Co-Chief Operating Officer

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 Volunteer Role: Co-Chief Operating Officer
Location: Remote within the US

About Us

WeVote is a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote nonprofit startup and a celebrated Fast Forward nonprofit technology grantee. WeVote is a movement of over 100 passionate volunteers (starting with the founders) who are building open-source mobile technologies that touch and mobilize millions of voters on Election Day. We observe that many voters are busy, distracted, and impatient. We have a goal of providing a complete voting experience in 8 minutes, including the download of our app ("WeVote Ballot Guide, @WeVote"). More information is at https://WeVote.US. See Twitter @WeVote. We are a 100% volunteer and remote organization.

WeVote Co-Chief Operating Officer, Job Definition

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Co-Chief Operating Officer (COO) will have overall strategic responsibility for tracking and facilitating WeVote's programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. Operational responsibility will be shared with the other existing senior leaders at WeVote. S/he will need to develop deep knowledge of the field, core programs, operations, and business plans.

We are exploring the distribution of the COO role among multiple individuals so that they can focus on areas of specialization. Key to this approach will be flexibility and a team-first approach. 

This is a volunteer position (WeVote is 100% volunteer) and we expect will require at least 10-20 hours per week - much of this time will be during "work hours." 

Leadership & Management:

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of communications and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals
• Work with WeVote's high-performance senior management team. Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate our programs (preferably using Objectives and Key Results), to measure successes that can be communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents

Qualifications

• The COO must be thoroughly committed to WeVote's mission (see below under WeVote Branding). All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience. Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:
• At least 10 years of senior management experience; track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to operations planning
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed

WeVote Branding

• Brand Pillars: Credibility, Connection, Choices
• Vision: A future where Americans are confident and energized to make choices in every election that champion their needs, hopes, and values 
• Mission: Strengthen Democracy one-friend-at-a-time by providing tools that connect voters with their preferences and inspire voting in every election  
• Brand Promise: WeVote connects you to elections. We give you confidence to make choices that support your needs, hopes, and values across the ballot
• Positioning Statement: WeVote creates the connection between voters, what they value, and their ballot through the power of technology and camaraderie
• Tagline: Energizing Every Election

Join Us

Submit your resume and include a brief note/cover letter as to why you are interested in WeVote and our mission. Please include information about yourself and let us know what questions you have. If it makes sense, we’ll set up an initial video meeting. Remote applicants are welcome within 3 time zones of US Pacific Time, and WeVote's Co-Founders live in Oakland California. We will read every application and attempt to respond within 5 business days. Our apologies in advance if we aren’t able to personally respond to everyone who applies, or if it takes longer to respond.