Community Manager, Public Technology Leadership Collaborative

Responsibilities

• Builds and stewards a vibrant community of practice in order to foster peer-learning and trust-building amongst the PTLC membership.
• Designs and leads a PTLC match-making program that intentionally matches community members based on need/interest area to advance peer-learning and address time-sensitive policy questions.
• Plans, operationalizes, and, over time, hosts demand-driven pop-ups rooted in community needs and interests to cultivate mutual understanding between stakeholder groups and improve policy outcomes.
• Supports coordination of bespoke, demand-driven working groups in order to support groups in interrogating a time-bound specific question or co-developing practical resources for the PTLC community.
• Develops a robust suite of practical resources and artifacts rooted in community needs and interests to advance the PTLC’s objectives.
• Develops and maintains a community engagement database to source information about community needs/interests, support match-making program, and generate pop-up events.

Skillset

• Bachelor’s of Science in either Science & Technology Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Public Policy or other related fields preferred.
• 5+ years’ of experience in and/or working in close collaboration with the state agencies, regulatory bodies, and city governments required.
• 5+ years of experience in shaping and/or informing technology policy at the state or local level required.
• Excellent written, analytical, and facilitation skills required.
• Demonstrates the ability to work in collaboration with multiple stakeholder groups while operationalizing a strategy required.
• Demonstrates organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting deadlines required.
• Demonstrates issue and research expertise in emerging professional fields of public interest technology required.
• 2+ years of experience in and/or working in close collaboration with academic researchers and research centers preferred.
• Excellent oral presentation skills preferred.
• Proactive self-starter and the ability to work independently is preferred.
• Proficiency with Google Suite, Slack, Canva, Zoom.