State Director, Ohio

What You’ll Do

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Program Design and Strategy

1. Build Ohio-specific program strategy from broader program methodology in collaboration with the Director of Programs.
2. Ensure compliance of all in-state programming and assist with risk management in collaboration with the Director of Programs and Operations Manager.
3. Utilize contextual expertise to advise on program iteration throughout the duration of the project.
4. Contribute to national-level program strategy and implementation as appropriate.

State-Level Program Management & Implementation

1. Lead planning for relevant in-state programs, events, and activities, with support from the Over Zero State Resilience project team.
2. Facilitate in-state meetings and workshops, with support from the Over Zero State Resilience Project team and external consultants, as appropriate.
3. Manage spin-off projects initiated by program participants, including identifying logistical and programmatic needs, coordinating support, and ensuring compliance.
4. Manage state-level and local consultants.

Ohio Partner Relationship Management

1. Oversee recruitment of program participants.
2. Build and manage relationships with and among program participants. Serve as the local point of contact to coordinate one-on-one support, including through connecting participants with external resources.
3. Coordinate shared action among network members, including rapid response activities as needed.
4. Serve as the primary liaison between Over Zero and state-level partner organizations.

Learning, Evaluation, and Reporting

1. Represent Over Zero at local meetings and, at times, at national conferences on election violence prevention.
2. Regularly stay abreast of current events, research, and other relevant contextual developments, including by attending relevant briefings and convenings.
3. Manage impact tracking for state-level and local activities.
4. Identify areas for improvement and iteration and implement programmatic changes accordingly.
5. Contribute to relevant grant reports and proposals.

Over Zero staff model and support a respectful, informed, and high-performance results-oriented work environment built on collaboration that remains fun and enjoyable. We all strive to embody Over Zero’s organizational values and consistently identify areas for improvement or opportunities to further live into and implement our values.

All employees of Hopewell are required to complete timesheets.

What You’ll Need

Required Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 8+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated excellence in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects with multiple competing deadlines.
• Experience building cross-sector coalitions with demonstrable results.
• Significant experience working and living in Ohio and/or deep knowledge of and relationships with civil society and community leaders in Ohio.
• A commitment to working across differences to build a more peaceful and just United States, and a commitment to Over Zero’s values.
• Evident experience with training, facilitation, or coaching.
• Basic fluency in Microsoft Office, social media platforms, marketing platforms (e.g. Mailchimp, Canva, WordPress, Squarespace, etc.), project management platforms (e.g. Teamwork, Asana, etc.) or ability and desire to learn.
• Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience.

Valuable Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Relevant expertise in mediation, political violence or identity-based violence prevention, or peace building.
• Competency in another language other than English (Spanish preferred).

Other things to note:

• While Over Zero is a decentralized, fully remote organization, to meet the demands of this position, candidates must be physically based in the state of Ohio.
• This position will require attending in-person events and meetings.
• This position will require regular travel within Ohio and occasional travel to other U.S. locations.

Who You Are

To be successful in this job, you will excel in the following key areas:

• Collaboration: Experience working effectively as part of a team and with colleagues and stakeholders of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Communication: Proven ability to think analytically and strategically, with the ability to translate ideas and insights into action through coherent and viable program work. Excellent verbal, written, presentation, public speaking, and communication skills.
• Organization: Demonstrated organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, while meeting deadlines. Highly organized and process oriented.
• Curiosity: Excited to learn new approaches to doing your work and interested in exploring topics to better engage with your projects, colleagues, and program participants.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to work across differences to inspire others and achieve goals.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: The starting salary range for this position is $85,000-$100,000, commensurate with the candidate’s relevant experience, capabilities, and skills, and in alignment with internal equity.

Benefits: In addition to our competitive salaries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• 3% automatic contribution and a 3% employer match on 401(k) contributions
• Flexible spending account options for health, dependent care, and transit
• Mobile phone and technology benefits
• Paid holiday (9 standard + 4 floating), vacation (4 weeks per year), sick, volunteer, and office closure time off
• Flexibility to work from home (with organizational support provided for use of coworking spaces)
• Commitment to professional development and growth

About Over Zero

Over Zero, a project of the Hopewell Fund, was founded to reduce, prevent, and create long-term societal resilience to political and identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm. We focus on the role of communication in either fueling or counteracting this type of violence and we equip leaders from diverse sectors with tools for violence prevention and response. We collaborate with a wide range of academics, researchers, and practitioners globally. We are deeply committed to our organizational culture, which includes values of co-creation, discovery, do no harm, impact, and wholeness.

Hiring Statement

Over Zero is a project of Hopewell Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public interest projects and grant-making programs. Hopewell Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to create a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Hopewell Fund’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious cred, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.

COVID-19 Policy

To center the safety and well-being of its employees, Hopewell Fund requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within four weeks of their start date. This position may require candidates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations may be sought and approved in accordance with the law by contacting human resources at [email protected].