Program and Policy Manager; Temporary

• Work closely with the Executive Director to advance the organization’s policy and advocacy priorities.
• Help prepare the organization for the upcoming Massachusetts legislative cycle, including tracking relevant legislation, policy developments, and advocacy opportunities.
• Attend legislative, coalition, community, and stakeholder meetings and represent the organization as appropriate.
  
  Thisincludesattending periodic in person events.
• Draft policy letters, talking points, advocacy communications, and letter-writing campaigns.
• Develop presentations and materials for policymakers, community leaders, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Develop program, policy, and event-related communications and outreach materials.

• Serve as the primary staff lead for the Financial Empowerment Network.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and communications with FEN members and partners.
• Coordinate FEN meetings, events, agendas, communications, and follow-up.
• Provide oversight and coordination of FEN committees, including supporting committee chairs, tracking priorities, and ensuring followthrough onaction items.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen network engagement and advance shared economic mobility priorities.

• Coordinate the day-to-day implementation of FELI programming.
• Lead participant recruitment, outreach, scheduling, and communications.
• Coordinate program dates,logistics, instructors, participants, and partners.
• Support marketing and promotion of FELI andmaintainaccurateprogram information.
• Maintain and update the FELI webpage and related digital materials.

• Support data cleanup and maintenance across program tracking systems and databases.
• Coordinateparticipantand alumni follow-up activities.
• Lead or support 6-month and 12-month follow-up surveys and outreach.
• Collect participant and alumni testimonials, stories, and other qualitative outcomes thatdemonstrateprogram impact.
• Identify stories and participant experiences that can inform policy advocacy, communications, fundraising, and program improvement.
• Support marketing campaigns for FELI, FEN, workshops, events, and other initiatives.

• 4–7 years of relevant professional experience in nonprofit management, public policy, economic mobility, financial empowerment, community development, advocacy, orrelatedfield.
• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, nonprofit management, communications, social services, business, economics, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Experience with policy advocacy, coalition engagement, legislative processes, community engagement, or stakeholder relations.
• Strong project management skills and demonstratedability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft compelling advocacy materials, testimony, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong relationship building, facilitation, and public-facing communication skills.
• Experience coordinating programs, workshops, events, networks, or stakeholder convenings.
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and organizational skills.
• Comfort with databases/CRM systems,Salesforce knowledgea plus,website content management, email marketing, and common digital productivity tools.
• Commitment to economic mobility, financial security, and expandingopportunitiesfor low- and moderate-income communities.
• Ideally, must be withincommutingdistanceto Boston Massachusetts for in person events.

Policy & Advocacy:Translates community needs and organizational priorities into practical advocacy…