Asian American Power Network: Executive Director

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Who We Are

The Asian American Power Network (AAPN) is an alliance of state-based Asian American 501(c)(4) organizations building power to win concrete changes for our local communities and solidarity across communities of color. AAPN raises the necessary resources to execute our strategy; and accelerates the development of new AAPI organizations through coaching and capacity building. We develop shared political assessments of our communities; hone best practices and tactics for AAPI voter engagement; and implement political strategy to move AAPIs broadly toward progressive policy and racial justice generally. AAPN will complement and augment work done in states by AAPI (c)(4) organizations, foster the necessary development of new groups, and invest in leadership pathways for young and emerging AAPI political organizers and community leaders. AAPN is a fiscally sponsored project of Center for Empowered Politics.

Member organizations of AAPN include:

• AAPIs for Civic Empowerment (California)

• Asian American Advocacy Fund (Georgia)

• Asian American Midwest Progressives (Illinois & Ohio)

• Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (Pennsylvania)

• Chinese Progressive Political Action (Massachusetts)

• Rising Voices (Michigan)

• DRUM Beats & CAAAV Voice (New York)

• NCAAT in Action (North Carolina)

• NAKASEC Action Fund (Virginia)

Position Overview

AAPN seeks a full-time Executive Director who will lead the network and staff to carry out the following program to advance state-level AAPI power-building:

1. Organizational development of state Anchors organizations to build strong 501(c)(4) administrative, financial, and political infrastructure.

2. Build pathways for the professional development of directors and program-level staff to meet the needs of growing Asian American 501(c)(4) organizations in the next 5-10 years.

3. Develop and advance a clear strategy for progressive Asian American power-building at the state and federal levels.

To be successful in this job you will excel in the following areas:

• Political Analysis and Strategy: Provide strategic thinking and leadership to develop and implement AAPN’s strategic long term organizing vision, power building program, and annual political plans.

• Network Building: Uphold AAPN’s core values and support member organizations in their powerbuilding goals. Provide strong facilitation and motivating leadership that results in an effective and cohesive collaborative structure. Develop the network to reach key milestones while maintaining the network’s long term vision and agenda.

• Fundraising & Financial Management: Lead AAPN’s fundraising strategy, cultivate and maintain relationships with funders. Prepare and manage AAPN’s annual budget; Ensure appropriate internal controls and compliance.

• Staff Supervision: Recruit, develop and supervise staff team to carry out political and programmatic work with excellence.

• **Executive Committee Management: **Support and facilitate the AAPN’s Executive Committee with staff support to build up infrastructure, strategy and carry out the programmatic work.

• Relationship Building: Cultivate & maintain healthy relationships with Asian American networks, funders, state-based organizations, unions, operatives, national networks, and other stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated success with community organizing or labor organizing campaigns, coalition / network building, with at least four years of experience of leading issue and/or electoral campaigns.

• Experience organizing with Asian American communities. Speaking skills in any Asian language is a plus.

• Excellent skills in political analysis, developing long-term vision and strategy, fundraising, interpersonal communication and facilitation.

• Past experience in managing coalitions or networks in a Director-level role or higher.

• Understanding and ability to advocate for the power building role of state based organizations.

• Demonstrated commitment to racial, gender, immigrant and economic justice and their intersections.

• Self-starter, able to work independently.

• Demonstrated success in fundraising and funder cultivation.

• Knowledge and experience in organizational management, including budget/finances, staff supervision and development, and board management. For this position, we ask that candidates have experience managing multiple staff for at least two years (longer than a campaign cycle).

• Knowledge and experience in campaign compliance and reporting for 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC organizations, independent expenditure and coordinated campaigns.

• Relationships with national political organizations, party infrastructure, national players, and experience organizing on federal legislation is a plus.

• An understanding of the existing gaps in Asian American political research, polling, and voter file data, and an excitement to work with stakeholders across multiple infrastructures to fix them, is a plus.