Program Director

About Us: Read the application pack for detailed information about One for the World and the Program Director Role. You can apply here.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $80,000, based on experience

Location: Remote within the continental United States, ideally, close to a major airport

Travel: Must be willing to travel 10-20% of time to help manage our programs, in addition to quarterly co-working weeks with the team

Benefits: We offer competitive benefits, including health insurance, 20 days of paid time off, paid sick leave, 10 holidays, and a week of ‘free leave’ when the office is shut from December 24th to January 1st

Start Date: We’d ideally like a candidate to start sometime between late May and July 1st

About the Role: The Program Director oversees the programs, chapters, and volunteers of One for the World. We need a morally ambitious visionary with concrete programming, interpersonal, and impact assessment skills to help us rapidly scale our flagship program at One for the World. The Program Director reports to the Chief Operating Officer, currently Emma Cameron.

Objectives

1. Recruit, manage, and maintain university and corporate volunteers for the organization
2. Create goals and objectives for One for the World’s programs
3. Assess the impact of One for the World’s programs
4. Create educational materials for different audiences
5. Create opportunities for community building for various audiences of One for the World, including holding in-person and virtual events

Specific roles and responsibilities include:

• Chapter administration and communications, including making physical asset orders and sending out newsletters and emails
• Chapter calls, including scheduling regular 30-minute calls and sending follow-up emails
• Creating and dispersing materials for chapter organizing, including presentations, training materials, and workshops
• Recruitment of new university chapter leaders, from initial advertisements to final interviews and onboarding
• Assessing impact data from in university chapters and using these findings to inform organizational strategy
• Management of interns and volunteers: hiring, supervising, and working with interns and volunteers on various projects for the organization
• Miscellaneous organizational tasks assigned by the Chief Operating Officer or by the Executive Director

Ideal soft skills for the role (in order of importance):

• Results-oriented thinker
• Adept at interpersonal communication, explicitly able to communicate with different stakeholders and volunteers
• Collaborative across teams, projects, and workstreams
• Adaptable & responsive to the needs of a growing and shifting organization
• Adept at managing & prioritizing your time
• Skilled at solving complex problems amongst and between people and projects
• (Desirable) Well-positioned to engage students in the MBA/software engineer space
• (Desirable) Data-driven: ability to use data to inform decisions and outcomes

One for the World is committed to encouraging diversity and eliminating discrimination in our roles as employers and service providers. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, promotes dignity, equality, and diversity, and encourages individuals to develop and maximize their potential. We are committed to recruiting and maintaining a community that broadly reflects the local community in which we operate—among our staff, volunteers, Board, and donors.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other legally protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. We particularly encourage applications from self-identified women and people of color. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability or have any other questions about applying, please contact emma.c@1fortheworld.org in confidence.