Staff position — Campaign Organizer

Department: Outreach and Mobilization

Reports to: Campaign Manager

Summary: The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is seeking a Campaign Organizer to join the Outreach & Mobilization Department. This newly created position will play a key role in UUSC’s mobilization and campaigning work by modeling the organization’s sense that committed social activism is the root of all meaningful change. The Campaign Organizer will coordinate the ongoing efforts of UUSC members and supporters to act together to change unjust policies that violate human rights.

Responsibilities:

• Help select those issues around which UUSC will carry out its mobilization and campaigning work.

• Work with the Campaign Manager, other UUSC staff and volunteer leaders to develop the strategy guiding our campaigns and set clear goals and objectives for that work.

• Coordinate UUSC campaigns, using project management skills to ensure that campaign actions, events, and communications support the campaign strategy and are effective, on time, and on budget.

• Draft campaign materials, as necessary, and work with other staff and outside resource people to produce all communications materials necessary for campaigns work.

• Serve as staff support person for the Unitarian Universalist Statewide Advocacy Network.

• Develop and implement strategies to recruit UUSC constituents and allies interested in participating in the organization’s mobilization and campaigning work, both online and offline.

• Work creatively with UUSC’s Communications staff to achieve the widest possible exposure of UUSC’s campaigns, both online and offline.

• Maintain close contact with all campaign participants, and organize UUSC staff, board and volunteer advocates to implement all aspects of campaign strategy.

• Work in close coordination with the staff of UUSC’s Washington, DC Office to promote the exchange of public policy information and to ensure the effective involvement of the organization’s constituency in the national policymaking process.

• Maintain relations of coordination and mutual support with other organizations, networks and individuals engaged on the same campaigning and mobilization issues as UUSC.

• Assist in developing and refining UUSC’s campaigning and mobilization methodology.

• Use a variety of print and electronic communications tools to promote UUSC’s campaigning work to its members and the general public.

• Perform other related activities as directed by the Campaign Manager.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of three years of experience in the conception and implementation of multi-faceted advocacy campaigns targeting legislative, media, corporate and other institutional decision-makers. Work in human rights advocacy in a faith context strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated commitment to social activism as the basis of all change and to UUSC’s human rights mission.

• Very good people skills and the ability to interact comfortably and effectively with a wide range of personalities.

• An organizer’s sensibility: The ability to help others see the path to taking personal risk in support of their values.

• The gift to convince via excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Excellent project management skills.

• Good sense of self-organization and the ability to manage efficiently large volumes of information.

• High comfort level with electronic communications tools and computer technology, in general. Database and electronic advocacy experience strongly preferred.

• Ability to take personal initiative as part of a strong team.

• Multicultural sensitivity and the ability to thrive in a diverse work environment.

• Ability to travel, as necessary, with up to 20% of work time spent outside of the office.

• A resilient sense of humor and the ability to hope in hard times.

Interested applicants please send cover letter and resume to: employment@uusc.org, or mail to mail to Human Resources, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Posted January 11, 2008