Director of Deliberation (National)

Core responsibilities:

• Design and manage public problem-solving events and civic assemblies across communities nationwide
• Build local capacity by training, mentoring, and supporting community-based practitioners to design and run citizen deliberations
• Develop and deliver training materials, curricula, and toolkits for Democracy League partners and local civic leaders
• Convene deliberation professionals into learning networks to share insights and advance collective learning

This role helps replace political division with collaborative problem-solving by bringing together everyday people across differences to deliberate, learn, and make shared decisions about issues affecting their lives, embedding resident-led problem-solving into community life nationwide.

Required qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in deliberative democracy, participatory processes, or community-involved policy development
• Experience creating and providing training, coaching, and mentorship
• Strong project management skills for complex, multi-phase civic processes across multiple sites
• Experience selecting and using technology to support facilitation, training, and learning across in-person, hybrid, and virtual civic processes
• Exceptional communication skills—written, verbal, and interpersonal
• Ability to build trust across diverse populations, communities, and ideologies
• Rigorous commitment to nonpartisanship, transparency, and collaborative public problem-solving
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively nationwide

No specific benefits, compensation, or salary information mentioned in the job posting.

Unify America is a national nonprofit working to replace political division with collaborative problem-solving by helping communities bring together everyday people across differences to deliberate, learn, and make shared decisions about issues affecting their lives.