Movement Innovation Collaborative

Position Title: Finance Specialist About Us The Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a new time-limited entity that will deepen and expand the capacity, impact, and sustainability of California's grassroots movements for racial justice and social transformation. Through offerings that are additive and synergistic with existing movement efforts, the MIC will support changemakers and organizations in catalyzing innovations in movement strategy, power-building, intergenerational leadership development, and collective long-term sustainability and resilience. Through a network of physical and virtual "centers," the MIC will also contribute a key piece of infrastructure to fuel transformative structural change across California. This network will comprise new and existing centers serving hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of grassroots leaders across California. Position Summary The Finance Specialist supports the day-to-day financial operations of Movement Innovation Collaborative. This role manages the flow of financial transactions and documentation across MIC’s finance systems, helping ensure expenses, invoices, and payments are processed accurately and efficiently. What You’ll Be Doing The Finance Specialist will be responsible for monitoring expense submissions, processing invoices and payments, maintaining organized financial records, and tracking transaction activity. The role also supports audit preparation and assists the finance team with maintaining strong financial documentation and processes. While the primary focus of the position is financial operations, the Finance Specialist will provide support to grant administration processes and assist the Deputy Director of Finance. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with systems, tracking financial workflows, and helping organizational processes run smoothly. Key Responsibilities include: Financial Transaction Processing Support the processing and documentation of financial transactions across the organization. Responsibilities include: - Review expense submissions in Expensify for completeness and proper documentation - Monitor outstanding expense reports and follow up with staff regarding missing receipts or corrections - Assist staff in troubleshooting expense report and reimbursement questions - Enter and track financial transactions after receiving documentation from staff - Support expense management related to staff travel and organizational gatherings - Maintain organized documentation for expense and reimbursement transactions Vendor Payments & Invoice Processing Support vendor and consultant payment workflows. Responsibilities include: - Receive and organize vendor invoices - Enter invoices and prepare payments through Bill.com - Track invoice approvals and payment status - Assist with vendor setup and maintain vendor records - Respond to vendor questions related to payment status - Maintain organized vendor payment documentation - Support AP/AR processes Transaction Tracking & Financial Documentation Help ensure financial records are organized, accurate, and accessible. Responsibilities include: - Track payment status for expenses, invoices, and other transactions - Maintain organized digital files for financial documentation and supporting materials - Ensure transaction documentation is complete and properly stored - Support financial recordkeeping needed for reporting and compliance - Assist with reconciliation support and documentation preparation Audit Preparation & Finance Team Support Support preparation for the organization’s annual audit and financial documentation requests. Responsibilities include: - Assist with gathering documentation requested by auditors - Help organize financial records and supporting schedules - Maintain financial files needed for audit and compliance processes - Provide coordination and administrative support to the Deputy Director of Finance Grants Administration Support Responsibilities may include: - Maintaining organized grant documentation and files - Assisting with grant payment coordination - Supporting grant report tracking and reminders when needed - Assisting with grant-related financial documentation Who You Are While no one person will embody all of the qualities described below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences: - 2–3 years of experience in nonprofit finance, accounting support, operations, or similar roles involving financial transactions and systems - Experience working with financial systems such as Expensify, Bill.com, or similar platforms - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail - Comfort working with financial documentation and transaction workflows - Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a remote work environment - Strong written communication skills and ability to follow up with staff and external partners - Interest in supporting organizations working toward social change - Deep alignment with MIC’s mission, values, and movement-centered approach - Familiarity with nonprofit financial practices and compliance - Experience supporting remote teams or distributed organizations Employment Classification and Salary - This is a full-time, exempt position starting as soon as possible. This role is remote; however, the candidate must be in California. - The starting salary for this position is $90,000 - The MIC has a 90-day trial period policy for all new hires. This allows both the organization and the employee to ensure a great fit. During this period, performance, adaptability, and cultural alignment will be assessed through ongoing feedback and a formal review. Benefits - 100% organization-funded medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children. Coverage begins on the first day of employment. - Paid Time Off: As a full-time employee, you will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days per year, and a generous paid family leave policy. Accrual of this benefit begins on the first day of employment and becomes available upon completion of the 90-day trial period. - Paid Holidays: 21 days total, including a 10-day Winter Break overlapping with Christmas and New Year’s Day. Additionally, 4 Floating Holidays will be made available upon completion of the 90-day trial period. - Retirement Plan: MIC offers a 403b retirement plan. MIC contributes an employer-paid amount equal to 5% of your salary. Vesting for this contribution is immediate. Employees are auto enrolled with a 3% personal contribution rate and may adjust it at any time. MIC’s salaries and benefits reflect our commitment to collective care and sustainability. They may evolve as the organization grows, and employees will be updated as changes occur. Additional details will be provided upon hiring. Movement Innovation Collaborative is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage those who see alignment with our mission and believe they have the relevant skills and experience to apply. We commit to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.

