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PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide, seeks an innovative, energetic, and highly organized senior manager for our national Membership initiative. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and reports to the Director, National Outreach and Engagement. PEN America’s strength lies in its membership—which includes a nationwide community of novelists and nonfiction authors, journalists, editors, poets, screenwriters, essayists, playwrights, publishers, translators, agents, and other literary professionals, and an even larger network of devoted readers and supporters who join with them to carry out PEN America’s mission. The senior manager will help develop and implement strategies for attracting new members and retaining existing ones. They will be responsible for implementation, with a focus on increasing members...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a senior manager to lead its PEN Across America program, developing and sustaining our national network of chapters. The senior manager will mobilize PEN America Members, local and regional art and literature communities, as well as other supporters and community allies to address threats to free expression, engage with literature, and otherwise link PEN America’s mission to issues of local concern. They will create and help implement strategies and programs, develop regional and local leadership, nurture partnerships, and cultivate funders. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York headquarters and requires substantial travel, including outside of regular work hours and on occasional weekends. The senior manager will report to the Director, National Outreach and Engagement.   The PEN Across America senior manager will bring PEN America’s mission to a...