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Vice President of Community Engagement (posted 10/19/26)
Title: Vice President of Community Engagement
Reports to: New Futures Senior Vice President
Supervises: Community Engagement Coordinators, Training Manager
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About New Futures
New Futures is a non-profit organization that works to improve the health and well-being of all Granite Staters through public policy change and civic empowerment. We envision a State and local communities where public policies allow all New Hampshire residents equitable opportunities to live, work, and thrive. New Futures supports state and local policies that promote New Hampshire's public health, improve prevention, treatment, and recovery programs, and increase healthy early childhood development. Our policy perspectives are grounded in evidence-based areas of focus that are proven to raise public health outcomes. Our areas of focus to create positive and lasting change include Alcohol and other drugs; Healthy Aging; Healthcare; Public Health; Early Childhood; Access to Behavioral Health Treatment; Early Care and Education.
Founded in 1997, New Futures now has an 18-member staff, a 15-member Board of Directors, and a dedicated base of hundreds of volunteer advocates. We stay on the leading edge of community engagement and embrace a culture of innovation and collaboration at all levels. Join us!
About the Position
New Futures is looking for an innovative and detail-oriented Vice President of Community Engagement to drive New Futures' strategic goal to "Build civic leadership." The Vice President (VP) of Community Engagement will lead the work of the New Futures’ Community Engagement Team and Training Manager, and work closely with the Policy and Communications staff, to develop the vision and strategies for mobilizing advocates across the state. Working in consultation with the leadership team, the VP directs overarching grassroots campaign strategies, oversees the advocacy training curriculum, and leads community engagement initiatives for a designated issue area. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with a proven ability to connect with diverse, multi-cultural constituencies and individuals with lived experience, excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to facilitate small group trainings and assist others in sharing their personal stories.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Executive Leadership & Campaign Strategy
- Direct the overarching vision, strategy, and execution of grassroots advocacy campaigns to "Educate, support and mobilize advocates and partners to engage in the NH legislative process."
- Drive innovation within the department by continually piloting new, creative strategies to engage communities and expand New Futures' grassroots reach.
- Partner with the Vice President of Policy and Vice President of Communications to ensure all community engagement tactics seamlessly integrate with New Futures' legislative agenda and public messaging.
- Actively participate in cross-departmental supervisor meetings to manage organizational dynamics, resolve operational friction, and maintain strict standards for professional conduct and relationship building.
- Oversee the strategic delivery, scope, and quality control of high-level community consultations and advocacy trainings provided to external shared-service partners.
Community Engagement of Policy Portfolio
- Serve as the primary engagement lead for a designated policy portfolio, scheduling regular one-on-ones and group meetings to build and maintain strong relationships with advocates and targeted constituencies.
- Lead the planning and implementation of public-facing grassroots initiatives—specifically in-district meetings, town hall meetings, and listening sessions—where the primary audience is the community rather than elected officials.
- Assist individuals in crafting powerful personal testimony and messages of support, prioritizing accessibility and intentionally lifting up diverse voices from underrepresented communities to identify systemic gaps.
- Collaborate with the Training Manager and Policy team to develop curricula and deliver targeted advocacy trainings to partners and the general public.
Internal Operations
- Review and approve all financial commitments related to community outreach events, town halls, and listening sessions, and actively manage the annual community engagement program budget in coordination with the Senior Vice President and Vice President of Operations and Finance.
- Collaborate with the Vice President of Development to develop compelling grant applications for the expansion of engagement strategies and ensure the timely delivery of grant reporting metrics.
- Enforce the consistent, data-driven use of the EveryAction CRM platform across the department to track engagement metrics, support cross-departmental operations, and ensure accurate reporting.
- Ensure all data, progress metrics, and reporting requirements for grant-funded policy initiatives are meticulously tracked and submitted to the Senior Vice President.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Manage the Training Manager and Community Engagement Coordinators, conducting regular check-ins and annual performance evaluations, ensuring all duties in their respective job descriptions are fulfilled.
- Mandate strict standards for professional conduct, relationship building, and uncompromised accountability across the community engagement team.
- Actively participate in cross-departmental supervisor meetings (alongside the VP of Communications and VP of Policy) to manage team dynamics, resolve operational friction, and continuously clarify organizational roles for staff.
- Conduct regular employee check-ins and annual performance evaluations, compiling feedback from the leadership team, and recommend compensation adjustments during the agency budgeting process.
Qualifications: This position requires a minimum of 5 years of professional or volunteer experience in community organizing, political campaigns, human services, or a related field. A Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Social Work, Communications, or a related field is preferred. (Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience), Strong leadership capabilities with the proven ability to work independently and as part of an executive-level leadership team.
Hours: This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position at 37.5 hours per week. Starting pay is between $70,000 - $75,000 annually, based on experience
Compensation & Benefits: New Futures offers competitive benefits including health and dental coverage; FSAs and dependent care FSAs; paid family medical leave; paid time off for individual holidays, sick and vacation; cell phone reimbursement; remote work options (as reasonably feasible based on position and nature of work); and, ongoing professional development opportunities, among others.
Application Process:
To Apply: Please email a cover letter and resume to Jake Berry, New Futures’ Senior Vice President, at the following address – jberry@new-futures.org. E-mail applications with attachments in Microsoft Word or PDF format only. We do not accept phone inquiries about the position; please do not call. The position will be open until filled.
Policy Director, Healthy Aging (posted 9/15/26)
Title: Policy Director, Healthy Aging
Reports to: New Futures Vice President of Policy
Supervises: N/A
About New Futures
About the Position
- Convene and collaborate with stakeholders in the Healthy Aging field, contracted partners, and New Futures staff to seek agreement on policy priorities, and to develop and implement a comprehensive legislative and advocacy strategy to achieve those priorities;
- Support research, analysis, communications, and advocacy efforts towards achievement of Healthy Aging policy goals and objectives;
- Track, analyze, and synthesize policy, legislative proposals, best practices, and research related to Healthy Aging policy issue areas;
- Support policies and strategies to expand access and affordability to quality health and social services for New Hampshire’s older adults;
- Assist in information gathering and analysis; conduct literature reviews and research using academic, on-line and other resources;
- Assist with producing and distributing policy factsheets, briefs and communications materials, preparing presentations, drafting advocacy messages;
- Represent the organization effectively before legislative committees, at stakeholder meetings, and build strong relationships with aligned partner organizations;
- With New Futures’ Community Engagement staff, develop and deliver legislative strategy and advocacy trainings to advocates and partners;
- Provide additional assistance as needed to support the communications, development, research, and administrative needs of other New Futures’ staff;
- Strong organizational and administrative competency;
- Leadership and facilitation skills, including conflict and group management;
- Exceptional writing and editing skills;
- Exceptional oral communication skills, including public speaking experience;
- Strong analytical skills, and experience applying them to legislative, and/or budget projects;
- Familiarity with Medicare, Medicaid long-term care, elder care services and systems, Healthy Aging policies and programs;
- Demonstrated experience in effective internal and external communication, collaboration, and coordination with individuals and organizations;
- Demonstrated high-level skill and effectiveness at research, policy analysis, advocacy, and project management;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Ability to develop strong and effective working relationships with diverse and multicultural constituencies including New Futures staff, policymakers, and others;
- Knowledge of MS Office with strong word processing, Excel, database, social media platforms, and,
- Internet research skills
