Senior Regional Organizer - Wa, Or

Responsibilities

• Organizing in turf: 70%
• Develop stronger statewide coordination among groups and activists and build strong, clear communication structures within your turf. Coach groups and members on Indivisible’s theory of change and knowledge resources, and equip them with the tools they need to execute local strategic actions and participate in national Days of Action.
• Develop and execute strategic turf plans to hit short term campaign and long term power building goals.
• Report, track, and record real time data.
• Identify, recruit, and develop new group leaders and volunteers to grow our reach and ability to organize at scale.
• Proactively engage in critical, data-driven analysis to unearth lessons learned and best practices to strengthen our organizing and campaigns.
• Organize groups in your turf around Indivisible’s national priorities and campaigns. Create strong, trusted relationships with group leaders and activists. Provide the guidance, feedback, structure, and support they need to organize effectively and develop as leaders.

• Uphold Indivisible’s values of creating an inclusive and equitable working environment.
• Take part in department projects and special initiatives to build our structure and long term capacity.
• Contribute to a safe, welcoming, and inspiring organizational culture for staff to excel in, and provide ongoing opportunities for team members to lead and grow
• People and Culture: 30%
• Accountability is at the heart of our success. Be accountable to our movement, our organization, and our team.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and leadership to coordinate work internally, surface insights, provide feedback and thought partnership to peers, and help foster a team culture of learning and mutual support.

Required Qualifications (including education, experience, and knowledge/skills/abilities):

• Ability to tackle problems with actionable plans, generate smart, innovative approaches, not afraid to think outside of the box.
• Ability to train activists in skill development, power-building, and strategic planning
• Strong communication and writing skills. Experience building communication structures within turf.
• Experience developing and implementing field plans, tracking and assessing progress, and adapting as needed
• Field Expertise & Strategy
• Strong understanding of what power is, how to build it, and how pressure campaigns work. At least 2-3 years/cycles of demonstrated experience in community, labor, movement, or electoral organizing

• Ability to Manage in Complexity
• Demonstrated ability to thrive year-round in a fast-paced, dynamic grassroots campaign environment while managing a heavy workload.
• Ability to juggle multiple streams of work, prioritize, and problem solve in complex and nuanced situations
• Comfort operating in complex and fluid environments, responding innovatively and rapidly to emerging opportunities or concerns
• Thrives as a team player and collaborator, particularly when problem-solving cross-team issues, thinking through lessons learned, and planning and executing departmental projects
• Relentlessly results-oriented; strong track record of meeting or exceeding goals

• Interpersonal Skills
• Can build trust, confidence, and followership of diverse range of staff, volunteers, field partners - across race, gender, and other identities
• An exceptional team player; exemplifies a work style that is flexible, respectful, collaborative and nimble;
• Strong people skills; effective communicator both verbally and in written communications

• Demonstrates self awareness of their own multiple group identities and their attendant dynamics, and can adapt approach as needed
• Cultural Competency
• Ability to build strong relationships and trust across race, gender, class, and other group identities, both internally and externally
• Experience organizing in communities of color and/or building multiracial organizing efforts and prior training in anti-oppression, equity and inclusion
• Understanding of race, gender, sexuality and other aspects of identity, and their intersections, and how that plays out in the work