Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager

• Execute DWN's campaigns (currently Communities Not Cages) including coordination, strategy development, outreach, and evaluation.
• Grow and deepen DWN's base by increasing campaign reach and developing cohesive organizing strategies.
• Build and support local or regional coalitions aligned with DWN's values to end immigration detention.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with grassroots member organizations and encourage their participation in programmatic activities.

This role directly contributes to the abolition of immigration detention in the United States by building grassroots power, advancing anti-detention campaigns, and fostering coalitions that challenge systemic injustice.

• At least three years' experience in community organizing, immigrant rights, or student organizing strongly preferred (five years for Organizing Manager).
• Demonstrated success working with grassroots organizing campaigns.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel at least 30% of the time.

Salary range: $65,000–$70,000 (Senior Organizer) or $70,000–$80,000 (Organizing Manager), plus cost-of-living adjustment. Benefits include a 4-day work week (32 hours), 3 weeks PTO (increasing with tenure), two weeks end-of-year closure, wellness fund ($500/year), monthly cell phone stipend, and eligibility for an eight-week sabbatical after three years.

Detention Watch Network (DWN) is a national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States.