Associate Director of Organizing

Associate Director of Organizing, Essie Justice Group. Salary $110,000 to $120,000 depending on experience, full-time, salaried, exempt, supervised by the Director of Organizing Programs. Location note: the BambooHR header lists the department as Membership and Organizing, South Pasadena, California (Hybrid), while the posting text states the position is based in Essie's Oakland office and covers Oakland and Bay Area-wide organizing. Essie Justice Group is building grassroots power to dismantle the US incarceration system, as a community of women with incarcerated loved ones. In a period of historic membership growth, Essie seeks a strategic, relational, and systems-oriented Associate Director of Organizing to steward and deepen its political impact, operationalizing the member strategy, strengthening engagement and leadership pathways, and aligning organizing work with campaign and leadership development priorities and Oakland's political landscape. Core responsibilities: Membership Strategy, Systems and Impact: operationalize and strengthen Essie's membership strategy with the Director of Organizing Programs; strengthen organizing systems, member data infrastructure, and tracking tools; translate the organization-wide member strategy into clear systems, plans, and team execution; assess the base's strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities and develop strategies to deepen engagement and retention; develop and manage impact metrics including member activation, leadership pipeline, retention, and political engagement benchmarks; strengthen feedback loops between organizing data, political strategy, and campaign direction. Member Engagement, Leadership Development and Training: design and implement organizing and power-building trainings; identify training needs with the Director of Organizing Programs; support practices that build a politically sharp, relational, accountable membership culture. Program Coordination, Membership Structure and Team Leadership: serve as strategic driver of Essie's Oakland and Bay Area-wide organizing; lead pilot projects; drive execution of Essie's membership structure and political development strategy, including fidelity in votes, elections, and leadership appointments; coordinate team execution toward defined organizing outcomes; directly manage 1 to 3 staff members. Qualifications: 5 to 7 years of organizing experience, ideally in distributed, networked, or chapter-based models; experience in program design, implementation, and evaluation, including metrics and data-informed strategy; experience facilitating workshops or popular education; staff management experience; strong writing and communication skills. Benefits include full medical, dental, and vision, 401(k) with up to 3 percent match, and a monthly wellness stipend. Apply with a resume and a personal cover letter addressed to the Essie Hiring Committee through the BambooHR portal. No deadline is stated in the posting.