Organizing Director

Application Deadline: July 16th, 2025

Position Overview
Climate Justice Alliance is seeking a full-time Organizing Director to oversee the strategic development, implementation, and functioning of our organizing strategy and organizing staff. The Organizing Director manages the organizing team and will report to CJA’s Executive Director. The Organizing Director will be a key member of CJA’s director-level staff team. The Organizing Director will bring strong strategic thinking, rigorous organizational and management skills, a passion for developing the organizing skills of organizing staff, and grassroots organizing experience to ensure that CJA’s organizing work is reflective of our political praxis, and meets the needs of our membership in this unique political moment. 

Location: Remote within the United States.

About Climate Justice Alliance
Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) was formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Our translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. We believe that the process of transition must place race, gender and class at the center of the solutions equation in order to make it a truly Just Transition.

We are a unique alliance of 99 community, frontline, and environmental justice organizations; movement networks; and support organizations at the forefront of climate change. Our members are multicultural, intergenerational, and prioritize leadership among women, gender-oppressed, and persons of color. They come from traditionally underrepresented constituencies, including Indigenous Peoples, African American, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander, and low-income white communities, often often located near toxic, polluting industries such as oil refineries, fracking wells, coal mines, power plants, and pipelines; rails, ports, and other major transportation corridors; landfills and incinerators; and industrial agriculture.

Core Responsibilities

Direct, Oversee, and Strengthen the Planning and Execution of CJA’s Organizing Strategy (55%)  

• Lead the ongoing development and implementation of CJA’s alliance-wide organizing strategy across Our Power Communities, Working Groups and Caucuses in coordination with organizing team staff.  
• Work with the Political Education team as needed to support organizing training for CJA members (skill-based and issue-based content)
• Lead the development of strategic activities to advance program goals and work plans, including implementing translocal or issue-based organizing strategies in collaboration with the Regional Organizers and Black Membership Organizer;
• Work with the Communications Team to identify needed research and reports to support CJA’s organizing efforts;
• Act, alongside CJA members, as a representative of CJA to cultivate and strengthen relationships with a variety of decision makers and stakeholders, including elected officials, labor unions, environmental and social justice organizations, funders, and the media, to advance program agendas.
• Represent CJA in relevant coalitions, networks, and events to advance programmatic goals.
• Provide leadership and support for Building the Bigger We work partnering with the executive director on engaging partners and allies.
• Engage members and funders in creative ways that include online and offline organizing.
• Support regional organizers to maintain and manage an updated inventory of CJA active members and identify inactive members on an annual basis for follow up.

• Responsible for rolling out the annual collaborative work planning and budgeting process for CJA's organizing staff.
• Contribute to and hold shared responsibility for annual organizational work planning with Director-level staff, and ensure alignment with organizational strategic priorities and plan.
• Ensure a minimum of one in-person Organizing Team work planning retreat a year. 

Manage Program and/or Project Financials, Approvals, and Staff (25%)

• Supervise and support the Organizing Team in implementing their work plans, and provide regular staff performance feedback and development support. 
• Manage Organizing Team financial responsibilities in a timely manner, including the submission of program budgets, fulfillment of credit/debit card holder obligations and responsibilities, approval of applicable employee reimbursements and travel requests, and management of consultant contracts.
• Manage Organizing Team hiring processes, timesheet approvals, and PTO and leave requests in coordination with CJA’s HR policies and practices.
• Participate in internal Director-level meeting spaces as assigned to ensure CJA’s organizing priorities are represented in strategy spaces. 

• Along with all other staff, this position contributes to CJA’s culture of innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning. They work diligently to collaborate and support each other within and across teams and excel in an environment where every member takes care of their own basic administrative needs.

Travel
Moderate domestic travel (2-4 times per quarter) for meetings or conferences would be required for this position. 

Physical duties of this role: Ability to work at a computer and participate in video conferencing, speaking and typing for extended periods of time. 
Occasional physical duties: Responsible for logistics during travel which includes lifting items (not in excess of 25 lbs.), coordinating meals/catering, and driving.
(CJA is willing and able to make reasonable accommodations for candidates who may not be able to fulfill these tasks). 

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Dedication to social justice and supporting CJA’s mission. Commitment to building a culture of mutual accountability, liberation, and respect.
• At least 4-7 years of supervisory experience and comparable organizing and/or campaign experience.
• Deep understanding and analysis of grassroots organizing, political landscape, and strategies for organizing locally to inform national organizing strategy. 
• A sense of flexibility, with a solutions-oriented approach to our collective work and relationships.
• An orientation towards learning and development. Willingness to learn from mistakes, receive feedback, and give feedback to others. 

• Ability to work remotely, manage multiple work tasks, maintain attention to detail and accuracy, and meet the pressure of deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
• Experience with communication and online media for campaigns.
• High degree of comfort working with and leveraging virtual project and data management tools to support our organizing work. 

• Understanding of and experience with implementing HR and employee policies from a legal and administrative perspective is a plus but not required.

• 100% FTE, exempt/non-exempt position. Annual gross pay is $113,375 (@100%FTE).
• CJA’s 100% FTE benefits package includes:
  • 20 days vacation leave per year;
  • 15 standard holidays per year;
  • 12 sick days per year;
  • 1 month of paid parental leave during first year; eligible for an additional 2 months of paid parental leave in the second year of employment, up to 3 months;
  • 3 month sabbatical leave after 5 years of continuous Full-Time employment 
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents (requires 30 day waiting period);
  • 100% employer sponsored basic life, short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
  • Access to $1200 professional development funds per year;
  • Access to FSA Benefits;
  • Employer-funded HRA;
  • Employer-sponsored 401k with annual employer contribution.