Recoding America Fund

Role Description The Vice President, States Initiatives will lead the Recoding America Fund's portfolio focused on ambitious reform of state governments, working with a growing field of partners. This role requires a field-building orientation to spur durable reform at scale. - Own both the strategy and operations of RAF's state-level work. - Bring a clear point of view on high-leverage reform opportunities. - Design scalable mechanisms for engaging state partners. - Focus on co-creation with ecosystem organizations. - Ensure the field is strong enough to outlast the organization. - Engage at both federal and state levels, ensuring a feedback loop with the Federal Policy Director. Qualifications - Substantial experience in government reform or public sector innovation (10-20 years). - Experience working in or closely with state government. - Strong understanding of the rhythms, constraints, and politics of state government. - Ability to create conditions for an ecosystem to deliver wins at scale. - Experience building and leading high-performing teams. - Comfortable representing work to funders and building the philanthropic case for state capacity investment. - Self-directed strategic leader with strong management skills. - AI-forward and actively experimenting with AI in work. - Thrives in a startup environment. Requirements - Develop and execute a scalable state strategy. - Build a portfolio of state-focused investments. - Design creative mechanisms for engaging state leaders. - Ensure field-building is a throughline in states work. - Create forums for ecosystem organizations to engage and generate ideas. - Advocate for political conditions conducive to reform. - Capture and codify lessons learned for the field. - Contribute to building RAF as a high-performing organization. Benefits - Automatic 3% employer contribution to a 401k, fully vested immediately. - Flexible Time Off. - Time off for federal holidays plus an end-of-year office closure from Dec 24 through Jan 1st. - 100% contribution to employee premiums for medical, dental, and vision; 50% contribution for dependents. - Access to pre-tax accounts including Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits. Next Steps and Start Date We’ll review applications and interview candidates on a rolling basis. We anticipate the most intensive portion of our candidate assessment process will take place June 15 through July 2, targeting an August start date. Reasonable Accommodations If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please email us at [email protected] with the subject "Accommodation Needed." Equal Opportunity Recoding America Fund is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Role Description The Recoding America Fund (RAF) is hiring a Head of Strategic Communications to build an engine of storytelling and case-making for state capacity reform. This role will shape how RAF communicates and develop shared language, story pipelines, and field-level narratives that serve the broader state capacity ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: - Narrative & Storytelling Programmatic Work: - Develop and execute a field-level narrative strategy that tells the stories of how weak government capacity affects Americans. - Build and maintain a pipeline of untold stories worth telling. - Experiment with approaches to reach broader audiences with state capacity stories. - Work with RAF's state and federal teams to develop compelling written products. - Prioritize elevating the stories and visibility of ecosystem partners. - Track and assess the impact of narrative efforts. - Ecosystem Engagement & Field Communications: - Develop powerful shared language and framing for the state capacity ecosystem. - Create messaging toolkits, talking points, and narrative frameworks. - Convene communications staff from ecosystem organizations for peer learning. - Design and execute convenings and gatherings for relationship building. - Help steward shared community infrastructure. - Organizational Communications & Media: - Develop and steward RAF's brand, voice, and core messaging. - Develop and execute RAF's media strategy. - Support advocacy and lobbying work with communications strategy. - Own RAF's website as a strategic asset. - Develop and maintain core communications collateral. - Manage relationships with external service providers. Qualifications - 6+ years of relevant experience in communications, narrative strategy, media relations, or related fields. - Experience in strengthening how other organizations communicate. - Ability to build relationships and community. - Experience in designing programs or launching initiatives. - Strong writing and storytelling skills. - Experience working with media and building journalist relationships. - Familiarity with AI for communications work. - Ability to work across ideological lines. Requirements - Elevate the field, not just the organization. - Invest in relationships over time. - Comfortable in the ambiguity of an early-stage organization. - Genuine craft in writing and narrative. - Curiosity engaging across political traditions. Benefits - Compensation: $140,000-180,000, depending on experience and other factors. - Competitive benefits. Next Steps and Start Date We’ll start reviewing applications on April 27th, so we encourage submissions by then. We are targeting a start date in June. Reasonable Accommodations If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please email us at [email protected] with the email subject "Accommodation Needed." Equal Opportunity Recoding America Fund is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.