Distributed Organizing Director (New salary range. Candidates can be based anywhere in the US)

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Job Type:Full TimeApplication Deadline:February 17, 2026Experience Level:Mid-levelSalary:USD $50,000 - $80,000 / yearIdealist encourages all organizations to include salary ranges when possible. Please consider this range a "best estimate" rather than a firm or final offer.Climate Defiance has a 3-tier salary scale. See job description for details.Cause Areas:Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Description

Note: Our application is quickly approaching. Please apply by Tuesday, February 17th.

Climate Defiance, an organization working to fight climate change, is seeking a Distributed Organizing Director. Climate Defiance works to elevate climate change as a top political issue in the US through direct actions, creative protests, and grassroots pressure on political leaders, and the Distributed Organization Director will play a critical role in this work. As the Distributed Organizing Director, you will build, guide, coach and mentor volunteer-led chapters across the country. Additionally, you will lead and coordinate direct actions that publicly challenge corporate executives and elected officials regarding their climate stance.

More about Climate Defiance:

We take action. We get results. We hold decision makers accountable for their actions. And we do not apologize.

We played a prominent role in halting drilling on tens of millions of acres. We helped win a pause on fracked gas exports. We've made executives in the highest levels of business and government resign in shame from their positions of power.

We are gearing up to stop the fossil-fueled oligarchy overtaking our government. We are looking for the ideal candidate to help us do it.

The role:

This role is an excellent opportunity for candidates excited to be part of a growing organization, work with great people, get incredible press hits, and build community and important actions around one of the most critical issues of our lifetimes. As the Distributed Organizing Director, you will be part of an organization working to move the needle on climate change, making headlines, and shaking society awake. Note: we define distributed organizing as organizing that spans multiple cities with fully volunteer-run/unstaffed chapters.

Your responsibilities will include:
Recruiting and managing volunteers in Climate Defiance chapters in key cities across the U.S.
- Helping to establish new Climate Defiance chapters.
- Ongoing coaching and mentoring of volunteers and leaders via the phone, video, email, and in-person meetings.
- Organizing actions in multiple cities and attending events
- Running group and individual trainings with volunteers and leaders
- Working with volunteers to take on increasing levels of responsibility, including into leadership roles
- Travel to cities for for site visits and actions (25% time on the road expected)
- Administrative responsibilities, including tracking volunteer outreach, turnout, and more.
About You:

You are a collaborative and empathetic leader, deeply invested in team building. You are a strong communicator and are well-organized. Committed to social change, you stand for racial, economic, and environmental justice. As a self-starter, you excel in driving, implementing, and troubleshooting without excessive oversight.

Qualifications:

Key qualifications:

• You have a minimum of two years of organizing or campaigning experience.
• You have experience managing teams of volunteers.
• You have participated in and/ or have led nonviolent direct actions (disruptive actions such as creative protests, strikes, sit-ins, or blockades) and are interested in its importance in climate change work.
• You have strong communication skills.
• You have the flexibility and readiness for actions and site visits.

• The travel expectation for this role is 25%.
  **Preferred qualifications: **

• You have Distributed Organizing Experience: At least one year of experience running a distributed organizing program (organizing that spans multiple cities with fully volunteer-run/unstaffed chapters).

• You have experience in leading systematic conflict resolution.
• Your convictions align with the principles of nonviolent confrontation, direct action, and disruption.
  Location:

Candidates can be based anywhere in the U.S., with a preference for large cities. Due to the travel involved, it’s helpful to be based near a major airport.

Pay & benefits:

Climate Defiance has a 3-tier salary scale:

• Staff with 0-3 years of relevant full-time experience will be paid at our introductory salary level: $50,000.
• Staff with 4-10 years of relevant full-time experience and can operate relatively independently will be paid at our main salary level: $65,000.
• Staff with 11 or more years of relevant, full-time experience AND bring a high-level of demonstrated experience/ expertise will be paid at the highest salary level. Staff in this category typically oversee staff and are on Climate Defiance’s steering committee. The pay at this level: $80,000.
  Benefits for all positions include unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged), group health care, and a 401(k) with a 7% employer contribution.

To apply: Please visit https://www.climatedefiance.org/jobs and click on the Distributed Organizing Director job to apply. The application deadline is Tuesday, February 17th. Please choose “Apply To Position” to apply. (If you choose another apply button, your application will be incomplete.) Thank you!

Climate Defiance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and impassioned team, with a special emphasis on encouraging applications from women, gender non-conforming individuals, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other individuals from historically marginalized communities. We uphold a policy of non-discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or medical condition. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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Benefits

Benefits include unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged), group health care, and a 401(k) with a 7% employer contribution.

Level of Language Proficiency

English fluency is required.

Location

RemoteWork must be performed in or near Denver, CO

Associated Location

Denver, CO, USA

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This role creates positive change by building grassroots pressure on political leaders and corporate executives to elevate climate change as a top political issue, helping to stop fossil fuel expansion and hold decision-makers accountable for their climate stance.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum two years of organizing or campaigning experience
• Experience managing teams of volunteers
• Participation in or leadership of nonviolent direct actions (protests, strikes, sit-ins, blockades)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with minimal oversight
• Flexibility for travel (25% expected) and site visits

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary: $62,400 annually
• Unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged)
• Group health care coverage
• 401(k) with 3% employer contribution

Climate Defiance works to fight climate change by elevating it as a top political issue through direct actions, creative protests, and grassroots pressure on political leaders, with a track record of halting drilling projects, pausing fracked gas exports, and forcing resignations of executives.