Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) Seeks Full-Time Executive Director

With the decision of Tonya Gonzalez to put her total energy into her first love, community media, and leave the part-time Executive Director position with The Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) open, DDC has decided to seek a full-time replacement. This is a one-year full-time position (July 2006 - July 2007).  The deadline for an application is July 1, 2006. 

You can learn more about the Consortium at www.deliberative-democracy.net.

Applicants need not live in the Washington DC area, but are expected to spend at least one week a month in DC.  The job description and application instructions are below. 

Job Description:  Executive Director, The Deliberative Democracy Consortium

The Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) is a network of more than 20 research and practitioner organizations working to renew democracy through citizen participation and deliberation.  The mission of the Consortium is to bring together practitioners and researchers to support and foster the nascent, broad-based movement to promote and institutionalize deliberative democracy at all levels of governance in the United States and around the world.

The Consortium is committed to the following goals:

·        Demonstrate national public deliberations on critical policy issues using multiple methods to support participation

·        Integrate online and face-to-face approaches

·        Identify and begin to develop the elements of a national infrastructure for democratic deliberation that is connected to local capacity

·        Integrate research and practice in the field

·        Reduce barriers to inclusion for any reason

The Executive Director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium will have substantial knowledge of the field of Deliberative Democracy from a practice as well as a research perspective.  He or she will demonstrate exceptional, proactive leadership and management skills, in particular as these skills relate to leading an all volunteer organization.  Working with the membership, the Executive Director will increase the visibility of the Consortium, and creatively expand its role in the field.

The Executive Director will have significant experience in raising funds as well as existing relationships with funders in the field.

The Consortium operates via an Executive Committee and four task groups:

Research and Practice, Online Deliberative Democracy, Link to Government, and Organization and Strategic Planning.  The Executive Director reports to the Chair of the Executive Committee and works closely with each task group, initiating and helping to manage implementation of their work plans. 

Salary commensurate with experience.

For more information, contact:

Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer

Chair, Deliberative-Democracy Consortium

Founder & President, AmericaSpeaks

(202) 775-3939 x 105

CJL@americaspeaks.org