[OSGeo-Jobs] Program Director, Code for America (San Francisco)

[Tyler Mitchell]

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>> Dear friends and friends of Code for America,
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>> I'd be hugely grateful for any referrals for candidates for any of our open positions, but most relevant (given the crew I've bcced here) is our Program Director job (description below).  We're looking for someone with significant product development experience, great coaching and listening skills, and a passion for civic technology.  Know someone who might be great?  Please pass this email along, or send them to codeforamerica.org/jobs.
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>> We're also looking for an administrative assistant, a fundraiser, and an IT-ish person, if you know anyone right for those jobs as well.
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>> These jobs are full-time, based in San Francisco, and yes they are paid positions (at a reasonable hybrid non-profit/tech scale.)
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>> Thanks for any help!
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>> Jen
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>> Program Director 
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>> Think of this unique job as half university professor, half VP of Product. We’re looking for someone with serious product strategy chops, but who gets their biggest thrills by achieving through others. The program director will leverage the skills and experience of a seasoned technology product manager to guide the Code for America fellows through a successful year of service, building and implementing web and mobile applications for city governments.
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>> The teaching element speaks to Code for America’s larger mission: we’re not just creating software, but cultivating our fellows to help them make an impact. If it sounds like a challenge, it is. We hope the job attracts someone who has done it all and is ready to try doing it all while balancing plates on sticks and singing the national anthem. You won’t want to even interview here if you don’t believe in what Code for America is trying to do. You will want to talk to us if you think know how challenging our goals are, but think they’re worth tackling anyway. And if you think you’re just the person who could help us succeed.
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>> Oversee the user research, product ideation, technical development and public launch of Code for America applications.
>> Design the program the fellows follow in consultation with other senior staff, from framing the problem statement with our government partners to the research and product development models to the schedule for deliverables and communications
>> Lead fellow teams through the fellowship process, guiding, listening, and helping course correct as needed
>> Lead the professional development of our fellows
>> Manage the relationship with our city partners during the fellowship in cooperation with the Executive Director and the Director of Government Relations
>> Hold the vision of our program and the first, second and third order outcomes of the CfA engagement
>> Believe in a theory of change and understand how CfA activities and outcomes contribute to that change
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>> Successfully led the development of multiple products in the “web 2.0” space, and understand a range of research and product development methodologies, client engagement strategies, and community management strategies.
>> Strong, grounded opinions on how to conduct user-centered design and an agile development process in a civic context.
>> Commitment to the CfA mission.
>> Sense of humor
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>> Development Director (fundraising, not code) 
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>> Code for America is seeking a Development Director, responsible for a diversified and rapidly growing development program that includes foundation, major donor, and corporate support. To date our fundraising has been highly successful and we have a large and growing pool of prospects that remain untapped. We are bringing on a development director at this time to take better advantage of our fundraising opportunities and to put a program in place to fund our operations for multiple years. As such, this is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organization with exceptional fundraising potential.
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>> Coming soon: Tech Lead
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>> We need someone to help our fellows teams and the staff of Code for America with our internal IT systems, tools and platforms, and our inventory and knowledge of a wide landscape of technology for transparency and civic engagement.  Full job description coming soon.
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>> What is Code for America? 
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>> We’re a new national non-profit bringing talent from the tech sector into public service to help communities solve core problems. The main program we run is a year-long fellowship with teams of 3-5 web developers and designers working in partnership with city governments and other public institutions. Fellows design, build and deploy technology that improves government openness, efficiency and participation. Our projects focus on using government data and web-based platforms to engage citizens through the same channels they use in their personal and professional lives. Overall, we’re trying to help communities meet the challenges of this new century by using new, low-cost, easy to deploy tools that foster new connections between people and their government.
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>> Team and Environment
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>> CfA is a small start-up with big ambitions. We’ve got support from and work with leaders across the technology sector. We believe deeply in the mission of the organization, and are committed to testing new models and adapting as necessary to make sure the service of our fellows and volunteers pays real dividends for people in the communities we partner with. Right now we’re six people with 19 fellows in our program, but we’re growing fast and looking for new ways to scale our impact. We have a collaborative work environment and we’re looking for people who are comfortable pitching-in across the organization. We have an informal, light-hearted, outcome-focused culture, and we are trying to create the workplace where we’ve always wanted to work.
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