About The Right To The City Alliance (RTTC)

Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) emerged in 2007 with a strong and powerful vision to 1) halt the displacement of low-income people, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, LGBTQ communities, and youth of color, and 2) protect and expand affordable housing in tandem with a broader movement to build democratic and just healthy communities for the 21st century. Since its inception, RTTC has quickly grown to encompass over 90 community-based racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice organizations located in 26 states and 45 cities. Representing true grassroots power and leadership of the most impacted, RTTCs member organizations weave together local on-the-ground organizing, policy, and advocacy campaigns to build a robust and unstoppable national movement for inclusive, healthy housing and community development.

Organizational Work Culture

We take the work seriously, but not ourselves: Right to the City is committed to a work culture of care and balance. We understand that rigor and rest are compatible and both are necessary to reach our movement building goals. We actively work to audit our policy and culture in service of our commitment to racial justice and feminist praxis. Principled struggle and generative conflict are core commitments and we take a transformative approach to resolving harm. While we take our commitments seriously, our work environment commonly includes jokes, laughter, celebration and all other manner of enjoyable human experiences.

Position Summary

The RTTC Senior Organizer for Resource Development will co-lead resource support for RTTC members, support funder/donor strategies, and develop and guide systems for tracking grants and funder/donor relationships for RTTC. This role will support resource organizing strategy and implementation across the organization, our members, and the movement ecosystem. We are looking for someone to join our energetic, visionary and solutions-oriented national staff team to help build the powerful movement we need to win the right to the city and liberation for our people. The ideal candidate will be someone who is multifaceted, able to adapt to changing conditions, believes deeply in self-determination and community power, and who embodies a commitment to both personal and systemic transformation.

Resource Organizing: Strategies & Systems (30%)

• Manage and maintain funder & donor relationships through relationship-building, data management and tracking
• Scheduling meetings
• Tracking funder updates and news
• Maintaining notes from one-to-one conversations and tracking next steps
• Maintaining and updating department data management systems (EveryAction, Google Sheets, Budget Management)
• Cultivating 1:1 relationships with prospective donors/funders
• Coordinate and manage logistics for funder and donor briefings, convenings and conferences
• Lead logistics, coordination and workplanning for in-person donor and funder events
• Lead technical support for virtual events (registration and logistics),
• Support with programing and follow-up steps

Member Resourcing and Support (15%)

• Co-lead monthly meetings with RTTCs Resource Redistribution and Development Member Committee, with the Associate Director of Resource Development
• Co-facilitate meetings
• Prepare agendas
• Provide 1:1 support to member organizations as needed (funder and donor prospecting or grassroots fundraising)
• Support Associate Director of Resource Development with RTTCs member-led Regranting and Redistribution Program
• Attend quarterly Homes for All Leaders Assembly meetings
• Coordinate member-tracking and data collection as it relates to resource organizing

Funder and Donor Communications (C3 and C4) (20%)

• Lead and implement funder/donor-facing communications strategy
• Manage and maintain EveryAction database
• Support with developing funder-focused written materials templates
• Coordination with Communications Department

Grassroots Fundraising Program (25%)

• Guide the design, development and implementation of a grassroots fundraising program (via a sustainer-based campaign)
• Engage with members and consultants to co-develop and launch program

Work Planning (5%), Staff Development & Support (5%) and Political and Organizational Leadership (5%)

Common Expectations for all positions:

• RTTC intentionally builds collaborative and transformative culture through:
• Organizational participation: (Approx. 10% of time) team planning, staff meetings and trainings, national convenings, collaborative projects across teams, and HR/administrative tasks common to all positions.
• Evolution of the work: Areas of work may change over time based on organization and movement needs, and always in consultation with the organizer.
• Transformative Praxis: Participate in RTTCs transformative justice program to align our practice with our values and principles. Build staff unity and cohesion, and principled struggle amongst all team/staff members.
• Location & Travel: Location is negotiable. RTTC has concentrations of staff in the following areas: Philly, Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn (physical office), and the SF Bay Area. Travel is required; frequency and duration of travel is negotiable. Travel is generally required for all RTTC staff. On average, this position will be expected to travel once every other month, year round, for about 3-5 days for each trip.

Qualities We Are Looking For

• Bold Vision.You bring fierce imagination and deep commitment that we can and will create the world our communities need. You can share that vision in ways that inspire and compel.
• Swiss Army Knife.You are resourceful and creative, willing to do what it takes to make a project succeed. You can handle a lot in a fast-paced, multi-faceted work environment.
• Interdependent.You are able to work independently, self-managing your time, while maintaining close communication with remote teams . You are flexible and know that changing the world doesn’t always happen between 9am and 5pm.
• Low ego, high impact.You are disciplined, rigorous, and more group-centered than self-centered. You have an excellent attention to detail and keep your eyes on the big picture.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in development/fundraising/resource organizing, with at least 2 years in grassroots fundraising
• At least 4 years of experience with communications and developing written/digital materials for a wide variety of audiences
• Prefer 2-4 years experience in grassroots organizing and/or the housing justice sector
• Prefer 2-4 years of research, policy analysis, or campaign development experience

Position-specific skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including facilitating m…