Online Technology Manager

Full Time Position - Washington, DC

The Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) is a national political training institute that develops diverse leaders who can effectively advance progressive political and policy change. Through long-term, comprehensive programs for organizational leaders, political professionals, activists and future candidates, CPL provides promising leaders with the skills, resources, and networks needed to become powerful progressive leaders.

With a deep commitment to developing diverse, grassroots leaders, CPL has six permanent offices (Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.) and is opening 1-2 new offices each year.

CPL’s 35 staff and faculty across the country work every day to identify, recruit, train, coach, and mentor promising and diverse progressive leaders. Over the next three years, CPL has ambitious plans to add 4-6 new state offices, build a national training center and dorm in Washington DC, launch an intensive national fellowship program for the most promising progressive leaders in the country, double our staff team, and train thousands of diverse progressive leaders.

For more information, visit our website at www.ProgressiveLeaders.org.

Job Description:
CPL is seeking an experienced, resourceful, responsible, detail-oriented, and creative Manager of Online Technologies to oversee our use of web-based technologies, including maintaining and improving our existing infrastructure as well as helping develop and innovate new ways to use online tools to support the mission of the organization.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Development and maintenance of customized online tools, including but not limited to online learning communities that support our State Fellowships and application pages for all our programs

• Management and support for CPL’s contact management system, including supporting organization-wide use of effective email blasts and managing online payment and donation pages (currently use Democracy in Action)

• Web maintenance and design, including maintainence online profiles of all CPL’s program participants and alumni, implementation of regular updates to CPL’s public website, development of new pages and sections of the site per development of the organization, and general traffic oversight

• Innovation of new online technologies and tools to support specific state teams and departments, as well as the overall mission of the organizatino

All job areas will involve regular interaction with CPL’s national and state staff to ensure that they are effectively using all CPL’s online technologies.

Qualifications:

• Experience developing professional-quality interactive web applications using JavaScript, PHP and MySQL tools.

• Website management and online design experience, including in HTML, Java and Flash


• Experience with database administration, preferably but not limited to experience with Democracy in Action and their custom-code with their API. See http://www2.democracyinaction.org/tools for more information.

• A familiarity and commitment to new technologies and methods used in progressive political organizing, including new media tools

• High attention to detail, professional and creative, ability to work effectively under tight timelines and collaborate with multiple team members

Location:
Position based in CPL’s National Headquarters in Washington, DC. Will remotely support CPLs state offices in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Colorado and Ohio. Occasional travel required.

Salary and Benefits:
Salary is commensurate with experience and qualification. Includes full payment of individual health insurance premium with option to purchase partner or family plan. Generous vacation and personal leave policy.

CPL is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages minorities, women and people from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply:
Email a resume, cover letter and portfolio of online work if available to brandon@progressiveleaders.org. Position closes May 30th, 2009.