Campaign Organizing Strategist

Overview

Job Title:

Campaign Organizing Strategist
Department:
Campaigns, Industrial Transformation

Location:

Hybrid within Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, or Minnesota
This position requires an ability to travel.

Reports To:

Campaign Director, Industrial Transformation

Context:
At the Sierra Club, we believe in the power of interdependence. Together, we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental, racial, economic, and gender justice – a future where all people benefit from a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel injustice, we will continue to fight for a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our future.

By recognizing that our destinies are tied, we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it. Sierra Club has close to 800 staff across the country and a network of 64 local chapters that are led and fueled by thousands of volunteers.

We are also proud to be a unionized employer, with three labor unions representing more than half of our employees.

The Campaign Organizing Strategist is responsible for designing the campaign organizing component of strategic planning in collaboration with the manager and Chapter Director. The Campaign Organizing Strategist supports the planning and coordination of campaigns which win real victories and build the grassroots power to accomplish Sierra Club priorities, which are: to address climate disruption, transform the energy economy, protect communities from pollution, ensure access to the outdoors for all and protect our lands, water and wildlife.

The Chapter(s) is a crucial partner for the Campaign Organizing Strategist to successfully carry out strategic plans.

The Campaign Organizing Strategist works closely aligned with volunteers, partners, and staff across states, while harnessing all of the strategic levers of Sierra Club including legal, communications, digital strategies and subject matter/campaign expertise. The Campaign Organizing Strategist coordinates and guides the team of organizers and volunteer teams, ensuring successful implementation of campaign goals, and robust collaboration in alignment with and supported by the manager.

The Campaign Organizing Strategist will work with state leadership to develop state based, regional, and local strategies, coordinate implementation plans with the field teams, communicate priorities and track metric benchmarks.

The Campaign Organizing Strategist provides leadership to volunteer and staff organizers in the state(s), fosters volunteer leadership and shapes the leadership ladder, participates to produce educational materials, presentations and reports, research, testifies, lobbies and develops subject matter expertise on relevant topics. The Campaign Organizing Strategist is empowered to represent the Sierra Club to government officials, the media and other organizations, including coalition spaces.

• Campaign Strategy and Implementation:
  Works closely with Campaign leadership, Chapter Director and Campaign teams to design the creation of state or multi-state strategic planning, and facilitates the organizing strategy, balancing national and state Sierra Club priorities. Works to incorporate key state and chapter stakeholders, including volunteers, to create and implement a campaign of the overarching strategic plan. This includes leading the creation of multi-issue state campaign plans, organizing tactics, conducting or overseeing research, developing engagement strategies, facilitating organizing meetings, volunteer integration, and developing and leveraging partnerships.
  
  Tracks policy and regulatory proceedings in the state that are relevant to a specific campaign, identifies opportunities for engagement, mobilization, or intervention. Ensuring that campaigns are rooted in equity and justice and inclusive of…