Careers

Description:

The Political and Civic Engagement Director will lead related work ranging from community member advocacy mobilization to accountability of elected officials. They will be responsible for development and deployment of Front and Centered power building strategies. The Director will be part of the leadership team and supervise staff and contractors and collaborate across teams leveraging our assets in community building, communications, partnerships, and fundraising and report to the Co-Director for Policy and Programs. The Director will collaborate with our statewide coalition to make long term changes to advance the power and influence of our frontline communities, our coalition, and our agenda for climate and environmental justice through the framework of a Just Transition. They will serve as the point person for Just Transition Voters, a 501(c)4 Organization and supervise and own a portfolio of strategies, projects, and relationships that enhance our coalition influence and ability to make changes in policy and budgets. This includes: enhancing frontlines communities’ abilities to be effective in policy-making, developing relationships and accountability measures for decision-makers, deploying our influence in policy making processes, and more. Candidates well qualified for this position may have experience in civic engagement strategy and leadership, political campaigns and political organizations, experience working in communities of color as an organizer or advocate, and have a passion for changing what’s politically possible to achieve our climate and environmental justice goals

Ideal candidate will possess:

• Passion for changing the rules, for making justice the center of the climate and environmental conversation, and for being part of a dynamic, fun, and creative team that is facilitating frontline communities participation.
• Experience (years may overlap):
• At least eight years of professional experience in a relevant field, such public policy, community organizing, not-for-profit management, etc.
• At least four years of experience in advocacy or civic engagement, such as community organizing, campaigns, voter mobilization, etc. 
• At least four years of experience supervising staff or regular contractors where you provide guidance, direction, and coaching.
• Skill in project management, including demonstrated ability to take a project from start to finish; identifying tasks, goals, timelines, roles and responsibilities within a team to execute.
• Experience working with institutional leaders, including government, and with diverse communities namely with people of color and Indigenous peoples as well as disenfranchised communities
• Demonstrated success in community relationship management, strategic advocacy, systems thinking, coordinating and advising groups for collective impact
• Knowledge of equity and social justice issues, and in particular environment and climate justice, and ideally knowledge in environmental health, including environmental regulation and health impacts, or in participatory democracy and governance, or in climate mitigation and resilience, or Just Transition, including understanding of economy and racial consumer capitalism and solidarity / regenerative economics

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter prompt (included below) to jobs@frontandcentered.org, put “Position Title” and “name” as the subject line of the email. Deadline: Priority Deadline is Tuesday, April 2nd. Applications will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis with interviews anticipated to start early April.

Preferred Start Date: Ideally by Spring/Early Summer 2024