Chief Program And Learning Officer

Are you passionate about leadership and racial and social justice within the social sector? Do you want to develop programs that support BIPOC leaders and strengthen organizations in building more diverse, inclusive, and equitable cultures? Do you thrive on managing people, bringing people together and leading change?

If so, we’re looking for you…

ProInspire is seeking a Chief Program and Learning Officer to play a key role in leading our work to support individuals and organizations with accelerating racial equity through leadership. The Chief Program and Learning Officer will have experience in organizational leadership, launching new programs, confidence advising individuals and organizations in their racial equity change journeys, skill in facilitating senior leaders through challenging conversations, and an understanding of the needs of Black and brown leaders and communities.

As an organization, ProInspire has experienced a lot of change and transformation. We began our internal racial equity journey in 2015, where we built shared language and analysis on the antiquated and often harmful white dominant standards in the workplace that particularly harm people of color. We started to shift our offerings for the sector in 2018 to support our partners with their own learning and alignment around racial equity. Then, in 2021, we grew our team to expand our work and shifted to a co-leadership model. As we approach our 15th anniversary in 2024, we’re continuing to align internally and externally with our racial equity values and contributing to the growing coalition of Pro-Black organizations that center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in their work.

The Chief Program and Learning Officer role is part of the Executive Team and provides a high level of responsibility and collaboration with the Co-CEOs and COO.

• Benefits: We provide a robust benefits package with a focus on supporting our team’s well being and doing their jobs well. Detailed benefits and additional cultural practices are described in the full posting.
• Salary: As Chief Program and Learning Officer, the starting salary will be $142,900.00 per year, paid bi-monthly on the 1st and 15th of each month. We are currently completing our bi-annual market analysis on compensation and aim to implement changes for all staff on 10/1/2023.
• Location: This is a fully remote position; we do not have a physical office space.
• Start Date: Flexible with target start date around October 1, 2023.
• Travel: Work travel is required for delivering programs, conferences, and meetings; on average, 1-2 trips per month for in-person meetings internally and for engagements externally with our partners. There are also occasional events during non-standard business hours.

Responsibilities for this role includes:

Set Vision and Direction: 10%

• Resource Mobilization: Establish and provide clarity regarding paths to achieve annual strategic goals and revenue goals
• Board Relations: Participate in board activities and engage board members or committees
• Strategic Approach: Work with Co-CEOs to set vision, strategic priorities, and direction for each of the organizational strategies: Individuals, Organizations, and Sector

Organize and Plan: 25%

• Business Development (Earned Revenue and Grant-Funded): Lead and hold accountability for each of the overall strategies and annual program milestones:Define annual revenue goals and set revenue generation approaches/offerings and identify paths to line of sight; Set annual learning agendas based on new project pipeline and team growth areas; Track progress on project goals and set knowledge share cadence (ex: launch, mid-point, and debrief project team conversations)
• Partnerships: Build partnerships with foundations and nonprofit organizations for new programs, including Fellowship for Liberated Futures and HERE to Listen
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies, processes, and/or procedures to support the learning infrastructure of the organization, including identifying resources as needed in partnership with the COO

Allocate and Track Resources: 10%

• Administration: Support Directors in earned revenue business development decisions
• Capacity Planning: Demonstrate prioritization when exploring new areas of growth for ProInspire and shifts to business model; support team members with prioritization
• Financial Management: Develop budget and revenue goals for program strategies and new work

Design and Facilitate Engagements: 35%

• Thought Leadership: Represent the organization at presentations and convenings; Write op-eds, blog posts, messages about the organization’s work to key stakeholders
• Program Leadership:Provide strategic leadership to larger projects and own large projects, racial equity cohorts, and communities of practice effectively and implement programs and services, including: design arcs of learning, facilitate trainings, create deliverables (e.g. presentations, workbooks, etc.), provide coaching and ongoing support to clients around their racial equity learning and change processes. Serve as lead or co-designer and facilitator on specific projects, typically innovation areas (including the Fellowship for Liberated Futures and HERE to Listen); Support Directors with aligning projects to goals, advising partners, or writing proposals; Develop the approach and scaling model for the external programs, such as the Fellowship for Liberated Futures; and Develop and codify programmatic approaches and create systems to organize and update core content and materials for programs
• Strategy and Project Alignment:Guide strategic priorities to achieve overall organizational goals; Ensure alignment between projects and organizational strategies; Hold accountability for specific programmatic, team, and revenue goals; Partner with Directors in business development discussions for earned revenue and foundation-supported projects

Develop Self and Others: 20%

• Organizational Culture and Learning: Create an arc of learning and meeting cadence for the internal team to build culture and connect learning to organizational growth, including weekly team meetings and quarterly retreats
• People Management: Serve as "equity advocate and career manager" for Program Directors, including: conduct regular check-ins, review work, provide coaching/feedback, serve as Executive Lead on projects as needed
• Executive Team Partnership: Work closely with Co-CEOs and COO in developing new ways of working that embodies racial equity values and shared leadership

What we're looking for in this role includes:

Set Vision and Direction:

• You understand business models for ProInspire’s work in the social sector
• You bring field knowledge and relationships
• You are aligned with our evolving vision and excited to lead our transformation as a pro-Black organization
• You have served in an executive role at a nonprofit or capacity builder and understand the complexities of org leadership

Organize and Plan:

• You have skills around written comms, including writing articles, presentations, and proposals
• You are confident in building relationships with nonprofits and foundations to generate revenue
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit and desire to expand our impact
• You have skills to verbally communicate with groups, including making presentations to senior leaders - in-person and virtually

Allocate and Track Resources:

• You understand budgeting, forecasting, and tracking resources
• You have experience evaluating and proposing business model solutions
• You are motivated to build new processes to strengthen organizational infrastructure
• You are willing to explore new ways of being that build a sustainable workplace and sustainable resourcing

Design and Facilitate Engagements:

• You have experience advising individuals and organizations in their racial equity change work
• You have facilitated groups with navigating challenging conversations
• You are a builder and have experience launching new programs, including curriculum design
• You authentically dive into work about the role that identity and race plays inside organizations, and are able to speak from your lived experience

Develop Self and Others:

• You don’t have all the answers, but are willing to figure things out and navigate emergence in the work
• You are able to work independently and maintain productivity with colleagues in different locations
• You are excited to work in an organization that is changing and to support others with navigating change
• You are able to manage multiple priorities and support others with that
• You bring integrity, humility, resilience, and passion for ProInspire’s mission