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Senior Grassroots Mobilization Organizer

Hybrid, Work must be performed in or near Washington, DC
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  • Details

    Job Type:
    Full Time
    Start Date:
    August 3, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    July 10, 2026
    Education:
    Other Education Requirement
    Experience Level:
    Managerial
    Salary:
    USD $72,000 - $89,000 / year
    Permanent, Full-Time, In-Person Two Days per week, plus events, Based in D.C
    Cause Areas:
    Immigrants or Refugees, Policy, Poverty, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Housing & Homelessness

    Description

    Start Date: August 3, 2026

    Permanent, Full-Time, In-Person Two Days per week, plus events, Based in D.C

    You could be the next Senior Grassroots Mobilization Organizer if you have:

    • 5-7 years of progressive professional experience in community organizing, program development, political campaigns, or advocacy.
    • Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
    • Experience in a detail-oriented position that required a high-level of organizational skills; ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects.
    • Fluency in Spanish and databases (e.g. Action Network, Salesforce) preferred
    • Demonstrated skills in adaptability, relationship building, constituent relations/customer service, detail-oriented, initiative, motivating others, perseverance, leadership, strategy, and collaboration.

    You could be the next Senior Grassroots Mobilization Organizer if you are:

    • A strong manager, coach, trainer, and have group-facilitation and/or conflict management experience
    • An excellent listener as well as oral and written communicator
    • Familiar with Catholic Social Justice and faith-based organizations.
    • Committed to creating a multicultural, anti-racist organization.

    What you’ll be doing:

    • Work closely with the Grassroots Mobilization team to further develop and strengthen NETWORK’s national organizing model and build a field strategy that complements and enhances our Hill strategy.
    • Support existing Grassroots Advocates Teams and organize new ones in select states as opportunities present themselves.
    • Work with key constituencies to expand and strengthen our network of advocates: develop new leaders, deepen skills of existing leaders.
    • Conduct relational organizing trainings in-person and virtually; identify needs for additional trainings
    • Motivate and coordinate – and provide the training for – local activists' participation in NETWORK policy campaigns, including in-district lobby visits and op-eds/LTEs, identify needs for additional advocacy tools.
    • Represent NETWORK at events. Facilitate advocacy events in the field and in D.C.

    Benefits

    Benefits details:

      • Generous time off: 2 weeks paid vacation in each of first two years, in addition to Thanksgiving Week off, Christmas Week off, plus 10 additionalholidays
      • Platinum level health plans offered – as well as dental and vision
      • Generous retirement plan and parental leave after one year
      • Staff Community Days; an organizational commitment to professional development and wellness

    Level of Language Proficiency

    Fluency in Spanish preferred.

    Location

    Hybrid
    Work must be performed in or near Washington, DC
    Associated Location
    820 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA

    How to Apply

    How to apply:

    Cover letter: 2-3 paragraphs in an email (not attached but written in the body of the email) telling us why you’re interested in this position, how you are qualified, why you want to be a part of the NETWORK team, and from whom you found us. Give us a sense of the level of responsibility, complexity, and creativity of the work in which you have engaged.

    Resume: Attach a resume.

    Email: Send materials to Chief of Staff, Sister Erin Zubal, OSU at employment@networklobby.org. Please include “Senior GM Organizer” in the subject line.

    Timing: This position will stay open as long as needed — until we find the right candidate. We will be screening candidates on a rolling basis so please apply promptly.

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