Are you a freelance contractor enthusiastic about sharing CalMatters’ high-quality and trustworthy journalism with libraries in California and a wider audience of Californians? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your proven project management skills, strong education background, and attention to detail to successfully and effectively manage the dynamic CalMatters for Learning program?
CalMatters is looking for a talented, part-time program manager with education experience and program management skills to implement and manage the CalMatters for Learning program over a 12-month period. The ideal person for this role can start as soon as possible.
Launched in 2022, CalMatters for Learning is a partnership between CalMatters and the state’s local libraries. This online learning hub for California library staff offers education curriculum and activities to inform library staff and guide conversations in with community members about issues important to them and other Californians.
As an independent contractor, we estimate you will work 5 hours per week (20 hours per month) for 12-months where you’ll be responsible for the management of the CalMatters for Learning program starting in July 2024. Each month, you’ll plan, write, and produce education curriculum and other online materials for a content package based on a CalMatters reporting topic or issue, schedule and coordinate one online Zoom event each month in conjunction with each monthly content package, communicate with librarian staff, handle monthly marketing outreach to library staff and others to promote each package, participate in online and in-person meetings with library staff, and other responsibilities as needed.
Scope of responsibilities :
Weekly program management throughout the 12-months of the CalMatters for Learning program lifecycle.
- Plan, write, and create education curriculum and other online materials as part of monthly content packages, based on CalMatters stories and reporting topics, to meet internal and external deadlines.
- Schedule and coordinate one online Zoom event each month in conjunction with each monthly content package.
- Manage communications and event marketing with library staff and others.
- Participate in online and in-person meetings with library staff for three hours per month.
- Facilitate communication among CalMatters staff as needed.
Required qualifications:
- Experience as an educator, teacher, or curriculum writer.
- Interest in news and issues related to California.
- Experience writing and developing content into education curricula and activities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Friendly and professional.
- Project manager skills: high level of attention to detail, effective time management, meeting deadlines on time, and ability to communicate well with internal and external partners.
- Availability and flexibility to work 5 hours per week (20 hours per month).
- Available immediately to take on this role and can commit to a 12-month contract.
- Based near Sacramento or San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Nice-to-haves:
- Journalism and/or nonprofit experience.
- Basic video editing skills using software such as Adobe Video or others.
- Experience using Zoom and Splash event management platform, or other similar event management platforms.
- Experience using AirTable.
- Previous work as a freelance, independent contractor.
How to Apply
This part-time freelancer role pays $35-$50 per hour for 5 hours of work per week (20 hours per month) depending on experience. We are looking for someone who is available immediately in early July to take on this role and can commit to a 12-month contract working as an independent contractor. The position is a hybrid work environment with occasional in-person meetings in Sacramento or the San Francisco Bay area.
CalMatters is a collaborative and growing newsroom, successfully forging a new model for sustainable, intelligent, nonprofit journalism. We’re committed to reflecting the people of the state we serve and especially encourage members of underrepresented communities to bring their talents and skills to this role.
If you’re interested, please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining how you will bring your unique skills, experience, and talents to effectively manage this program. Contact Louise Yokoi, Director of Foundation Relations, with any questions louise@calmatters.org. Deadline to apply is July 5th.
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About CalMatters
CalMatters, now in our ninth year of continual staff growth, is an award-winning nonprofit, nonpartisan news venture dedicated to explaining the policy and politics of America’s biggest state and the world’s fifth largest economy. We produce vivid, original multimedia journalism, data-driven news analyses and watchdog accountability reporting on calmatters.org, and freely distribute our work to more than 250 media partners. Our success metric isn’t clicks — it’s impact. We’ve received the EPPY for Best News Site in the Nation, the American Journalism Online Award for Best Nonprofit News Source in the U.S., and consecutive first-place awards for general excellence among all digital news sources from the California News Publishers Association.
We also have the most diverse major newsroom in the state. Here you’ll be working alongside nearly 50 experienced journalists in a supportive, collaborative atmosphere.
Source: CalMatters for Learning Program Manager (freelance)