Position Title: Communications Director Reports To: Co-Executive Director  About Us The Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a new entity that deepens and expands the capacity, impact, and sustainability of California grassroots movements for racial justice and social transformation.  As a movement lab, we bolster changemakers and organizations to unlock new approaches and catalyze innovations in building durable people power. We provide space and support for organizations to experiment and learn together and help spread what works across communities -- turning experiments into new playbooks that help all our communities achieve bolder change.  Position Overview  The Communications Director is responsible for owning and executing MIC’s communications and brand strategy across all channels, audiences, and organizational touchpoints. This role sets and translates strategy into practice, ensuring MIC shows up clearly, consistently, and compellingly to movement partners, funders, leaders, and the broader field. What You’ll Be Doing  Brand and Narrative Execution - Operationalize MIC’s brand strategy, messaging platform, and narrative positioning across all communications channels, initiatives, and opportunities for visibility - Develop narratives that support case-making for MIC frameworks and strategies    - Ensure consistent tone, voice, and framing across programs, leadership communications, convenings, written materials, and digital presence - Serve as internal steward of MIC’s brand, setting clear standards and supporting staff, board, and partners to communicate in alignment – without sounding scripted or generic - Translate complex, often abstract infrastructure work into clear, compelling stories grounded in impact, people, and outcomes Communications Planning and Infrastructure - Develop, manage, and implement annual and quarterly communications plans aligned with organizational priorities, program timelines, and capacity realities - Build and maintain scalable systems for content production, approvals, and distribution that work across a growing organization - Build and manage a communications tech stack that supports execution, collaboration, and performance tracking  - Create templates, playbooks, and guidance that enable staff and leadership to communicate effectively and efficiently - Anticipate narrative risks and opportunities in a fast-changing political context, and proactively adjust plans, messaging, and execution as needed - Work directly with co-EDs, program deputies and program directors in day-to-day workflows and implementation - Provide limited, targeted technical support such as training/tools to program teams to align and coordinate program messages with broader organizational messaging  - Manage a cross-program Comms Team and collaborate with internal teams that are developing MIC’s narrative infrastructure  - Collaborate with internal teams on data management as part of audience engagement Communications Execution  - Own and manage a cross-organizational editorial calendar  - Manage MIC’s external communications channels, including email, website, and social platforms - Coordinate communications with movement partners when appropriate, especially during shared initiatives - In partnership with other staff, develop and oversee key assets – from reports and toolkits to social media content to email newsletters - Partner closely with the Co-Executive Directors and Program Deputies to shape and support executive voice, positioning, and public-facing communications as an integrated component of the overall communications strategy - Prepare talking points, speeches, op-eds, presentations, and external messaging as needed - Support board and Leadership Council members with aligned messaging tools, guidance, and prep as needed - Manage vendors and consultants who serve as communications capacity for the organization Who You Are  - 7  to 10+ years of experience in communications, narrative strategy, or brand execution in movement, nonprofit, advocacy, or adjacent sectors - Experience working within or alongside organizing, power-building, or movement infrastructure organizations - Proven ability to manage up, across, and down  - Proven ability to execute and evolve a brand or narrative strategy across multiple channels and stakeholders - Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to make complex ideas accessible and compelling - Experience supporting and prepping senior leadership or executive communications - Strong project management skills and ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment - Deep alignment with MIC’s mission, values, and movement-centered approach Strongly Preferred - Familiarity with California’s movement ecosystem and regional dynamics - Experience managing vendors, consultants, or creative partners - Comfort operating in ambiguity while building structure, clarity, and momentum for others Employment Classification and Salary  - This is a full-time, exempt position starting as soon as possible. This role is remote; however, the candidate must be in California.  - The starting salary for this position is $160,000 - The MIC has a 90-day trial period policy for all new hires. This allows both the organization and the employee to ensure a great fit. During this period, performance, adaptability, and cultural alignment will be assessed through ongoing feedback and a formal review.  Benefits - 100% organization-funded medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children. Coverage begins on the first day of employment.  - Paid Time Off: As a full-time employee, you will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days per year, and a generous paid family leave policy. Accrual of this benefit begins on the first day of employment and becomes available upon completion of the 90-day trial period.   - Paid Holidays: 21 days total, including a 10-day Winter Break overlapping with Christmas and New Year’s Day. Additionally, 4 Floating Holidays will be made available upon completion of the 90-day trial period.   - Retirement Plan: MIC offers a 403b retirement plan. MIC contributes an employer-paid amount equal to 5% of your salary. Vesting for this contribution is immediate. Employees have a default 3% personal contribution rate and may adjust it at any time. This benefit becomes available after the 90-day trial period. MIC’s salaries and benefits reflect our commitment to collective care and sustainability. They may evolve as the organization grows, and employees will be updated as changes occur. Additional details will be provided upon hiring.  Movement Innovation Collaborative is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage those who see alignment with our mission and believe they have the relevant skills and experience to apply. We commit to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.

