and resource to coalition leaders, connecting members to GCVI expertise and peer networks while tracking emerging CVI policy, funding, and field trends
- Support the broader GCVI team with research, event coordination, data tracking, coalition programming, and other duties as assigned
Skills
- Demonstrated commitment to community violence intervention or gun violence prevention, whether through professional experience, lived experience, community involvement or academic work
- Demonstrated experience leading successful issue based campaigns by way of community organizing, coalition work or stakeholder engagement
- Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
- Demonstrated a strong track record of policy synthesis in CVI or related fields
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clearly for practitioner, policy and advocacy audiences
- Comfort working in fast-moving, relational environments where not every process is established
- Familiarity with state-level policy advocacy or legislative process
- Experience with stakeholder convening facilitation
- Experience supporting or participating in coalitions, networks or membership organizations
- Proficiency with standard project management and communications tools
- Spanish language proficiency or other language skills to relevant to coalition communities
Benefits
- Employer-funded health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health, transit, and parking flexible spending accounts
- 401k plan with 4% employer match
- Reimbursement for cell phone
- Monthly wifi stipend
- 25 days of PTO annually
- Paid week closure at the end of the calendar year
- 10 paid federal holidays
- Mentorship and professional development through workshops focused on technical skills, panel discussions and networking with the GCVI as well as the broader GIFFORDS team
- Attendance and participation at major CVI field convenings including the GIFFORDS CVI Conference and SCCA In-Person Convening
- Exposure to policy advocacy, field research and communications functions across the GCVI team
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