[Hiring] Organizing Director @Voting Rights Lab

Role Description

The Organizing Director serves as grassroots program manager and learning coordinator for a transformational multi-organization coalition focused on countering disinformation, building cross-partisan support for policy initiatives, and creating a broader, more resilient pro-democracy movement. The Organizing Director manages coalition grassroots organizing programs, mobilizes member organizations, deepens coalition grassroots member engagement, develops ongoing iterative findings on the efficacy of organizing programs, and helps shape the coalition’s internal narrative and impact in order to hone and develop stronger cross-ideological organizing models for the broader pro-democracy movement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop organizing models and drive opportunities across the coalition that help move campaigns, support the growth of membership organizations, and build power.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for coalition organizing staff, ensuring strong engagement, alignment, and relationship-building that scales impact.
• Assist with coalition meetings, including preparing agendas, capturing notes, generating action items, and ensuring follow-through on deliverables for collective action.
• Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with coalition organizing staff.
• Represent the coalition at peer gatherings and other events as needed.
• Support fundraising efforts with writing, editing, and ideation with the Development team.
• Drive coalition programming based on member needs and strategic priorities to scale the coalition’s work in both breadth and depth.
• Lead coalition members through an interactive feedback process on coalition programming to expand reach, grow impact, and strengthen shared organizing models.
• Support the co-creation and implementation of the coalition strategy. Ideate, incubate, nurture, and iterate on shared programs with members, advocacy, and leadership teams.
• Nurture, build, and strengthen coalition infrastructure, processes, and systems to support long-term sustainability and growth.
• Ensure and evaluate activities against impact in legislative, powerbuilding, narrative, and election integrity.
• Contribute to coalition database and CRM systems, ensuring accurate tracking of members, engagement, and activities.
• Contribute to systems for tracking progress, action items, and program outcomes to support iteration and improvement of ongoing programming.
• Support reporting and evaluation efforts to demonstrate coalition impact and inform strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in grassroots organizing, field campaigning, or multi-organization coalition coordination, with a strong track record of designing and executing mobilization strategies.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining operational relationships with diverse partner organizations, grassroots leaders, and stakeholders.
• Experience translating high-level campaign strategies into tactical, day-to-day organizing plans that member groups can easily plug into and execute.
• Cross-partisan awareness and cultural competence. Genuine comfort working across ideological lines with diverse partners to find common ground and drive shared action.
• Strong project-management and organizational skills. Proven ability to manage multiple moving pieces, coordinate logistics for coalition meetings/working groups, and track action items to completion without hand-holding.
• Systems and database proficiency. Experience managing CRM databases, tracking member engagement, and utilizing data to evaluate the effectiveness of organizing programs.
• Strong collaborative communicator. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of writing clear operational updates, meeting summaries, and campaign toolkits for diverse audiences.
• Remote work autonomy. Ability to thrive, communicate proactively, and drive results in a fully remote, fast-paced work environment.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working within cross-ideological, center-right, or unconventional coalition spaces where bridging political differences was central to the work.
• Background in issue advocacy, state-level policy campaigns, or electoral organizing.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Airtable, or modern digital organizing tools.

Compensation and Benefits

• The hiring range for this position is $110,000 to $130,000 annually.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance that is majority employer-funded.
• 401(k) retirement plan, with up to 6% employer contribution.
• Generous paid time off package, including unlimited flexible vacation leave, two weeks sick leave, in addition to 13 paid holidays, winter holiday closure, and other paid time off opportunities such as parental leave, volunteer time, and more.
• Flexible spending account for medical and dependent care.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Basic-term life and accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance, with an employee buy-up option.
• Additional benefits include work-from-home benefits, cell phone benefits, fitness benefits, and learning and development benefits.