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
• Travel to cities for site visits and actions (25% travel expected) and handle administrative responsibilities like tracking volunteer outreach and turnout

This role creates positive change by building and guiding volunteer-led chapters across the U.S. to elevate climate change as a top political issue through direct actions and grassroots pressure, helping to hold decision makers accountable and move the needle on climate change.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Minimum of two years of organizing or campaigning experience
• Experience managing teams of volunteers and participating in or leading nonviolent direct actions
• Strong communication skills, flexibility, and readiness for actions and site visits
• Preferred: At least one year of distributed organizing experience and experience in leading systematic conflict resolution

Salary: $62,400 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.