Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal U.S

Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Posting Date: 02/27/2026. Deadline: 03/13/2026

Role

Title:

Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Contract Type: Regular (5 Year Assignment)

Reporting To: Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Program/Department/Unit Name: Programs

Location: Washington, D.C. or New York

Team Name: Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

The U.S. Rights and Economic Renewal program is looking to hire an Associate Director to join the 5-year initiative that aims to safeguard core freedoms that are under attack, expand rights, and improve Americans’ economic wellbeing.

The Associate Director’s role will focus on supporting the development and implementation of the state strategy – our multiyear commitment to building power in a key set of states.

Associate Director brings deep expertise in their field and supports the Director, Programs while overseeing key areas of the U.S. Rights and Economic Renewal strategy.

They share responsibility for delivering outcomes and managing resources, serving as strong managers and subject matter experts who help build effective teams and a collaborative culture.

• Work withthe Directortodevelop and implement the Rights and Economic Renewal state strategy.
• Identify key leaders and strategies that could advance political power at the state level.
• Manage effectively the grant-making processby communicating with grantees for proposal submission, assisting in grant record preparation, grants processing, payments, reporting,and other related processes.
• Build astrongunderstanding of the field and partnerships, in developing and designing the grant selection processes.
• Work collaboratively in developing, assessing, and revising program strategies.
• Collaborate with funding peersfocused on state level grantmaking.
• Lead Program Manager  working on state strategy and build acollaborative team culture.
• Develop with the Director,metrics for MEL, and track impact based on the established targets and be responsible for tracking MEL impact andability to pivot to ensure the required outcomes are being achieved.
• Engage with embedded staff from other OSF teams in close cooperation with senior leaders.
• Monitor and regularly report on the progress of the Programto Managing Director of Programs and other senior OSF leaders.
• Leverage OSF’s work globally and employing the strategic capabilities of impact investment, strategic litigation, and advocacy to the Programmatic work.
• Manage relationships with partners, in close coordination with Geographic
  
  US Team as relevant, and work with them to achieve OSF’s strategicobjectivethrough the Program.
• 25% of travel is required.
• Other duties as required.

Program Manager

Directors, Associate Directors, Program Managers, Administrative Officers

Philanthropic Peers, Grantee Partners

• Substantialin-depthexperienceinorganizing state ecosystems (organizing, grantmaking, advocacy,etc.)
• Understand deeply what it takes to build power at the state level.
• Multi-state experienceonorganizing, advocacy, policy, and/or voter engagement.
• Have the ability to be strategic – witha track recordof strategydevelopment to implementation.
• Demonstratesound judgment witha stronglearning and evaluation orientation.
• Accountable for financial ($5m+), legal, and risk at a large-scale programmatic level.
• Conceive,designand manage cross-department, cross-programor similarly complex projects; expected to effectively manage time,budget, stakeholders, and network-wide or similarly complex coordination.
• Knowledgeofgrant makingbest practices and the field of philanthropy(c3 and c4 entities).
• Innovative thinker with experience incubating new projects or organizations.
• Demonstrate commitment to OSF’s core values of humility, commitment, collaboration, respect,inclusivity,and integrity.

• Exceptional opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact; from a generous annual professional development allowance for every employee to onsite training and learning conversations with visiting experts.
• Excellent…