Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead design, coordination, and facilitation of the BOBA youth leadership program, creating safe, inclusive, and culturally affirming spaces for identity, belonging, and community power.
• Facilitate youth-driven learning and teach core advocacy and organizing skills to help young leaders understand issues affecting their communities and take meaningful action.
• Create curriculum and activities with youth, centering their lived experiences and leadership throughout program design.
• Build strong, trusting relationships and ensure youth have meaningful decision-making roles that support growth as community advocates and organizers.
• Manage logistics, curriculum development, outreach, and communications to recruit and retain diverse youth participants.
• Track outcomes, gather feedback, and maintain documentation to continuously improve BOBA program quality and future cohorts.
• Ensure program operations comply with applicable laws, regulations, funding requirements, and best practices.
• Design and implement communications to engage and mobilize current and new CAAL network leaders.
• Organize, plan, and execute key program activities, including Celebrasians, Monthly Welcome Calls, Regional Hubs, and other assigned convenings.
• Design and facilitate CAAL PowerTalks, Fireside Chats, and other learning engagements, curate research, stories, speakers, and community-driven solutions on timely issues.
• Oversee end-to-end design, coordination, and implementation of Network Weaving and leadership convenings in alignment with CAAL’s mission and goals.
• Manage logistics, partner relationships, and performance, using data and participant feedback to improve program quality and impact.
• Stay informed on emerging issues affecting Asian Minnesotans and integrate relevant insights into program content and strategy.
• Lead outreach strategy to build relationships with Asian Minnesotan communities, partners, schools, youth groups, and local leaders.
• Cultivate new partnerships and represent CAAL at community events to increase visibility and expand program impact.
• Develop outreach materials and maintain communication with prospective participants, families, and partners.
• Coordinate outreach plans, calendars, and tracking systems, partner with communications staff to amplify reach.
• Maintain monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on program activities to ensure they meet objectives, adjust plans as necessary.
• Document and report leadership impact across programs, consistently amplifying desired outcomes.
• Use participant and community feedback to inform program improvements and design decisions.
• Advance ideas and strategies that lead to community campaigns, including organizing, policy advocacy, research, and narrative power-building.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of progressive leadership experience to include prior demonstration of complex program management experience and implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree in public policy, public administration, advocacy and political leadership, or related field preferred.
• Experience in two or more of the following areas: leadership support, network building, training and development, organizational culture and systems change, youth empowerment and leadership, and/or other leadership development areas impacting Asian Americans.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects and people, taking ownership and driving activities to completion (project management courses or certification preferred).
• Willingness and availability to work in the evenings and weekends when community is available with ability to travel, including occasional overnight and multi-day travel.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new trends and changing situations.
• Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey complex information, give presentations and build relationships.
• Experience facilitating meetings (facilitation certification preferred).

Benefits

This is an exempt position with a salary range starting at a minimum of $55,000 - $65,000. CAAL offers all employees medical, dental and vision coverage. CAAL provides employer paid long term disability, workers compensation, basic life insurance, a 401K retirement plan with employer match. 10 days of holiday and generous paid time off. Free on-site parking is available for all employees.