Position Title: CRM Manager Reports To: Deputy Director of Operations & Culture About Us The Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a new time-limited entity that will deepen and expand the capacity, impact, and sustainability of California's grassroots movements for racial justice and social transformation. Through offerings that are additive and synergistic with existing movement efforts, the MIC will support changemakers and organizations in catalyzing innovations in movement strategy, power-building, intergenerational leadership development, and collective long-term sustainability and resilience. Through a network of physical and virtual "centers," the MIC will also contribute a key piece of infrastructure to fuel transformative structural change across California. This network will comprise new and existing centers serving hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of grassroots leaders across California. Position Overview The CRM Manager leads and executes the design, build, and maintenance of the MIC’s Salesforce CRM database, under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Operations and Culture and in close collaboration with the Data Strategist and the program team. This position is responsible for building on our initial CRM discovery with additional detailed discovery and then designing and configuring a Salesforce instance from the ground up. What You’ll Be Doing The person in this role must bring a strong understanding of the Salesforce platform options for nonprofits, along with the ability to understand our organizational needs and translate them into an effectively configured Salesforce instance. The ideal candidate will be comfortable collaborating with stakeholders across the organization and be able to clearly explain design options and their tradeoffs. Current CRM environment/conditions - Remote-first organization with 15-20 staff across California and one office location in the Los Angeles area - No central CRM is in use - Data that will go into the CRM is in spreadsheets, with some historical information in Airtable - Basic discovery has been completed, resulting in requirements that Salesforce has been validated against, a draft simplified ERD, and a draft data dictionary that is known to be incomplete Key responsibilities Design, build, maintenance, and project management of Salesforce - Initially - Conduct detailed discovery - With staff input and buy-in, design Salesforce configuration for overall relationship management, program participation, and institutional fundraising - Configure Salesforce in alignment with the design - Migrate data in collaboration with staff - Project-manage the design, build, data migration, and rollout - Ongoing - Collect feedback from coworkers and use it to implement improvements - Create and maintain Salesforce roadmap - Discovery for new features needed/new areas of work to be added to the CRM - Design new features - Implement new features - Troubleshoot in collaboration with users and address problems as they arise - Manage user accounts and access - Support effective data entry and data hygiene - Project-manage Salesforce overall Documentation, training, and change management for Salesforce - Develop and maintain minimum viable documentation to support staff in their use of the CRM - Develop and deliver trainings for staff on the CRM - Participate in additional activities in collaboration with other staff to prepare, equip, and support people for the change that comes from the rollout of a new CRM Who You Are While no one person will embody all of the qualities described below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences: - 3-5 years’ experience configuring Salesforce in nonprofit contexts, including fields, objects, pages, roles, profiles, permission sets, flows, and reports and dashboards - Salesforce Platform Administrator or Nonprofit Cloud Consultant certification a major plus - Experience eliciting detailed requirements from system users - Experience designing Salesforce features based on user requirements - Experience putting user-centered design principles into practice - Experience developing and delivering trainings and people-centered support to stakeholders across the organization - Understanding of user testing best practices - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in particular the ability to communicate with nontechnical audiences about technical topics - Ability to effectively balance multiple competing priorities - Strong time management skills - Strong alignment with the MIC's mission, values, and culture - Demonstrated ability to work well within a multiracial team - A flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to handle strong opinions/feedback well, and adapt to the dynamic nature of a startup environment - Experience with social movement organizing is a plus Employment Classification and Salary - This is a .75 full-time/30-hours a week, exempt position starting as soon as possible. This role is remote; however, the candidate must be in California. - The annual salary for this position is $90,000 - The MIC has a 90-day trial period policy for all new hires. This allows both the organization and the employee to ensure a great fit. During this period, performance, adaptability, and cultural alignment will be assessed through ongoing feedback and a formal review. Benefits - 100% organization-funded medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children. Coverage begins on the first day of employment. - Paid Time Off: As a full-time employee, you will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days per year, and a generous paid family leave policy. Accrual of this benefit begins on the first day of employment and becomes available upon completion of the 90-day trial period. - Paid Holidays: 21 days total, including a 10-day Winter Break overlapping with Christmas and New Year’s Day. Additionally, 4 Floating Holidays will be made available upon completion of the 90-day trial period. - Retirement Plan: MIC offers a 403b retirement plan. MIC contributes an employer-paid amount equal to 5% of your salary. Vesting for this contribution is immediate. Employees have a default 3% personal contribution rate and may adjust it at any time. This benefit becomes available after the 90-day trial period. MIC’s salaries and benefits reflect our commitment to collective care and sustainability. They may evolve as the organization grows, and employees will be updated as changes occur. Additional details will be provided upon hiring. Movement Innovation Collaborative is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage those who see alignment with our mission and believe they have the relevant skills and experience to apply. We commit to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.

