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• Manager, Peacebuilding
  Remote / Hybrid Location

  Position Summary:

  Humanity United (HU) is seeking a Manager, Peacebuilding (PB) to manage a set of cross-team initiatives and priorities spanning the breadth of the Peacebuilding portfolio. As part of the Peacebuilding team, this role will enable grantmaking, contracting, and convening work across thematic areas of programming, which include: building agency for collective action; wellbeing and healing for peace actors; innovative approaches to peacebuilding; and inclusive peace processes. Demonstrating flexibility and adaptability, the Manager will balance strategic vision with meticulous attention to detail and effective logistical execution.

  The Manager, PB will be responsible for bridging programmatic implementation with operations, including managing contracts, planning convenings, and coordinating partner travel. Collaborating with the PB team’s Senior Portfolio Director, Senior Managers, and the Associate Manager, the Manager will assist in maintaining visibility across the grantmaking pipeline and help align partner support with team operations. This role will work with team members on a small set of grants to help ensure accuracy and quality in HU’s grants management system.

  The Manager will implement a set of team-wide initiatives, such as assisting in the management of a partner emergency fund and exploring opportunities to host grantee convenings. They will also be responsible for building out the Peacebuilding team’s convening practices and policies, and for the planning and implementation of convenings.

  The successful candidate will understand intentional convening, logistical planning, and meeting design as powerful tools to further new forms of collective action, deeper relationships, and meaningful participation. The ideal candidate will have a background in peacebuilding and conflict transformation work, and bring an understanding of how programs and operations can work together seamlessly to serve the organization’s mission. They will bring a care-focused orientation that prioritizes relationship and adaptive support to HU’s partners, as this role will contribute to work that demonstrates the importance of following the lead of those closest to the context.

  This role will report to the Senior Manager, Peacebuilding. This is a full-time, exempt position and can be based anywhere in the U.S., but the successful candidate should be prepared to occasionally attend meetings with stakeholders in various time zones. Our hybrid work approach provides ongoing flexibility for regular remote work for this position, combined with periodic in-person gatherings.

  Core Job Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with team members on grantmaking and grants management across the full scope of grantmaking activities.
  • Support partner meeting and convening logistics, including travel coordination, contracts, and honorarium arrangements.
  • Assist the Senior Portfolio Director and Senior Manager, PB to maintain visibility across team grantmaking pipeline and provide targeted grantmaking support as needed, including meeting with partners and reviewing proposals.
  • Manage and implement team initiatives and projects, including strategic planning around team priorities, coordination of stakeholders across multiple time zones, end-to-end meeting and event design.
  • Contribute to team operations, including budget planning and processes, facilitation, and logistics for events relevant to programmatic activities and projects.
  • Participate in team learning processes to inform the work that contributes to our strategic goals, including participating in learning and check-in calls with grantees and partners.
  • Represent HU Peacebuilding publicly at conferences and events.
  • Research, read widely, and report out on literature and studies relevant to priority programs and the team’s core initiatives for 2026 and 2027. Topics could include community philanthropy models, wellbeing, and healing approaches to grantmaking.
  • Engage with experts, donors, government officials, and media within program areas in consultation with senior team leaders.

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  Must-have requirements:

  • Experience with grantmaking, grants management, and/or contract management.
  • Experience working with Grants Management software; it’s a bonus if you have experience working with Smart Simple.
  • Experience in deeply partnering with stakeholders to understand their needs and deploy different programmatic tools (grants, contracts, convenings, etc.).
  • Knowledge of IRS policies that govern 501c3 public charities, private foundations, and 501c4 social welfare organizations.
  • Experience planning, hosting, and facilitating meetings and events.
  • Ability to lead processes related to team operations (e.g., grantmaking and/or contracting) with attention to detail.
  • Experience working with community organizations, nonprofits, or international organizations on promoting human rights, peacebuilding, or community development.
  • Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: peacebuilding, international development, human rights, or humanitarian fields.
  • Proficiency in Spanish, with the ability to communicate written and orally.
  • Ability to situate programmatic work within broader intellectual, political, and philanthropic trends.
  • Experience in strategic program implementation and operations.
  • Experience coordinating complex projects with multiple stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and accountability across time zones.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, with a demonstrated ability to work independently, as part of a team, and with a diverse range of partners and stakeholders.
  • Commitment to HU’s mission and values (including Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice) is a must.
  • Candidates must have the right to work in the United States.

  It’s a bonus if you bring:

  • Direct lived experience of the issues we work on.
  • Experience in systems thinking and systems mapping.
  • Experience working in or with organizations in Latin America.
  • Familiarity with philanthropic or grantmaking processes, including participatory approaches or community philanthropy models.
  • Experience with event and convening design that integrates wellbeing and relational practices.

