Special Projects Organizer

This role will support a long-term project incubated by Working Families Power to develop wealthy people into organizers who understand how change actually happens, who organize other wealthy people and who fund movement work with an orientation to learning and experimentation. This project aims to build a center of gravity in the money landscape that shifts resources to strategic power-building and the left winning counter-hegemony. This role is primarily a base-building role focused on executing organizing and leadership development plans. This is a temporary, full-time role from mid-December through early July 2025. This role includes benefits.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• • Support developing organizing, team, and leadership structures
  • Our organizing model is based on both traditional structure-based organizing and the Circles of Commitment model from Momentum-style organizing
  • We define leaders as politically mature, strategic, low-ego, high-resilience, highly skilled organizers
  • Our team structures will evolve through different phases of the project and must work in both the short- and long-term
  • Execute base-building and leadership development plans, including through 1:1s, committee-building, list-building, leadership assessments, trainings, campaign actions, debriefs, feedback sessions, and more
  • Have difficult conversations with participants in our project to develop their development especially re: political maturity and maintaining emotional resilience while organizing under uncertainty
  • Coach people through the challenging emotional and social dynamics that can come up in recruiting and fundraising conversations
  • When we are in campaign mode (for issue, electoral or other campaigns or we’re recruiting a cohort), assist in developing campaign plans that build leadership in our project, including in partnership with our movement partners
  • Campaign actions could include phonebanking, canvassing, etc.
  • Shadow and assist at meetings and events
  • Support some training modules (especially those that build basic organizing skills), including facilitating some modules

Skills and Qualifications

• • At least 2-3 years of structure-based organizing experience at a community organization or labor union, especially relevant skills include: deep listening, agitational 1:1s, and committee-building; at least 5 years experience in social movements/politics overall
  • Experience navigating complex emotional and social dynamics, sometimes in high-stakes situations
  • Must have experience building teams of teams or committees of committees and know how to develop leadership at multiple levels
  • Strong organizational skills, able to keep track of multiple projects at once
  • Must be able to see all people in their full humanity and as people capable of being full agents in undoing our conditions of injustice and inequality, including by leveraging wealth and privilege
  • Must feel comfortable being in wealthy spaces and primarily working with wealthy people

What Else Should You Know

• • Compensation: The salary range for this role is $75,000 to $95,000. The final salary for this role will be determined based on our Pay Scale, which takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. The upper end of the salary range is reserved for individuals who significantly exceed the minimum qualifications and years of experience. We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan options; professional development funding; and remote work support.
  • Location: The position is based in New York, NY. Some limited travel will be required.
  • Schedule: The position is temporary and full time, ending July 11, 2025.
  • Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a non-managerial role, eligible to join WFP’s staff bargaining unit after six months of employment. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.