Lead work to build people-power across the organization
Recruit, train, and sustain a diverse base of volunteers and members, and develop their capacity for independent leadership and action
Proactively build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including community leaders, partners, policymakers, and others
Represent Common Cause in coalition spaces, including leading coalitions
Develop strategic plans to leverage existing organizing strengths and tactics, and implement new approaches that support a focus on collective, in-person organizing
Lead key components of the national organizing strategy, including leadership development, base-building and relational organizing, partnerships and coalitions, strategic actions, and program evaluation
Provide guidance and informal mentorship to interns, volunteers, and team members, coordinating their work to support team goals
Develop and implement a plan for youth engagement in our grassroots organizing efforts across the country, identifying in-person and virtual engagement strategies
Analyze trends and metrics to measure youth engagement, political behavior, and electoral issue attitudes to inform strategy
Build and maintain strategic relationships with coalitions and other partners focused on students, youth-led movements, and others who want to engage youth in organizing efforts
Provide customized support plans, coaching, and technical assistance to state teams and organizers
Create support plans that can be scaled across teams
Develop an organizing curricula (including toolkits and resources) to be used across our organization
Develop and facilitate peer learning and collaboration across states, making judgments on best practices and knowledge-sharing opportunities
Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Experience leading successful student- or youth-focused organizing efforts
Demonstrated knowledge of the motivations, political engagement, and voting attitudes among young people in and outside of college campuses (especially Gen Z and Gen Alpha), with a demonstrated commitment to centering the voice of youth and developing young leaders
Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate effective trainings, and to coach organizers to improve their skills and impact, both in-person and virtually
Experience managing coalitions or groups that represent stakeholders with diverse interests to achieve a goal
A track record of leading organization-wide change initiatives
Demonstrated understanding of the legislative process in at least one state
Have managed at least one staff member, intern and/or Fellow
Ideally you have worked in an organization that operates across multiple states or regions
Ability to travel around the country up to 40% of the year (especially during legislative cycles) for team, cross-team, and/or all staff retreats
Willing to have a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause, including being tagged on posts and creating content on behalf of the organization (as needed, Common Cause may provide accounts for staff members to use)
Per our nonpartisan policy, Common Cause staff members may not currently be in elected office (or running for office); on the Steering Committee or Finance Committee for any political candidate; or affiliated with the leadership of a political party
Benefits
A robust healthcare plan that covers 97% of employee’s medical care, 100% of employee’s vision and dental benefits, and 75% of family medical care and 100% of family vision and dental benefits
Long-term disability and life insurance
Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year, and additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Flexible spending accounts
A 401k retirement savings plan, with immediate Employer Match
Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work
Funds for professional development
And more! See more details here: https://www.commoncause.org/our-benefits/
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