Director of Organizing

Summary

Join Popular Democracy as their Director of Organizing! This full-time position oversees the implementation of strategic base-building initiatives, growing the network's community member base through issue campaigns. You will supervise a team of organizers, develop reporting mechanisms, and collaborate with leadership to expand grassroots support. The ideal candidate has significant organizing and supervisory experience, a proven track record in base-building and campaigning, and a deep commitment to social justice. Frequent travel is required. Popular Democracy offers a competitive salary and a generous benefits package.

Requirements

• Significant experience as an organizer and institution-builder, with at least 5 years of experience as a supervisor in an organizing capacity
• A track record of effectiveness in base-building, campaigning, electoral engagement, staff and member training and leadership development, supervision, building and sustaining coalition and ally relationships
• Experience working collaboratively and effectively across teams in complex, dynamic environments
• Ability to build and maintain relationships of trust with diverse organizations and partners
• The ability to communicate effectively to a wide variety of audiences through training and written and verbal communication skills
• Deep alignment with Popular Democracy’s theory of change and commitment to building strong people’s institutions
• The ability to travel frequently (approximately two times per month ranging from day trips to weeklong site visits)
• A demonstrated commitment to social, racial, and economic justice and a deep understanding of challenges facing low-wage workers, immigrant communities, communities of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+ folks, and people at the intersections of the above communities

Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of strategic organizing drives, ensuring deep integration of strategic campaigning and basebuilding in advancing governing power
• Collaborate with Basebuilding leadership to manage and integrate initiatives across campaigns
• Collaborate with internal campaigns teams to develop dynamic organizing programs grounded in Popular Democracy’s organizing methodology
• Partner with affiliates to track goals, metrics, and reporting, assessing the overall success of the program
• Supervise a team of organizers in providing direct affiliate support, which includes campaign-specific member leadership training, site visits, regional blitzes, and canvass efforts, as well as one-on-one check-ins with campaign organizers in affiliates
• Design, implement, and evaluate campaign oriented relational organizing strategies for growing our base through member to member outreach, in deep collaboration with Popular Democracy staff
• In partnership with Basebuilding leadership, support implementation of Popular Democracy’s ambitious organizing program, including large-scale outreach and membership recruitment operations, organizer and member leader training and development programs, strategic field experimentation, deep engagement with campaign specific cohorts of local community organizers  to design and run power building campaigns, and the expansion of blended online-offline organizing programs to scale our reach
• Drive fundraising efforts (including meeting with donors and drafting proposals/reports) to support and grow vital organizing, campaign, and political capacities at CPD/A and throughout the Popular Democracy network
• Expand and deepen internal and external partnerships that advance the organization’s core vision

Preferred Qualifications

At least 15 years of organizing experience in labor or community settings

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 15 vacation days your first year
• 12 sick days per year
• Additional PTO, including holidays
• Contributions to individuals’ 401K plans