Director, Membership

Position: Director, Membership
Position Type: Full-Time
Reports to: Chief Strategy & Public Affairs Officer
Location: Hybrid in Washington, DC
Anticipated Start: February 2025

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Director of Membership focuses on the success of state Future Caucus chapters and the Congressional Future Caucus in building cross-partisan relationships, enacting effective legislation, and showcasing effective governance. They will be responsible for:

• Co-creating and overseeing the implementation of a state-by-state strategy for Future Caucus chapter impact, including:
  • Recruiting new lawmakers
  • Tracking engagement among lawmakers involved
  • Implementing a membership model for the organization
  • Connecting Future Caucus members to internal capacity-building resources

They report directly to the Chief Strategy and Public Affairs Officer.

The individual in this role will oversee a team that will:

• Recruit and retain state and federal legislative members of Future Caucus
• Equip Future Caucus co-chairs to lead their chapters effectively

The Director will serve as a liaison between legislators and other Future Caucus departments and staff.

Ideal Candidate:

• Brings experience in relationship-building and strategic leadership
• Focuses on fostering collaboration and empowering others to succeed
• Is innovative and solutions-oriented
• Has the ability to design and execute strategies that enhance member engagement and strengthen Future Caucus chapters
• Possesses strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for working with Republican and Democratic leadership in equal measure
• Has experience managing teams, working within legislative or membership-based organizations, and developing scalable programs

ABOUT FUTURE CAUCUS

Future Caucus has an audacious mission: activate young leaders to bridge the partisan divide and build a more functional democracy.

Future Caucus is a national, nonpartisan organization dedicated to supporting the next generation of elected leaders. We provide the resources, networking, and capacity-building opportunities for these policymakers to forge productive partnerships on critical national issues.

• Founded the Congressional Future Caucus in 2013 as the nation’s first and only caucus for young members of Congress to build coalitions on future-oriented challenges.
• Scaled the model into 34 state legislatures, engaging over 1,800 young legislators nationwide.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

Project & People Management

• Mentor and develop a team of direct reports, managing work allocations and projects
• Organize workflows across the team, setting goals and deadlines aligned with the organization’s vision and priorities
• Strengthen data, evaluation, and accountability systems to build a culture of results-based leadership
• Lead Membership Team in CRM adoption and adherence
• In coordination with Public Affairs and Policy teams, develop CRM strategies to track, document, and centralize Future Caucus legislator touchpoints

Member Recruitment

• Define strategy for member recruitment, working closely with the Senior Director of Community to leverage the community for recruitment efforts
• Execute member recruitment efforts with the Membership Team and Future Caucus co-chairs, tracking toward goals and adjusting plans as necessary
• Plan and execute individual state convenings, meetings, and visits

Program/Chapter Management

• Manage structure and strategy for chapter development, advancing engagement in chapters
• Lead launches of new Future Caucus chapters, developing and maturing key relationships until chapters are fully established
• Manage the annual flow of events among active Future Caucus chapters
• Track success stories, testimonials, case studies, and other quantitative data points from Future Caucus activities, celebrating achievements big and small
• Publicize and connect legislators to Future Caucus programs and services

Sustainable State Future Caucus Model

• Achieve milestones for legislator engagement, event participation, and relationship building
• Support State Future Caucus co-chairs in creating and implementing robust engagement and programming plans for each State Future Caucus
• Work with the CEO and CSPAO to recruit and retain Congressional Future Caucus (CFC) chairs
• Create a regular calendar of programming and engagement for federal legislative members and their staff
• Possibility to work with a government affairs firm in DC to achieve congressional goals

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