[Hiring] Mobilizing & Training Organizer @SURJ

Role Description

The Mobilizing & Training Organizer will support efforts to seed new organizing units within SURJ's National Organizing Department (NOD). This work will include:

• Training members to take on leader roles and developing their analysis, skill, and commitment.
• Supporting the onboarding of new members into our online and offline distributed organizing spaces.
• Supporting mass mobilizations.

Every team member in NOD is expected to:

• Do basebuilding (including recruitment, leadership development, and absorption).
• Campaigning (holding trainings and events, including on electoral campaigns).
• Coordinate excellent communication with staff in NOD and across SURJ.

A successful person in this role will:

• Understand their own shared interest in organizing white people.
• Be committed to SURJ's model of shared interest organizing.
• Be willing to work in a collaborative, interdependent workplace.
• Be willing to try new things, learn from experiments, and strive for growth over perfection.
• Bring a relational approach to the work while recognizing the need for breadth and scale.

This position will report to a NOD Organizing Manager and is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with volunteer recruitment, training, and management.
• Demonstrated ability developing member leaders into taking on responsibility on campaigns.
• Excellent time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Self-starter with demonstrated resilience, determination, and ability to overcome obstacles to achieve objectives.
• Familiarity with online organizing tools, e.g., Slack, Google Drive, EveryAction, etc.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including weekends and nights as needed.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for in-person organizing meetings.

Requirements

• Experience doing organizing on issues of racial justice.
• Knowledge in the recruitment process of volunteers.
• Adept with training and managing volunteers.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, demonstrating excellent organization.
• Knowledge of organizing tools and software.

Skills

• Strong written communication including internal and external facing communications.
• Experience doing public speaking, conducting trainings, and facilitating large and small groups.
• Advanced time management skills.
• Strong, demonstrated attention to detail.
• Experience with curriculum development.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Excellent relational and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Annual Salary: $69,000.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance including available employer contribution toward spouse, children, and family coverage.
• 401K retirement plan with up to 6% employer match.
• Twenty (20) days paid time off per year (prorated).
• Twenty (20) days of health and wellness leave per year (prorated).
• Thirteen (13) paid holidays per year.
• Three additional paid weeks off for organization-wide shutdown summer & winter breaks.
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Employer paid life insurance.
• All staff works remote from home.
• Monthly $150 technology support stipend (internet, phone).
• Professional development resources each year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years.

Application Period

Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled. SURJ is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.