Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.. Washington, D.C.. Posting Date: 02/27/2026. Deadline: 03/13/2026

Role Title: Associate Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Contract Type: Regular (5 Year Assignment)

Reporting To: Director, Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S. 

Program/Department/Unit Name: Programs

Location: Washington, D.C. or New York

Team Name: Rights and Economic Renewal in the U.S.

Role Purpose

The U.S. Rights and Economic Renewal program is looking to hire an Associate Director to join the 5-year initiative that aims to safeguard core freedoms that are under attack, expand rights, and improve Americans’ economic wellbeing.

The Associate Director’s role will focus on supporting the development and implementation of the state strategy – our multiyear commitment to building power in a key set of states.

Associate Director brings deep expertise in their field and supports the Director, Programs while overseeing key areas of the U.S. Rights and Economic Renewal strategy.

They share responsibility for delivering outcomes and managing resources, serving as strong managers and subject matter experts who help build effective teams and a collaborative culture. 

Key responsibilities

• Work with the Director to develop and implement the Rights and Economic Renewal state strategy.   

• Identify key leaders and strategies that could advance political power at the state level.   

• Manage effectively the grant-making process by communicating with grantees for proposal submission, assisting in grant record preparation, grants processing, payments, reporting, and other related processes.   

• Build a strong understanding of the field and partnerships, in developing and designing the grant selection processes.    

• Work collaboratively in developing, assessing, and revising program strategies.  

• Collaborate with funding peers focused on state level grantmaking.
• Lead Program Manager working on state strategy and build a collaborative team culture.  
• Develop with the Director, metrics for MEL, and track impact based on the established targets and be responsible for tracking MEL impact and ability to pivot to ensure the required outcomes are being achieved.  
• Engage with embedded staff from other OSF teams in close cooperation with senior leaders.    
• Monitor and regularly report on the progress of the Program to Managing Director of Programs and other senior OSF leaders.  
• Leverage OSF’s work globally and employing the strategic capabilities of impact investment, strategic litigation, and advocacy to the Programmatic work.   
• Manage relationships with partners, in close coordination with Geographic US Team as relevant, and work with them to achieve OSF’s strategic objective through the Program.  
• 25% of travel is required. 
• Other duties as required. 

People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs)
Program Manager

Key Internal Relationships
Directors, Associate Directors, Program Managers, Administrative Officers 

Key External Relationships

Philanthropic Peers, Grantee Partners

The ideal candidate

• Substantial in-depth experience in organizing state ecosystems (organizing, grantmaking, advocacy, etc.)   
• Understand deeply what it takes to build power at the state level.
• Multi-state experience on organizing, advocacy, policy, and/or voter engagement. 
• Have the ability to be strategic – with a track record of strategy development to implementation. 
• Demonstrate sound judgment with a strong learning and evaluation orientation.  
• Accountable for financial ($5m+), legal, and risk at a large-scale programmatic level. 
• Conceive, design and manage cross-department, cross-program or similarly complex projects; expected to effectively manage time, budget, stakeholders, and network-wide or similarly complex coordination.  
• Knowledge of grant making best practices and the field of philanthropy (c3 and c4 entities).    
• Innovative thinker with experience incubating new projects or organizations.  
• Demonstrate commitment to OSF’s core values of humility, commitment, collaboration, respect, inclusivity, and integrity. 

What we offer

• Exceptional opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact; from a generous annual professional development