Organizing Manager
Defend Public Health (DPH) is a volunteer-driven social movement of public health researchers, practitioners, healthcare workers, advocates and allies fighting to build power to win proven, science-based public health policies. We believe that everyone has the right to what they need for a healthy life, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity.
We are seeking an experienced community organizing leader to serve as an Organizing Manager with DPH. They will be a core member of the community organizing team for DPH and will lead the development of a subset of state-level DPH leadership teams capable of running increasingly powerful and effective grassroots campaigns that win real material public health and policy victories, significantly grow the numbers of people organizing within the public health constituency, and get better at organizing skills and practices.
Specifically, the organizing manager will be responsible for:
- Coaching and developing the leadership teams that are driving forward organizing campaigns in at least 10 key states.
- Enabling these leadership teams and their constituencies to meet specific organizing strategic goals across the DPH movement: goals that win material victories, grow the constituency, and develop leaders in measurable ways.
- Hosting and leading community organizing leadership development trainings and workshops periodically.
Qualifications
Minimum:
- 5 years of community organizing experience leading campaigns and developing organizing leaders.
- A track record of successful campaigns that won strategic goals, grew numbers of people participating, and developed leadership capacities within their people.
- Proficiency with using organizing data to drive campaign outcomes; experience with organizing database tools such as Action Network, excel and other tools to manage lists.
- Communication skills, responsiveness and flexibility, ability to work across teams.
Excellent software skills (e.g. MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
We particularly welcome those who have:
- Experience with or strong ideas about how to develop membership-led organizations with dues-paying membership structures.
- Experience planning large scale organizing conferences or meetings with 150+ people.
Pay: This is a six (6) month paid independent contractor role, with a possibility for extension.
- Compensation will be for 6 months, 15 hours per week, $18,750 total.
Location: Fully remote.
How to Apply: Please send a brief cover letter, CV/resume, and 2-3 professional references as attachments in an email to jobs@defendpublichealth.org. Please indicate “Organizing Manager” in the subject line of your email.
Benefits: Currently as a contractor role, there are no health or benefits offered at this time.