Opportunities

Please see the job descriptions below and, if you feel the qualifications are a good match for your experience, skills, and interest, please send your resume and cover letter to Barb Cardell at barb(at)pwn-usa.org. 

Position Overview

PWN’s Leadership Development and Training Manager oversees the organization’s approach to training and leadership development; coordinates technical assistance contracts and grant deliverables related to training, and supervises training program consultants. As a member of the Program Team, the Leadership Development and Training Manager also implements external partnerships, evaluates leadership development activities, ensures quality control for PWN trainings, supports PWN staff in ensuring quality and impact of training-related initiatives and maximizes alignment of PWN’s training and leadership development activities with overall organizational goals. The Leadership Development and Training Manager works closely with PWN members,as part of the Program Team, alongside Policy and Organizing staff, reporting to the Leadership Development, Training and Technical Assistance Director.

About PWN-USA

Positive Women’s Network (PWN) is a national reproductive justice organization led by and for cis and transgender women, gender diverse and transgender folks living with HIV. We are building long-term relationships with a growing and engaged base on issues that matter most to our constituency: racial justice, trans justices, healthcare, HIV policy, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive justice, decarceration, and robust social services that promote dignity for all people. We are a fun, passionate, and collaborative, majority BIPOC team, committed to centering involvement by our membership body.

Core Responsibilities

• Align, develop, and execute organizational training, leadership development and learning
  activities (55%)
• Lead programmatic work related to building PWN member capacity to deliver effective trainings
  and to promote themselves as subject matter experts and trainers (10%)
• Coordinate contracts and grant deliverables related to training and leadership development
  (20%)
• Other duties as assigned (5%)

Essential Knowledge, Skills, & Experience 

VALUES:

• Commitment to align training program with PWN values, vision, mission and organizational priorities
• Demonstrated commitment to reproductive justice, racial justice, trans liberation, and meaningful involvement of directly impacted communities
• Commitment to building power with and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, women and people of trans experience living with HIV

EXPERIENCE:

• At least 2 years of experience in developing and delivering trainings
• A year of experience coordinating or managing groups, volunteers, or staff
• Track record of positive partnerships and organizational relationships

SKILLS:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to develop and implement basic evaluation tools
• Fluency in Google slides, PowerPoint, spreadsheet creation and use, and Google suite
• Fluency in setting up and running virtual trainings and virtual meetings, including use of Zoom platform
• Ability to work remotely and to nurture and sustain relevant communication and relationships with colleagues, members and key stakeholders
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Self-starter and team player

PREFERRED:

• Background in training and learning theory
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Experience in popular education and alternative learning modalities

Supervisory Responsibility

Will coordinate multiple consultants.

Location

This is a remote role based in the US.

Travel

This role requires limited travel (approximately 5–10%), including attendance at national
conferences and in-person staff retreats. Travel schedules are communicated in advance
whenever possible.

Compensation and Benefits (Full Time – 40 hours/week)

• 100% FTE, exempt position. Annual gross pay is $66,000 (@100% FTE depending on experience)
• MSC’s full time benefits package includes:
  • Accrual of 13.33 vacation hours per month.
  • Accrual of 8 sick hours per month.
  • 13 standard holidays.
  • 2 personal days per year (your personal days are designated as your birthday and hire date anniversary).
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents (Eligible the first day of the following month from date of hire)
  • 100% covered sponsored basic life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance coverage.
  • Access to a 403b retirement plan.
  • Access to FSA plan.
  • MSC Paid Family and Medical Leave.

Please see the job descriptions below and, if you feel the qualifications are a good match for your experience, skills, and interest, please send your resume and cover letter to communications(at)pwn-usa.org. 

Position Overview

The Communications Director leads the efforts of Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) to elevate the voices, experiences, and priorities of cis and trans women, gender diverse, and trans people living with HIV online and in the media. This is accomplished through strategic use of and skillful management of the various online platforms PWN uses to communicate with our members and base—including social media, our website, our EveryAction email list—as well as through proactive media outreach; training and support for member and staff spokespeople; thought leadership within the organization and coalition spaces, especially as pertains to framing, messaging, and communications strategy; and creation of collaterals that educate and mobilize members and base.

About PWN-USA

Positive Women’s Network (PWN) is a national reproductive justice organization led by and for cis and transgender women, gender diverse and transgender folks living with HIV. We are building long-term relationships with a growing and engaged base on issues that matter most to our constituency: racial justice, trans justices, healthcare, HIV policy, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive justice, decarceration, and robust social services that promote dignity for all people. We are a fun, passionate, and collaborative, majority BIPOC team, committed to centering involvement by our membership body.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and implement communications strategy, messaging guidance, and thought leadership for advocacy campaigns, nonpartisan electoral organizing efforts, fundraising drives, and other organizational goals and priorities
• Serve as main point of contact for media, serving as a spokesperson when needed and as a media liaison
• Supervise communications assistant and consultants
• Train, prepare, and support members to be spokespeople for the organization
  and for policy priorities online and in print and broadcast media
• Manage website, CRM, and social media accounts (communications assistant and/or consultants may be responsible for much of the day-to-day administration of these; you will be responsible for maintaining quality, user experience, and consistency)
• Maintain and expand PWN’s footprint in earned media
• Create or supervise creation of collaterals for a wide variety of rapid response and long-term campaigns, including but not limited to: talking points; social media content; flyers; emails; press releases and media advisories; statements; and calls to action
• Monitoring and evaluating progress toward campaign goals and organizational goals and priorities
• Representing organization publicly and providing thought leadership through
  media, at conferences, in coalition spaces, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Knowledge, Skills, & Experience 

• 3+ years professional experience in communications, marketing, journalism, and/or digital organizing, preferably for a social justice nonprofit, political campaign, labor union, or public entity
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Experience with messaging complex issues for a variety of audiences
• Demonstrated experience using social media strategically for advocacy and/or electoral organizing campaigns
• Demonstrated ability to obtain favorable earned media coverage
• Team player who can work independently or collaboratively on tight deadlines
• Excellent project management skills
• Proficiency with website management and mass email systems (e.g., WordPress, Action Network, Constant Contact, Salsa, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google tools
• Commitment to racial, gender, and social justice, and experience messaging and writing with these lenses
• Experience working with communities of color and people with less formal education

Supervisory Responsibility

This role does supervise the Communication Assistant and contractors as needed

Location

This is a remote role based in the US.

Travel

This role requires limited travel (approximately 5–10%), including attendance at national conferences and in-person staff retreats. Travel schedules are communicated in advance whenever possible.

Compensation and Benefits (Full Time – 40 hours/week)

• Full time salaried exempt position with annual gross pay of $75,000-80,000
• MSC’s full time benefits package includes:
  • Accrual of 13.33 vacation hours per month.
  • Accrual of 8 sick hours per month.
  • 13 standard holidays.
  • 2 personal days per year (your personal days are designated as your birthday and hire date anniversary).
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents (Eligible the first day of the following month from date of hire)
  • 100% covered sponsored basic life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance coverage.
  • Access to a 403b retirement plan.
  • Access to FSA plan.
  • MSC Paid Family and Medical Leave