Director of Programming (@ Milwaukee Water Commons)

Director of Programming at Milwaukee Water Commons in Milwaukee, WI - shared by Jobs That Help as a third party

Salary Range: $60,000 – 70,000 annually

Milwaukee Water Commons is a cross- city, cross neighborhood network that fosters connection collaboration and broad community leadership on behalf of our common waters. We promote stewardship, equitable access and shared decision making for our shared waters. We advocate on environmental justice issues, water justice, climate justice, and social justice. Our programmatic work is neighborhood based, although our organizational reach includes areas and communities throughout the Great Lakes Region. We strive to build a multi-racial, multi-cultural organization and anti-racist environmental movement on behalf of our waters.

Milwaukee Water Commons organizes under four frameworks: The Commons, Collective Impact, Environmental Justice and Community Engagement. We believe environmental work and more broadly, work to support both healthy people and a healthy planet – has the greatest impact when it adopts an intersectional approach. By that we mean we must inclusively consider the connections between social and environmental systems, recognizing that vulnerability is often experienced as multiple compounding challenges that cannot be separated. To arrive at justice these challenges must be addressed simultaneously. We believe the community must be at the center of envisioning and decision-making about our shared waters.

We are creating a workplace with guiding principles of integrity, accountability, diligence, perseverance, and discipline.

The successful candidate for this position must have the ability to demonstrate and apply MWC values and frameworks which are embedded in all agency roles. Applicants must evidence their values as part of the application process.

This position is responsible for all MWC programs being completed successfully, bringing the highest possible value to the organization and community participants. The Director of Programming will create programmatic objectives in consultation with the Co-Executive Directors and will ensure programmatic objectives are met and implemented by program staff. To do so, together with our team, they will prepare, plan and implement program initiatives and monitor their progress to completion.

This position is responsible for the daily supervision of program staff and requires the Director of Programming to build and maintain effective interpersonal and team relationships, throughout the agency. The Director of Programming will be invested in staff development and will work closely with staff to support their existing competencies, and skills, help to hone their strengths and develop new skills. This position constructively leads the team spirit and considers MWC’s mission and values in developing and maintaining team relationships, internally and externally. As part of their leadership, the Director of Programing will need to develop deep knowledge of the issues of the Water City Agenda, intersections of environmental justice, core programing, partnerships, and subsequent work plans for each area.

The Director of Programming will be thoroughly committed to the mission and values of Milwaukee Water Commons. Candidate will have proven leadership, coaching, relationship building, and program management experience.