About Humanity United
Humanity United (HU) is a philanthropic organization focused on advancing the dignity and voice of those most affected by violent conflict, exploitation, and injustice. Established in 2008 to cultivate conditions for enduring peace and freedom, HU today focuses on systemic change across three bodies of work: Peacebuilding, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, and Racial Justice and Equity, with a strong focus on leveraging Public Engagement across these issues. Humanity United is part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations, and initiatives united by a desire to improve the lives of people and societies.

Position Summary:
Humanity United (HU) is seeking an experienced fixed-term Manager to support efforts within the Strategic Communications team, which is part of the organization’s larger Public Engagement portfolio. This role will provide support while an existing team member is on parental leave. The Manager will join a team of passionate human rights advocates committed to advancing HU’s mission and the goals of its programs and partners through effective use of communications strategies. This person will have the opportunity to collaborate with organizational and program partners working on crucial global issues and perform other communications tasks as needed.

The successful candidate must be committed to HU’s mission and values and to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice.

The Manager, Communications is a full-time, fixed-term exempt position that will report to the Senior Manager, Strategic Communications from August 2025 to February 2026. This role can be based anywhere in the U.S. Our hybrid work approach provides for ongoing flexibility for regular remote work for this position, combined with periodic in-person gatherings.

Core Responsibilities

In partnership with the Senior Manager, Strategic Communications, determine strategy and maximize impact of external and internal communications efforts.
Support program teams to identify and secure opportunities to message our work to strategic audiences.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders to craft messages about key priorities, issues and initiatives.
Support the team in writing internal and external communications materials as needed.
Work with social media consultant to review, edit, and approve content and graphics for posting.
Update key communications documents for internal usage.
Manage the content for HU’s monthly external newsletter and collaborate with the Communications team to strengthen the newsletter strategy.
Segment and organize our audience lists in MailChimp.
Manage staff headshots at the All Staff Retreat in October.
Provide administrative and project management support to the team, as needed.

Must-Have Requirements

Programmatic requirements include:

Demonstrated and extensive work experience in communications or a related field.
Ability to thoughtfully engage colleagues to support their communications needs.
Ability to develop nuanced understanding of ways to amplify global issues and a wide range of organizations working to address them.
Exceptional skills in writing, organization, and both written and spoken communications.
Humility and dedication to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, partners, grantees, and others.
A strong belief in, and commitment to, HU’s core values, with a perspective on how to apply DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice) in communications.

Operational requirements include:

Strong collaborative skills, ability to cultivate relationships across multiple program and partner groups and with staff at all levels, with the flexibility and finesse to “manage by influence.”
Self-starter, able to work independently but also collaboratively.
A great teammate with a no-ego mentality, strong emotional intelligence and a positive outlook.
Strong project management skills; ability to balance reactive daily tasks and handle deadline pressure while also planning and stewarding multiple longer-term projects.
Ability to stay on top of new communications tools.
The ability to travel to the All Staff Retreat in Washington, DC in October.
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 with MailChimp, WordPress, Muckrack, and Sprout Social or other social media scheduling platforms.

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 - $126,109 - $140,121
New York - $119,803 - $133,115
Washington DC/Boston/Seattle/LA - $113,498 - $126,109
Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Philadelphia - $107,193 - $119,103
Cincinnati, Raleigh, Dallas, Milwaukee, Miami - $100,887 - $112,097

Humanity United believes that diversity, equity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we are able to grow and learn better together when our team is diverse and representative of the communities we serve. We are actively engaged in a formal DEIJ journey as an organization, and expect that prospective employees are enthusiastic about advancing these goals.

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and staff. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, class, religion, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status and any other characteristics protected by law. We strongly encourage applications from people with diverse identities or who are members of marginalized communities.

HU is proud to offer all staff an inclusive and comprehensive benefits package to accommodate a diversity of needs and life circumstances and to accommodate staff at all life stages with flexible and supportive benefits. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, flexible spending account, 401(k) plan, paid vacation and sick time with generous holiday closures, paid parental leave, charitable gift matching, employee assistance program and mental health support via our partnerships with Modern Health, Calm and Headspace, commuter benefit, wellbeing benefit, phone and home internet benefit, hybrid work flexibility and half-day Fridays.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to fully access our benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation or describe your needs in your application.

Humanity United’s Values:
We encourage all candidates to learn more about our organizational values at https://humanityunited.org/about/

Manager, Communications (6-Month Fixed-Term)

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