Full-Time Senior Director of Campaigns
Job Description
Location: Brooklyn, NY (remote candidates with NYC campaigns experience considered)
Start Date: April 2023
Salary Range: $105,000 – $115,000 + Benefits
Reports To: Chief Program Officer (CPO)
The Opportunity
As Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) moves toward growth and larger strategic initiatives, the need to develop creative and effective ways to improve functioning, procedures, protocols, and planning is critical to our impact. The Senior Director of Campaigns (SDC) will utilize their expertise in organizing, policy, and activism to lead campaigns that support GGE’s mission. The SDC will initially focus on building upon our existing community and relationships across New York State, while looking ahead and building strategy for GGE to extend our reach nationally.
Your Day-to-Day
35% – Policy, Strategy & Government Relations
As SDC, you will drive GGE’s policy and lobbying strategy at the city, state, and federal levels in strategic and timely moments throughout the legislative session. You will work closely with the Chief Program Officer (CPO) to ensure that GGE’s policy strategy is appropriately responsive to current and ongoing justice and equity movements. You will serve as a technical expert, having a deep understanding of New York City, New
York State, and the national political landscape, with particular attention to racial and gender equity; continuously assessing the current political landscape and making strategic choices about GGE’s organizing and policy tactics, serving as our senior point of contact for Policy and Government Relations.
35% – Grassroots & Coalition Development
You will design and support local and statewide organizing strategies to build political power in service of GGE’s campaigns. You will lead rapid response mobilization efforts, in partnership with GGE staff, to provide individualized support and development for emerging leaders, with particular attention to young people. The SDC will maintain relationships with organizational leaders and counterparts at partner organizations in efforts to build and run effective coalitions that support cis and trans girls of color and GNCNB youth of color.
30% – Senior Management & Leadership
In this Senior Director role, you will lead a high-functioning, junior staff of organizers. You will streamline work plans and ensure your team’s success through strong leadership, coaching, and effective planning. You’ll work with the Development and Finance teams to plan the program budget, track expenses, and report on key activities for the purpose of fundraising and securing resources for GGE’s work.
The Skills You’ll Need
Success in the Senior Director of Campaigns role will require a deep commitment to GGE’s mission and core values, deep expertise in planning and strategy, as well as a strong desire to lead and win campaigns. The ideal candidate will also bring the following skills, attributes, and experiences:
● Familiarity with legal frameworks for 501c3 and 501c4 eligible activities. (GGE is only a c3)
● Experience leading and supervising a team of policy and organizing professionals
● Familiarity with a range of tools to help organize GGE’s base online, including but not limited to CRM, SMS and
emerging products to mobilize supporters
● Strong writing and communication skills with the ability to organize and communicate ideas in a clear, succinct,
and accurate manner
● Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes
● Willingness to remain flexible, shift priorities when needed and maintain a consistent sense of perspective
● Ability to effectively collaborate with a senior leadership team, providing strategic thought partnership and
driving the team toward results
● Ability to coach and support junior staff
● Familiarity, comfort, and ability to thrive within a small, dynamic team environment
The People
In this role, you will report to the Chief Program Officer. You will supervise, manage Directors, hire staff and interns on government and policy projects; act as a resource to other team members during the development and implementation of initiatives. The role will frequently collaborate with the GGE leadership team and internal and external stakeholders.
The Organization
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) is an intergenerational advocacy organization that works through a Black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of Black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and policy through advocacy, youth-centered programming, and shifting dominant narratives. GGE challenges structural forces — racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, economic inequality — that work to constrict the freedom, full expression, and rights of trans and cis girls and young women of color, and GNCNB youth of color. We ultimately believe in and work toward a world where cis and trans girls of color and gender non-conforming/non-binary youth of color are free.
How to Apply
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