Position Title:National Organizing Department (NOD) Governing Power Organizer

Tier / Category:Tier 3 / Organizer III

Supervised By:NOD Organizing Manager

Employment Status:Full time

FLSA: Exempt

Location: Remote

Union:Bargaining Unit Member

Showing Up for Racial Justice(SURJ)is a national organization that brings white people into fights for racial and economic justice. We work to build the white flank of multiracial majorities fighting for the things all communities need. We organize white people by engaging their shared interest– what they stand to gain by joining alongside people of color. We do this through 150+ local chapters across the US and Canada, a National Membership base, and local base building projects in the South.

Summary of Position:

The Governing Power Organizer will support the development and execution of electoral campaigns within SURJs National Organizing Department (NOD) in the fight to prevent a full-on authoritarian consolidation and win back governing power. This work will include setting up online and in-person infrastructure in target electoral races that can meet short- and long-term campaign and movement goals; identifying and developing members and leaders within SURJs base to hold roles within our nearly fully volunteer-run operation; recruitment; tracking progress to goal, troubleshooting, and adjusting plans as necessary along the way.

Every team member in NOD is expected to do basebuilding (including recruitment, leadership development, and absorption); campaigning (holding trainings and events, including on electoral campaigns, and coordination) and excellent communication with staff in NOD and across SURJ. NOD organizers are responsible for executing their unique realm of work while also participating in department-wide initiatives and team-wide pushes at key moments.

A successful person in this role will understand their own shared interest in organizing white people and be committed to SURJs model of shared interest organizing; be willing to work in a collaborative, interdependent workplace; and be willing to try new things, learn from experiments, and strive for growth over perfection. Additionally, a successful person will support in person and online trainings on basebuilding, absorption and SURJs strategy, and be rigorous in building the power and size of our base.

This position will report to NOD Organizing Manager. This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESEssential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

Priority 1: Basebuilding (15%)

• Participate in regular outreach to NODs existing base of members and leaders, and identify opportunities to reactivate, retain, and develop members through our ongoing organizing programs
• Hold 1:1s on a weekly basis with members and leaders to support them in developing their shared interest in this work and support their growth as leaders
• Build deep trust with members and volunteers through respectful and skilled communication, setting clear expectations, soliciting and offering feedback, and sharing vulnerably about your own shared stake in this work
• Anticipate and be ready to respond to major absorption moments, when thousands or millions of people are disoriented and looking for meaning-making and a political home, in order to bring in newly-activated members to our work
• Participate in ongoing efforts to recruit new National Members and grassroots donors into SURJs work

Priority 2: General Campaigning Responsibilities (20%)

• Identify and recruit members, leaders, circles, and chapters to participate in campaigns that develop their skills, build our collective power, and are withinSURJs values.
• Hold periodic campaign events and campaign meetings with volunteer leaders and members, and maintain consistent communication with them about campaign developments, shifts in the political weather, and new or different asks for their involvement
• Support the development of political education and skills trainings for our base that help us achieve our goals on campaigns and deepen the political analysis, commitment, strategic intuition about decision-making within the realm of campaign work, and skills of our members
• Participate in ongoing troubleshooting and debriefing at the end of campaign cycles to ensure we are continually learning from our successes and setbacks

Priority 3: Role-Specific Responsibilities (50%)

• Support the development and execution of NODs distributed and in-person electoral campaigns, including through developing scripts, trainings and guides; carrying out rigorous experiments on our voter contact model; supporting recruitment efforts into the campaigns; and supporting the mass training program.
• Invite and encourage existing and new SURJ members and leaders to take on leadership roles in member-led teams that are responsible for carrying out the key elements of our voter contact program and mass mobilizations; support volunteer-led teams to own and carry out their body of work.
• Take into account member-leader feedback on leadership development and member retention opportunities, and iterate on the model in an ongoing way.

Priority 4: Coordination and Baseline Duties (15%)

• Maintain daily communication and coordination with colleagues ac…