Program Manager; CUP

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is seeking a Program Manager to be an integral part of our team’s work collaborating with community organizations and designers to create visually-based popular education tools, and in developing trainings to help share CUP’s methodologies.

We are seeking a creative and energetic individual with skills and experience in policy, community engaged design, project management, creating and leading trainings, and an ability to collaborate with people from a diverse range of backgrounds, who wants to use design and art to contribute to meaningful social change.

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement in partnership with marginalized communities.

CUP’s work addresses the needs of communities organizing for social change around complex public policies and decision-making processes that impact their lives, from affordable housing to labor rights. By collaborating directly with communities to create accessible and visual explanations on issues important to them, CUP provides individuals with the tools to claim their rights, advocate for their needs, and fight for social justice.

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The Program Manager will be part of CUP’s Community Education team. In our Community Education programs, CUP collaborates with community organizations and advocacy groups, as well as visual thinkers like graphic designers and illustrators, to create accessible visual explanations of complex policy and social justice issues.

The Program Manager will manage a range of projects and support the administration of the programs they are a part of. CUP’s Community Education programs are Making Policy Public, Public Access Design, Envisioning Development Toolkits, and Technical Assistance. In addition, the Program Manager will help develop trainings on CUP’s methodologies, and supervise staff. The Program Manager will report to CUP’s Director of Programs.

The ideal candidate for this position would be someone with strong project management skills; an understanding of American urban policy and planning issues, through a racial justice lens; an ability to lead community engaged design projects and work with marginalized communities; a desire to work in a collaborative setting with a broad range of partners; experience developing or implementing curricula or trainings;

and a demonstrated understanding of racial justice and equity.

We ask that you specifically address these areas, as well as other qualifications, in your cover letter.

The Program Manager’s responsibilities include:

• Managing projects, including coordinating a diverse group of participants, keeping projects on schedule, and managing project budgets
• Using CUP’s community-engaged design methodologies to collaborate with various stakeholders to create accessible, visual explanations of complex issues, including facilitating interviews, focus groups, and other feedback sessions with members of the target audience for each project
• Conducting outreach to, and building and maintaining relationships with existing and potential project partners, particularly community organizers and advocates and designers
• Managing contractors as well as other CUP staff, particularly program assistants and interns
• Writing, with a focus on clear, jargon-free communication that makes complex ideas accessible
• Providing art direction and guiding design processes with our design collaborators
• Researching complex policy and planning topics and translating them for lay audiences
• Leading and assisting with developing workshops and other trainings
• Evaluating projects and programs
• Ass…