Associate Director

Core responsibilities:

• Support organizational planning, priority setting and big picture goals
• Work closely with the Executive Director and Advisory Board to keep decisions grounded and momentum steady
• Build and sustain relationships with community partners, newsroom collaborators and civic organizations
• Help coordinate logistics and on-the-ground execution for workshops, events and fellowship activities
• Contribute to annual development planning and donor stewardship
• Assist with budgeting and basic financial tracking
• Draft or refine communications that help tell LARC's story and extend reach

This role helps shape a civic-focused project that supports emerging reporters, builds community, and creates accessible programs for journalists and civic media makers in Los Angeles, contributing to hyperlocal storytelling and media development in Southern California.

Required qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in journalism, media or nonprofits
• Experience helping build or grow a comparable program or organization
• Experience with development strategy and donor stewardship
• Strong project management abilities, including clear communication and consistent follow-through
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to bring leadership to shared work
• Familiarity with the Los Angeles journalism, media or nonprofit landscape
• LA-based, with ability to occasionally attend in-person events and meetings

Flexible, hybrid schedule with 90% remote work possible. This is meaningful part-time work with room to shape your own time.

Los Angeles Reporting Collective (LARC) is a small but growing nonprofit project that supports emerging reporters, builds community and creates accessible programs for journalists and civic media makers in Los Angeles through reporting fellowships, collaborative events, workshops and pilot projects focused on hyperlocal storytelling.