Senior Manager, Organizing - States

We are looking for a relational and strategic Senior Manager, Organizing to join our Campaigns & Organizing department as we build a stronger, more unified, and effective organizing program across our organization. 
This is an exciting opportunity to use your expertise in movement and power-building to provide direct coaching, develop resources, and evaluate our organizing work, acting as a force multiplier for our state-level organizing efforts. 
This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Director, Organizing; this role can be based in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, or Texas and will require frequent travel to meet with staff across the country. We hope our new Senior Manager, Organizing will start in November.  Responsibilities 
Lead work to build people-power across states· Recruit, train, and sustain a diverse base of volunteers and members, and develop their capacity for independent leadership and action· Proactively build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including community leaders, partners, policymakers, and others· Represent Common Cause in coalition spaces, including leading coalitions· Develop strategic plans to leverage existing organizing strengths and tactics, and implement new approaches that support a focus on collective, in-person organizing· Lead key components of the national organizing strategy, including leadership development, base-building and relational organizing, partnerships and coalitions, strategic actions, and program evaluation· Provide guidance and informal mentorship to interns, volunteers, and team members, coordinating their work to support team goals Lead our strategic efforts to evaluate and improve our state-level organizing workAnalyze challenges with, and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of, our state-level organizing to propose actionable and strategic solutions to senior leadershipProvide customized support plans, coaching, and technical assistance to state teams and organizers Create support plans that can be scaled across teams Develop an organizing curricula (including toolkits and resources) to be used across our organizationDevelop and facilitate peer learning and collaboration across states, making judgments on best practices and knowledge-sharing opportunities· Other duties as assigned

You will thrive in this role if you have:

• A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and to advancing civil rights through our pro-democracy agenda     
• A commitment to equity in the goals of your work and in how you work with others 
• A track record of working collaboratively with others, with the ability to build rapport, trust, and credibility with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests 
• Ability to navigate organizational and power dynamics, respectfully navigate conflict while maintaining your values, and influence others to adopt changes to meet common goals 
• Ability to compel action through both written and verbal communication, including distilling complex concepts for a broad audience, and to differentiate communications as needed for various audiences 
• Innovative and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to achieve goals, and a resourceful approach to solve problems
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines for multiple short- and long-term priorities at once, with high attention to detail; strong organization skills, and the ability to manage your time independently
• Openness to feedback and awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth    
• Familiarity with office productivity tools including Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom

The following is required:

• Experience leading successful grassroots organizing and base-building efforts at the state level
• Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate effective trainings, and to coach organizers to improve their skills and impact, both in-person and virtually 
• Demonstrated knowledge of the unique aspects of the political dynamic and key decision-makers within at least one state, with a preference for candidates who have existing relationships with these people and organizations
• Experience managing coalitions or groups that represent stakeholders with diverse interests to achieve a goal
• A track record of leading organization-wide change initiatives 
• Experience leading successful local- or state-level organizing campaign related to democracy, elections, voting rights and civil rights
• Demonstrated understanding of the legislative process in at least one state
• Have managed at least one staf