Washington Monthly – Deputy Director/Operations Director

The Washington Monthly, a nationally recognized political magazine in its 49th year of publication, is looking for an entrepreneurial, high energy, solutions-oriented Deputy Director/Operations Director.

The Washington Monthly was founded on the notion that a handful of plucky young writers and editors, armed with an honest desire to make government work and a willingness to ask uncomfortable questions, could tell the story of what really matters in Washington. In our cluttered little downtown DC office, we’re still doing what we have done for more than 49 years, and what fewer and fewer publications do today: telling fascinating, deeply reported stories about the ideas and characters that animate America’s government.

We don’t chase news cycles, or obsess over the endless political horse race. We care about how the government can be improved, and why it hasn’t; who’s a fraud and who isn’t; which ideas ought to be banished from the nation’s capital and which ones deserve to be championed.  We’re an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on sacred cows—liberal and conservative.

Organized as a 501c(3) nonprofit since 2002, the Washington Monthly magazine -- along with its highly trafficked website -- is known for its independent voice and ability to change policy debates in Washington and beyond.

We are seeking a senior-level team member who will have responsibility for a wide range of publishing-side activities.

Responsibilities Include:

• Financial Planning and Reporting: Budget development and implementation; financial management and reporting.
• Business Operations: Manage several part-time staffers who handle a variety of business and personnel operations, from author payments to office supplies to health insurance.
• Development:  Participate in the formulation and execution of foundation proposals and grant reports; coordinate online and other individual donor fundraising campaigns.
• Publication of Print Magazine: Pre- and post-publication activities related to printing and distributing the magazine, in coordination with the editorial, business, and advertising staff.
• Publication of Digital Products: Participate in the operations and further development of the organization’s website, e-mail newsletters, and social media.
• Circulation & Fulfillment: Subscriber/member acquisition, renewal programs, maintenance of database, coordination with fulfillment company.

Qualifications include:

• A Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of broad experience in at least some of the areas above, preferably in a non-profit environment, with an eagerness to be trained in the other areas.
• Communications and marketing experience.
• An interest in and commitment to the work of the Washington Monthly.
• Superior writing and critical thinking skills.
• Highly developed organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Quick-study, self-starter with the ability to work with – and bring order to – a team of obstreperous journalists.

To apply: send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to settleson@gmail.com, subject line: Washington Monthly – Deputy Director.