Statewide Organizer - California

The Statewide California Organizer will lead LIVE FREE project teams and partners through planning, organizing, and managing projects from inception to completion. This role requires analyzing potential risks, anticipating challenges, and making strategic adjustments to maintain project momentum. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with both state and national LIVE FREE organizing teams to advance our mission of racial and economic justice.

Build a Powerful Network

• Cultivate relationships with faith and community leaders through consistent outreach
• Conduct approximately 15 one-on-one meetings weekly to identify interests and motivations
• Inspire and mobilize grassroots leaders to take bold action in the public arena
• Participate and strengthen existing networks, coalitions and movement-building groups, while expanding our reach and impact by building new partnerships

Develop Leadership

• Coach and support community leaders to engage residents in public events, direct actions, and campaigns
• Build and nurture teams focused on leadership multiplication
• Identify and cultivate individuals who can develop leadership in others

Drive Strategic Planning

• Co-create long-term strategic plans with grassroots leaders that build power and deliver concrete wins
• Integrate sophisticated messaging tools that combat racial division and build cross-racial and cultural solidarity
• Apply data-driven approaches to track supporter participation and movement growth

Build Multi-Dimensional Power

• Grow political, economic, healing, and narrative power within Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, youth, and LGBTQIA+ communities
• Convert non-voters into engaged voters in California
• Leverage various forms of capital to advance movement goals

Embody Organizational Values

• Model shared power, radical accountability, trust, and inclusion in all interactions
• Prioritize people development through direct feedback and courageous conversations
• Take bold, calculated risks in service of our mission

Requirements

LIVE FREE USA values lived experience alongside professional qualifications. We recognize that connection to our communities comes through both personal history and professional capability.

• Demonstrates integrity, perseverance, and a strong work ethic
• Self-motivated with the ability to set goals and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent listener capable of building rapport with diverse individuals
• Quick learner eager to develop personal leadership while helping others do the same
• Receptive to direct feedback and willing to address personal barriers to growth
• Able to articulate a personal connection to social justice work beyond "serving" others
• Creative problem-solver who thrives when straightforward solutions aren't available
• Comfortable with both leading from behind and stepping into front-facing roles
• Experience developing leadership in others
• Proficient with technology tools, including Google Suite and standard organizing applications and platforms

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development
• Relocation support not available for this role.