Senior Coaching Director

Summary

Join New Left Accelerator (NLA) as their new Senior Coaching Director, a pivotal role leading their network of Lead Coaches and Subject Matter Leads. Reporting to the Managing Director of Programs, you will be responsible for recruiting, training, and coaching the Lead Coach team, ensuring high-quality coaching services. This role requires extensive nonprofit management experience, particularly within multi-entity organizations. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of movement infrastructure and impacting progressive power-building work nationwide. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance, generous paid time off, parental leave, and a professional development stipend. The position is remote, with occasional travel.

Requirements

• 10+ years of nonprofit management experience, including 5+ years in a multi-entity organization (consisting of 501c3, 501c4, PACs, and/or for-profit)
• Understanding of multi-entity governance, compliance, finance and operational systems across entities
• Demonstrated experience managing a team of consultants and staff members
• Proven record of strong project management skills centered around collaboration and innovation
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience with program oversight, evaluation, and process improvement
• Ease with technology, including skills in Google Suite and the capacity to self-teach and problem solve
• Strong interpersonal communication skills; the ability to approach differences and conflict with emotional maturity
• Flexibility, responsiveness, a commitment to growth and learning, and giving and receiving feedback
• Knowledge of the progressive ecosystem and power-building organizations working on legislation, electoral victories, and policy implementation
• Personal alignment with NLA’s organizational values and experience implementing equity, justice and liberation values into your work

Responsibilities

• Direct Coaching: Advise and support Lead Coaches and Subject Matter Leads, oversee Lead Coach hiring, and collaborate with program staff on needs of groups
• Quality Assurance: Ensure consistent coaching quality and effectiveness of coaching services across all projects through a strong onboarding process and frequent training. Stay abreast of trends in movement infrastructure that can ensure our coaching program is current and relevant and can meet the emergent needs of our groups
• Program Design & Implementation: Monitor project progress, improve processes, review reports, and co-create resources
• Relationship Management: Build trusted relationships, lead collaborative meetings, and provide Subject Matter recommendations to the program team for matching with our groups

Benefits

• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-term Disability, and Health FSA (with 50% coverage for dependents)
• Flexible paid time off including vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, 1-week Summer Break, and 1-week Winter Break
• Parental leave
• Professional development stipend
• Working from home stipend
• Retirement plan with 3% matching