Distributed Organizing Director (candidates can be based anywhere in the US)

Core responsibilities:

• Recruit and manage volunteers in Climate Defiance chapters across key U.S. cities
• Establish new Climate Defiance chapters and provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to volunteers and leaders
• Organize and coordinate direct actions in multiple cities, including attending events and running trainings
• Handle administrative tasks such as tracking volunteer outreach and turnout

This role elevates climate change as a top political issue in the U.S. through direct actions and grassroots pressure, helping to hold decision-makers accountable and drive societal change on one of the most critical issues of our time.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum of two years of organizing or campaigning experience
• Experience managing teams of volunteers
• Participation in or leadership of nonviolent direct actions (e.g., protests, strikes, sit-ins)
• Strong communication skills and flexibility for travel (25% expected)

Salary: $62,400 annually with additional benefits including unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged), group health care, and a 401(k) with a 3% employer contribution.

Climate Defiance works to fight climate change by elevating it as a top political issue in the U.S. through direct actions, creative protests, and grassroots pressure on political leaders, aiming to hold decision-makers accountable and stop the fossil-fueled oligarchy.