Northeast Associate Regional Director

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker religious organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems.

Title: Associate Regional Director, Northeast

Status: Full-Time

Type of Employment: Regular

Direct Supervisor: Northeast Regional Director

Region/Unit: US/NORTHEAST

Location: Current office within AFSC’s Northeast Region including New York City, Philadelphia, Newark, and Concord, NH. Option to work remotely up to 3 days per week.

Final date to receive applications: July 10, 2026.

The Associate Regional Director (ARD) is a key member of the Northeast Regional management team and assists the Regional Director in providing strategic and programmatic leadership in the Northeast Region, a 9‑state area in which there are 4 programs  ARD is also a key member of the US Management Team, offering support and leadership to national work.

The ARD assists the Regional Director in supervision of program staff and volunteers to give regional and local expression to broader organizational goals. The ARD works in close collaboration with US Thematic Directors (for Peace building, Migration and Economic Justice) and participates in US and global staff groups to help ensure program coherence, collaboration, and achievement of systems level change. Additionally, the ARD assists in management of the region’s financial resources (including grant management and compliance), participates in regional and organizational fundraising, and supports outreach with peace and justice organizations within the region.

The ARD advises and assists the Regional Director in communications to constituents, the public, and the Religious Society of Friends. They support the Regional Director in working with governance committees and stand in when the Regional Director is on leave or otherwise away from the regional office for an extended period.

Program Planning and Direction

• In collaboration with US Thematic Directors and Strategy, Learning and Impact staff, foster increased staff understanding and competency in development of Theories of Change and Action, program-based budgeting and program planning, implementation strategies, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, in accordance with AFSC’s strategic plan and within resource constraints.
• Encourage collaboration among staff members for the sharing of analysis, strategies, methods, and opportunities for synergistic and collaborative programming.
• Participate in region-wide and national level program development and support, assisting the Regional Director, and Thematic Directors as needed, in working with staff members to ensure that projects and programs are of high quality and effectiveness, and are focused on the mission, goals and objectives of the AFSC.
• Foster staff understanding and competency in program-based budgeting and program planning, strategies, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, for implementation of the strategic plan of the organization within resource constraints.
• Encourage and facilitate intra- and inter-regional program collaboration aimed at higher-level program impact.
• Promote and support effective program advisory/volunteer committees in support of local programs.

Staff Management, Development, and Support

• Supervise program and administrative staff as assigned by the Regional Director.
• Cultivate a work environment that attracts and maintains a diverse and highly motivated staff.
• Promote teamwork, common purpose, and continuous professional growth.
• Responsible for facilitating (through channels) the hiring and termination of regional staff members, as well as contract workers.
• Assist the Regional Director in ensuring effective regional staff intake, orientation and training.
• Ensure that consultative decision processes are used in the region.
• Ensure that staff members under direct supervision follow all AFSC policies and procedures.
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