Organizing Director

The Democratic Socialists of America (501c4) is a member-run socialist organization with more than 280 groups nationwide engaged in movement-building, public education, direct action, advocacy, and electoral politics. Our immediate goal is to build working-class power against the capitalist class while advancing transformative reforms like a Green New Deal, supporting a robust labor movement, electing socialists to office, and shifting the public framing around capitalism and democratic socialism. DSA is a “big tent,” multi-tendency organization that welcomes everyone committed to democracy and socialism.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversee the national DSA organizing program with a focus on organizational priorities, best practices, and member committee and chapter development
• Supervise all DSA field organizers in their work with chapters and committees
• Supervise YDSA, Labor, and Electoral Campaigns organizers to ensure collaboration with relevant committees and wider organizing team
• Set and achieve organizing goals in line with DSA’s priorities
• Work across staff and committees to support high-level member engagement programs at the chapter level and strategic campaigns overall
• Ensure that national priority committees are functioning well, effectively engaging the membership, and grounding their work in local chapter engagement
• Grow and develop organizing department staff through hiring, restructuring, long-term planning, training, and professional development
• Oversee member skills training and development working alongside organizing staff and member committees
• Interface with other departments on staff and national leadership in order to identify gaps in organizing work, articulate needs of the program, bottomline department reports, and resolve problems
• Plan and approve key organizing budget decisions, including in-person chapter visits, multi-chapter events, and department meetings
• Manage the implementation of decisions and strategic plans as voted on by the membership of DSA at biennual National Conventions and the National Political Committee (NPC)
• Ensure the NPC has timely and accurate information to make decisions and govern the organization
• Other duties on an as needed basis

Qualifications

• At least 5 to 7 years in a managerial position in labor, community or issue-based organizing, preferably on a national level
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience leading a national organizing program working with staff and volunteers
• Experience managing a team of more than five people
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a non-traditional leadership structure, adapting to changing political conditions and organizational needs
• High level of accountability, responsibility, and dependability
• Ability to travel on occasion
• Commitment to democratic socialist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-heterosexist and pro-worker action, and identify as a socialist and be grounded in democratic socialist politics; general agreement with the positions and perspectives of DSA

Reports to: National Political Committee

To apply, please use the following link: https://dsausa.bamboohr.com/careers/44?source=aWQ9MjU%3D

Application Deadline: December 13, 2024

Democratic Socialists of America will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of their job if doing so does not result in undue hardship. If you are in need of accommodations during the application process or interview, please contact jobswithdsa@dsausa.org.

No phone calls or recruiters, please.

Democratic Socialists of America is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a staff that reflects the working class. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, DREAMers, as well as members of the LGBTQ communities.