Overview
Organizing Director Jobs in San Diego, USA at ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
The ACLU-SDIC’s organizing team seeks to center the experiences and leadership of directly impacted people, while also ensuring that non‑impacted allies take part in effective and substantive action. The affiliate seeks an Organizing Director who is experienced in strategic planning and critical thinking, while being able to work alongside their direct reports and fulfill day‑to‑day operations as needed. The primary duties and responsibilities of this position are to lead and manage strategic, effective organizing campaigns that are aligned with the affiliate’s mission and expand and develop ACLU SDIC’s base of supporters.
In addition, this position will oversee the development of a civic engagement program during election years.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership, management, and support for base building program activities and grow base of supporters
- Plan, develop and implement campaign tactics that will expand participation of the organization’s volunteer base focusing on diverse communities and impacted community members using a regional organizing approach that moves volunteer leaders through a ladder of engagement
- In coordination with the CPSO and other SDIC staff and partners, develop and lead implementation of an organizational electoral strategy, including working with community partners and volunteers to support ballot initiative and legislative campaigns
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and solution‑oriented approach, and highly adaptable to a shifting landscape and the need to change course or shift approach quickly.
Department Management & Strategic Leadership
- Ability to build a culture of growth and learning among staff and motivate team members to continue to learn and grow in their roles;
- Guide and advise organizing staff in the conception and implementation of mobilization goals, tactics, indicators of success and development of assessment tools
- Demonstrated initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and good and independent judgment, and ability to maintain confidentiality around strategy, personnel issues, and other intellectual property and legal issues;
- Ability to set clear goals for a department/team and hold team members accountable to achieving those goals;
- Facility with planning and implementing field and organizing strategies for successful legislative, policy advocacy, and/or ballot initiative campaigns at the local and/or state level;
- Knowledge of California and/or San Diego and Imperial Counties’ political landscape and major organizational players and legislative and direct democracy processes.
- Work with the CPSO and Policy Director to develop and support grassroots and grass‑tops elected accountability campaigns
- In collaboration with External Affairs team, identify and develop storytelling opportunities with key partners and impacted community members
- Ensure collaboration and communication with allies and community partners.
- Supervise and coach affiliate organizing team members to develop new organizing, base building and political power building campaign models, strategies and tactics. Ensure that each member of the organizing team has clear workplans, goals and knows what success looks like for their role.
- Champion implementation and expansion of the organization’s leadership engagement ladder through periodic evaluation and ensure development and/or implementation of data management systems, voter file, volunteer engagement and mobilization tools
- As a member of the Senior Leadership Team collaborate with other program directors and ACLU of California entities (ACLU Cal Action, ACLU Nor Cal and ACLU So Cal) as well as our National ACLU office to advance the affiliate’s strategic plan, department and team workplans
Administrative
- Manage the organizing department including hiring, supervision, creation and oversight of budget, and professional development for the department.
- Manage consultants and contractors as needed.
Must Haves
- Familiarity with and proven commitment to a broad range of civil liberties issues, such as immigrants’ rights and other border issues, education equity, racial and economic justice,…
Title: Organizing Director
Company: ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Location: San Diego, USA
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