Associate Director, Global Trainings

350.org is looking for as Associate Director of Global Trainings to support the delivery and quality of one of 350.org’s key tactics in our theory of change, our belief in the power of growing the climate movement through training local volunteer groups to campaign and mobilize, and offering open-source trainings for the movement.

Success in the role would look like: Improving the quality of the training done by 350, through: Leading a high functioning Global Trainings team; ensuring local volunteer groups and civil society movement allies are well supported to run more impactful campaigns and actions through high quality campaigns and organising trainings and frequently accessed training resources; campaigners and organisers from across the organisation are skilled in delivering high quality trainings and support to local groups and movement allies linked to effective strategy.

About 350.org 

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world. The values that guide and drive our work are listed here. 

350.org is an equal opportunity employer. 350.org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out our work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed, veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include team members in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice. 

About the Associate Director of Global Trainings

The role will collaborate closely across the organisation to achieve these successes, particularly with regional campaigners and organisers, global communications and campaigns staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic training programme for 350 embedded into our priority campaigning and organising strategies and projects, ensuring high quality.
• Lead analysis of the quality of our training on campaigns and organising across the organisation.
• Coaching teams on campaigns and organising strategy as it relates to designing training.
• Line manages the Global Trainings Manager.
• Manages and approves the Trainings Team budget. 
• Leads the Trainings Team annual plan.
• Leads Trainings.350.org resources and website that support the wider movement.
• Lead on major cross-organisational projects related to training.
• Occasional support to organisation-wide and team-specific facilitation.
• Supports the healthy functioning of the global Organising and Campaigning “Communities of Practice”, made up of organising and Campaigning staff across the organisation.
• Contributes to the development of the joint Global Movement Support Directorate’s strategy.
• Develop and maintain a network of external contacts around climate and social justice training best practice, spotting emerging opportunities and trends. 
• Works closely with other Departments across the organisation to ensure training strategy is connected to other teams work (eg. campaigns, comms).

Required Competencies, Skills and Behaviours:

• At least 5 years experience developing training strategies for building communities, movements, and people powered actions, as part of global and regional social justice campaigns, whether as part of an NGO or grassroots network.