• Manage the execution of core OSI initiatives, including cohorts focused on upsurge absorption, intergenerational leadership, and organizer pipeline infrastructure. • Coordinate major project operations, including relationship management with field partners, event logistics, and participant engagement tracking for OSI programs. • Support the development of detailed project scopes and implementation plans, tracking goals and learning milestones to ensure timely completion. • Make tactical adjustments to resolve immediate implementation challenges and escalate critical programmatic roadblocks to the Program Director. • Facilitate regular, program-specific information sharing within the MIC network and with anchor field partners and practitioners. • Create agendas and facilitate committee meetings as needed to ensure discussions result in clear, actionable next steps. • Support the management of cross-racial, intergenerational spaces for collaborative learning and strategic alignment. • Support documentation to share 'movement lessons' learned from experiments in building OSI-related movement infrastructure. • Implement data tracking and other research tasks to support action research for testing OSI models in collaboration with the MS&I and Learning & Impact teams. • Assist in the codification of breakthrough strategies and findings into accessible toolkits and learning models for the field. • Support assessments of current trends in Transformative Organizing, including models and frameworks. • Monitor project-specific expenditures to assist the Program Director in tracking overall resource allocation. • Collaborate with MIC operations teams to implement program functions using internal systems and infrastructure (e.g., Salesforce, Asana, etc.)

• In partnership with the MIC Deputy of Transformative Organizing and other key stakeholders, refine and implement a strategic program, including key investments and partnerships, that leverage the outcomes and learnings from the pilot phase, and build collective systems and practices supported by networked infrastructure. • Define and prioritize program goals and outcomes into actionable work plans to meet the overall objectives of the strategic plan • Cultivate Communities of Practice (politicized healers, movement operations practitioners, power-building change makers), to understand and assess the healing, sustainability, and culture needs of the movement workforce, supported by research • Convene a wide range of stakeholders to engage in collaborative ideation and shared analysis and approach for defining collective movement standards/principles for fair labor standards, democratic governance, and other elements of durable and transformative power-building organizations • Landscape and assess the state of social-emotional training curriculum and offerings, and develop key interventions to meet the needs of power-building leaders, members, and movement support practitioners • Cultivate networks and deepen relationships with practitioners, subject-matter experts, researchers, and capacity-builders • Oversee all action research for testing HSC practices, collect data, and facilitate gatherings for sense-making • Work in close collaboration with other MIC leadership to ensure alignment, cross-fertilization, and shared programming across all program strategies • In collaboration with the Learning and Impact Director, support knowledge capture and dissemination related to HSC • We envision that as we move beyond the startup phase, the responsibilities for this position will shift to address other growing and strategic needs of Healing, Sustainability, and Culture in the power-building field.

• The Regional Ecosystems Director will develop, manage, and support the design and implementation of regionally grounded frameworks, assessments, and coordination models that strengthen the capacity of key regional organizations to engage powerbuilding organizations across California’s regional ecosystems. • Lead the collaborative and iterative design of Regional Ecosystem frameworks, assessments, and coordination models in deep partnership with grassroots powerbuilding organizations, MIC teams, and strategic partners. • Support the experimentation, testing, and refinement of facilitation tools within regional ecosystems, grounded in real-time practice and regional context. • Translate learning from experimentation into practical tools, guidance, and documentation that can be adapted and applied by regional organizations. • Support anchor regional organizations to build the capacity to convene and steward Regional Roundtables as structured spaces for coordination, strategy alignment, and ecosystem learning. • Coordinate resourcing and support for regional organizations to engage in experimentation that strengthens regional ecosystem structure and practice. • Provide technical assistance and accompaniment to regional organizations implementing Regional Roundtables and related ecosystem tools and practices. • Oversee the development and implementation of regional ecosystem assessments, including regional landscaping and power mapping. • Work in tandem with MIC’s Movement Strategy & Innovation and Learning & Impact teams to facilitate sense-making and synthesis of assessment findings and implementation learning, informing program refinement, model development, and cross-regional comparison. • Design and facilitate learning processes, including Regional Learning Visits and cross-regional sense-making sessions, to support shared analysis and alignment.