What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Organizing and Leadership Development position at Tenants & Neighbors?
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
Tenants & Neighbors is a member-led organization with a mission to build and strategically wield collective tenant power to preserve affordable housing, and to defend and strengthen tenants’ rights.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Tenants & Neighbors is seeking a highly experience looking for a Director of Organizing & Leadership Development. The position will provide leadership and oversight of Tenants & Neighbors’ tenant organizing, leadership development, and campaign work. We are looking for someone who will be both a senior strategist in the organization as well as work intensively with our organizing team to help them reach their fullest potential in base-building, leadership development, and winning strategic campaigns at the local, state and federal levels.
Applicants must be committed to an ideology of building community power, share our commitment to grassroots membership decision-making, progressive politics, and our theory of social change that is tied to metrics and measurable campaign wins that deliver concrete improvements to T&N members and communities.
Responsibilities include :
- Own the development of strong, longer-term strategic plans for our on-the-ground building organizing, education and leadership development for members / leaders.
- Plan and facilitate monthly member meetings to set, plan, and evaluate campaigns goals and strategies.
- Provides direct supervision to a diverse team of organizers, via regular supervision support with work planning, feedback on organizing strategies, holding organizers accountable to meeting goals, and providing professional development opportunities and training as needed.
- Help build and manage our organizational relationships by sitting and leading collaborative efforts with working groups, coalitions, and campaigns.
- Track and analyze policy and legislative developments, particularly affecting affordable housing tenants, and educate members and stakeholders to make informed recommendations on Tenants & Neighbors legislative and policy priorities.
- Undertake activities to recruit, retain, and increase membership.
- Prepare written reports, and meeting summaries and communicate the impact of the organization’s various programs to key stakeholders as needed.
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