Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a time-limited entity focused on strengthening California’s grassroots movements for racial justice and social transformation. The Regional Ecosystems Program Director will lead the Regional Ecosystems program, developing frameworks, assessments, coordination models, and learning processes while supporting regional organizations and formations across California. The role also provides program leadership, cross-functional coordination, supervision, and implementation support to strengthen durable regional power.
Responsibilities
- Lead and steward collaborative and iterative processes to develop Regional Ecosystem frameworks, assessments, tools, and coordination models in deep partnership with grassroots basebuilding/powerbuilding organizations, MIC teams, and strategic partners
- Lead the synthesis of learning from regional experimentation into practical tools, guidance, and approaches that can be adapted across regional contexts
- Contribute to MIC-wide strategy development and learning related to regional power and movement infrastructure
- Support anchor organizations in building the capacities needed to convene, coordinate, and steward regional powerbuilding efforts
- Guide and oversee the development and testing of regional formations as durable spaces
- Steward the development of practices that help regional formations move beyond transactional coordination toward durable relationships, shared governance, collective strategy, and long-term regional power
- Oversee and coordinate resourcing and support for regional organizations to engage in experimentation that strengthens regional ecosystem formations, culture, and practice
- Provide technical assistance and accompaniment to regional organizations implementing tools, practices and collaborative governance models in emerging or established Regional formations
- Oversee the development and implementation of regional ecosystem assessments, including regional landscaping and power mapping
- Work in tandem with MIC’s Movement Strategy & Innovation and Learning & Impact teams to facilitate sense-making and synthesis of assessment findings and implementation learning, informing program refinement, model development, and cross-regional comparison
- Design and facilitate learning processes, including Regional Learning Visits and cross-regional sense-making sessions, to support shared political analysis, collective learning, and the evolution of regional movement strategy
- Provide leadership and coordination for the Regional Ecosystems workstream, including project planning, timelines, deliverables, and reporting
- Supervise program manager, consultants, and project teams supporting Regional Ecosystems initiatives, as applicable
- Support documentation, internal reporting, and communication with MIC leadership and governance bodies
- Weekly supervision meetings
- Bi-weekly RE team meetings
- Monthly RPB Team meetings
- Monthly all-staff meetings
- Monthly all-staff training sessions
Skills
- A strong alignment with MIC's mission, values, and commitment to racial justice, equity, and democratic power
- 10+ years of experience in community organizing, powerbuilding, regional ecosystem development, or movement infrastructure
- 5+ years of experience in a director-level or equivalent senior leadership role
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of movement-building theory, in particular collaborative governance, and long-term powerbuilding at the regional ecosystem level
- Deeply embedded in regional and statewide movement ecosystems, with established credibility and strong relationships; brings a practical, grounded understanding of the distinct roles of grassroots powerbuilding organizations, movement support organizations, and regional anchors
- Proficiency with power analysis, ecosystem mapping, regional assessments, and movement strategy
- Proven ability to lead complex initiatives, manage cross-functional teams and partnerships, and steward iterative learning and adaptation
- Experience supporting organizations through strategic alignment, principled struggle, and collective decision-making across organizational boundaries
- Ability to design and facilitate organizational learning processes and translate learnings into adaptable frameworks, tools, and methodologies
- Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating multi-organizational collaborations, regional formations, or networks
- Skilled facilitator with experience guiding shared analysis, strategic alignment, collaborative governance, and conflict navigation
- This is a full-time, exempt position starting as soon as possible. This role is remote; however, the candidate must be in California
- This position requires travel throughout California, with travel frequency expected to increase over time and average approximately 2 - 4 times per month as the program evolves
Benefits
- 100% organization-funded medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children. Coverage begins on the first day of employment.
- As a full-time employee, you will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days per year, and a generous paid family leave policy. Accrual of this benefit begins on the first day of employment and becomes available upon completion of the 90-day trial period.
- Paid Holidays: 21 days total, including a 10-day Winter Break overlapping with Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- 4 Floating Holidays will be made available upon completion of the 90-day trial period.
- MIC offers a 403b retirement plan.
- MIC contributes an employer-paid amount equal to 5% of your salary. Vesting for this contribution is immediate.
- Employees have a default 3% personal contribution rate and may adjust it at any time.
- This role is remote; however, the candidate must be in California.
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