  We encourage qualified candidates with informal or indirect experience to describe how their background has served as preparation for this role.

  Salary: The salary range for this position will vary by geographic location to account for local job market & cost of living. Starting salaries within the range are based on job-related skills, experience, and background. At HU, salary progression is based on performance and proficiency in a role over time.

  Example starting salary ranges are provided below, with other locations available on request. We will share more about the starting and full salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

  • San Francisco – $126,147 – $140,163
  • New York – $119,839 – $133,155
  • Washington DC/Boston/Seattle/LA – $113,532 – $126,147
  • Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Philadelphia – $107,225 – $119,139

• Advisor, Policy & Government Relations
  Washington, DC

  Position Summary:

  Humanity United is seeking an experienced Advisor to join our Policy and Government Relations team! This team sits within the organization’s Public Engagement (PE) portfolio and represents Humanity United and Humanity United Action. It is responsible for developing relationships and engaging with key government and advocacy stakeholders in pursuit of legal and policy change, regulatory action, and public funding. The work of this team is integral to our broader efforts to cultivate the conditions for enduring peace and freedom.

  The successful candidate must be committed to HU’s mission and values. To advance this mission, the candidate will work to implement the Policy and Government Relations team’s strategy as it relates to the U.S. Government and other international government bodies, adapting the strategy and work as needed over time. The ideal candidate will have significant experience either working in the legislative or executive branches of the U.S. federal government or working in government relations and/or policy advocacy and/or policy advocacy with a focus on the federal government. They should be adept at working collaboratively in highly complex environments and with multiple internal and external teams, across cultures and geographies. This position requires a high degree of integrity, discretion, and good judgment.

  Based in Washington, DC, this role will report to the Director, Policy and Government Relations. This is a full-time, exempt position. Our hybrid work approach provides ongoing flexibility for remote work; however, the duties of this role require the successful candidate to be located in the Washington, DC metro area to regularly attend in-person external and internal meetings.

  Core Job Responsibilities:

  • Support critical grantee and partner relationships, including working with grants and grantees, at times as the key grant maker, holding relationships, shepherding grants through HU’s grants management system, Smart Simple
  • Cultivate and sustain relationships and engage with key policymakers and multiple advocacy communities
  • Work with the Policy & Government Relations team to develop annual budget
  • Advocate and lobby to advance strategic priorities of HU, HUA, and key partners
  • Serve as a policy voice within HU, advising on policy matters – and act as a leader with a point of view in the broader policy field, engaging with high-level forums as needed
  • Engage closely with HU’s programmatic teams to identify and support shared policy objectives as well as opportunities to maximize impact
  • Organize convenings in collaboration with PGR team, HU staff, and external partners, including the USG and/or multilateral institutions
  • Attend in-person and virtual meetings on policy issues relevant to HU
  • Engage with HU’s legal team to maintain and improve internal compliance systems enabling the affiliated private foundation / 501(c)(4) organizational structure

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  Must-have requirements:

  • Commitment to HU’s mission and values (including diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice) is a must, with a perspective on how to apply these principles in our internal and external work
  • Proven experience in advancing policy priorities with U.S. government (USG), with an emphasis on human rights, social justice, international development, and/or foreign relations
  • Significant government relations experience and robust network within USG executive and/or legislative branches
  • Ability to engage effectively across multiple bodies of work while adapting and pivoting as circumstances require
  • Ability to effectively work in and with coalitions, serving as a convener and network weaver
  • Ability to organize convenings in collaboration with external partners, including the USG and/or multilateral institutions
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively, to both plan and prioritize for impact
  • Comfort working and making progress in highly complex and often ambiguous environments
  • Excellent communications (verbal and written) and project management skills
  • Dedication to bringing people together, and building networks comprised of partners with a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives, and among partners with different access to power or resources
  • Commitment to working with and cultivating leadership across political parties in order to advance HU and HUA’s policy objectives.
  • Desire to learn and share lessons across HU and HUA
  • Strong work ethic and outstanding professional ethics
  • The right to work in the United States.

  It’s a bonus if you bring:

  • Relationship management and/or grantmaking experience, or the ability to learn, is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with legal and regulatory frameworks regarding advocacy and lobbying by tax-exempt organizations
  • Policy expertise in one or more of HU/HUA’s programmatic areas: Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Peacebuilding, and Racial Justice and Equity
  • Direct lived experience of the issues we work on.

  We encourage qualified candidates with informal or indirect experience to describe how their background has served as preparation for this role.

  Salary:

  For a Washington DC location, the starting salary range for this position is $113,498 – $126,109, based on skills, experience and background. At HU, salary progression is based on performance and proficiency in a role over time. The full salary range for this role in Washington DC is $113,498 – $132,414.