Senior Director of National Organizing

About Reproductive Freedom for All (Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)

For more than 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom - including access to abortion and contraception - for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it. For more information on Reproductive Freedom for All, please visit our website.

About the role:

The Senior Director of National Organizing leads and develops programs that engage and empower Reproductive Freedom for all volunteers and members, with a specific focus in non-chapter, high priority states and activation on federal priorities. They lead a team that develops high-impact grassroots and mobilization campaigns in service of Reproductive Freedom for All’s policy and electoral goals.

Senior Director of National Organizing leads the National Organizing team, charged with developing and implementing grassroots organizing and mobilization goals, strategies, and budgets to reach political/policy outcomes, with a specific focus on non-chapter, high priority states. Additionally, they lead programming efforts around two high-priority verticals: training (for diverse staff and volunteer/member audiences), and youth/campus programming. The Senior Director of National Organizing will work to ensure that supporters, volunteers/members, and staff are empowered and supported in participating in the work of Reproductive Freedom for All. They’ll also apply a strong equity lens throughout all aspects of national organizing work, promoting key values such as racial justice and gender equity. The Senior Director ensures Reproductive Freedom for All’s organizing efforts are innovative, data-informed, and scalable - working closely with digital organizing and state campaigns leadership to build field, digital, and distributed organizing models that maximize volunteer/member and voter contact engagement.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Reports to: Vice President of Organizing & Campaigns

Positions Directly Reporting to this Position: Deputy Directors, Organizing Managers

This Position Is: Full Time Exempt, Non-Union

Salary: $130,000 - $165,000

Responsibilities:

• Develop, lead, and continuously refine a national organizing strategy and plans that supports Reproductive Freedom for All campaigns and programs, incorporating diverse field, digital and distributed organizing models;
• Manage and support a team of national program directors and leads (Youth/Campus, Training, and specific state leads);
• Directly supervise and support team Deputy Directors and Organizing Managers;
• Lead training and youth/campus verticals;
• Work closely with the Directors of State Campaigns, Digital Organizing, and Data and Analytics leadership to define organizing metrics, accountability systems, and progress-to-goal tracking across priority programs (i.e. training and youth/campus) as well as within high priority states;
• Collaborate with Digital Organizing leadership around national volunteer engagement including but not limited to: national volunteer/member activations and events, volunteer leadership management, and voter contact programs;
• In coordination with the Director of State Campaigns and the Digital Organizing Director, host regular all organizer meetings to check in on the progress of priorities and discuss best practices across the organization;
• Collaborate with Digital Organizing, State Campaigns, and Campaign Operations leadership to develop all materials for external communications as it relates to organizing volunteers including but not limited to: scripts, tools training, and program/campaign talking points and assets aligning with the values of inclusion and driving diversity;
• Collect and analyze data to assess the effectiveness of organizing and training efforts promoting excellence through data driven improvements;
• Additional duties may be assigned consistent with the responsibilities and qualifications in this job description.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience (10+ years) of related work experience, working on electoral campaigns and leading grassroots organizing programs, including at least one election cycle managing large-scale statewide or national organizing programs;
• Demonstrated experience (5+) of managing and leading teams and directors around a common goal or mission promoting equity and collaboration within teams;
• Deep understanding of organizing theory, including distributed, digital, and relational;
• Proven strategic leadership experience - designing, scaling, and optimizing field and/or similar organizing programs and plans;
• Experience using a variety of political advocacy tools, including but not limited: NGPVAN, EveryAction;
• Strong project management skills, and ability to build broad support for new and emerging initiatives;
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and working collaboratively across multiple departments and external partners;
• Strong organizational and people management skills; ability to effectively support multiple direct reports;
• Strong data literacy, specifically the ability to understand modeling, volunteer/voter targeting, metrics design, and reporting systems;
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills;
• Commitment to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and/or conflicts;
• Commitment to innovation, adaptability, and a willingness to pilot new organizing models;
• Demonstrated commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission, values and goals;
• Demonstrated commitment to contributing to a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion is valued and centered in their work.

OPTIONAL: Nice-to-haves (or excited-to-learns):

• Experience working within large and/or political organizations/campaigns, and who understand the importance of relationship building, both internally and externally;
• Experience in the reproductive freedom space and advocacy background;
• Additional language skills in addition to English, such as Spanish.

Reproductive Freedom for All does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or political affiliation.

Candidates with backgrounds, identities, and experiences that are historically underrepresented in reproductive freedom non-profits are encouraged to apply.