Campaign Director, Partnership for Working Families

*Job Announcement: Campaign Director*

The Partnership for Working Families is seeking applicants for a Campaign
Director. ****

The successful hire will coordinate community benefits work across our
network, with an *intensive focus on transit equity and transit-oriented
development. *Competitive candidates will have experience in one or more of
the following: living wage or paid sick days campaigns, worker organizing,
fights for responsible contracting, policy/coalition organizing,
environmental justice campaigns, civil rights organizing, accountable
development or broad community benefits campaigns. ****
*Who We Are*

The Partnership is a young and growing network of organizations, most based
in urban metropolitan regions, who are working to establish equity in urban
economies and build power for workers and communities. Our network
affiliates have deep organizing roots. We use our power to pass local and
regional policies and win agreements with the private sector that build
economic, racial and environmental justice.  We focus on developing and
shepherding coalitions of community, faith, environmental, neighborhood and
labor movement organizations. Many of our organizations started out as
community benefits coalitions, and have grown into sophisticated
organizing, policy and research bodies that are laying out a new vision for
America’s cities and building power to realize it.****
The Partnership was founded by our affiliates in 2005, with the goal of
maximizing the impact and power of local victories by connecting with
similar organizations across a diverse array of cities, building stronger
national relationships and projecting our vision more widely. We currently
have twelve staff working out of 8 offices. Our operation includes the
highly acclaimed Community Benefits Law Center. ****

*The Position*

Transit equity has long been a cornerstone of our work. The community
benefits campaigns for which we are best known produced a set of policy and
organizing tools that created higher quality jobs and stronger community
benefits across a range of real estate development projects. Some of those
early campaigns attached CBAs to transit-oriented development projects.****
Well-designed and implemented transit investments can mitigate traffic and
pollution, generate necessary demand for transit, catalyze the development
of affordable housing, and bring new businesses and quality jobs to
communities that need them.  But without real community participation and
strong policy measures, transit investments can intensify existing
inequalities while channeling public investment into private profits. ****

Our transit equity work includes campaigns focused on:

**improving community engagement in planning and buildout;
**ensuring system design maximizes access for low-income
communities;
**creating sustainable funding mechanisms;
**ensuring good jobs are created by the construction of the
transit lines themselves; and
**addressing the potential negative impacts on housing
affordability, job quality and access, environmental justice and community
stability when new transit investments spur redevelopment. ****

Job duties for the transit equity campaign director include providing
real-time support for ongoing campaigns, networking affiliates together for
peer learning, mapping the national landscape and establishing the
Partnership’s niche in the national discussion of transit equity, and
building relationships that help support local efforts while also
projecting our vision into the national conversation.****
Campaign directors are responsible for overseeing all aspect of a campaign,
including (but not limited to):

**Developing a comprehensive campaign plan that clarifies
policy and organizing goals, identifies and pursues appropriate targets;****
**Developing and coordinating a peer networking program across
PWF affiliates, to link similar work, shape a shared vision, and maximize
impact of research and organizing lessons learned;****
**Emerging as an expert in the policy and organizing challenges
and techniques specific to the campaign area; ****
**Identifying and coordinating development of appropriate
research and publications to support the campaign; ****
**Organizing events that support campaign goals, including
conference workshops, convenings, press events, publication releases and
the like;****
**Maintaining relationships with key affiliate staff and EDs,
allied organizations (including community and union leaders), funders and
policymakers;****
**Identifying a fundraising strategy and staffing the Deputy
Director and Executive Director to implement it. ****
This campaign director reports to the Deputy Director. The position does
not manage or supervise other staff, but must exert leadership coordinating
across policy, legal and research functions, and should be skilled at
organizing and managing a team of peers. ****
*Job Requirements*

Campaign directors require senior level skills. This is not an entry-level
position. The following are minimum requirements to be considered for a
campaign director position:****
**Minimum of 5 years experience working in a labor union,
social justice or environmental justice organization.****
**Demonstrated ability to oversee and drive own program,
including developing annual plans, and to balance urgent and immediate work
with longer-term strategic work that may lack external deadlines.****
**Ability to cut an issue; facility with linking policy and
organizing goals to larger trends in the political economy.****
**Outstanding written and spoken communication skills. ****
**Strong relationship-building skills.****
**Commitment to building the progressive labor and social
justice movements, and to gender, class and racial justice.****
**BA in public policy or related field required, MA preferred.**
**Ability to work independently and willingness to travel
monthly required.****

We are a national organization and will hire the best applicant regardless
of place of residence. ****
Salary and benefits competitive and commensurate with experience. We are a
friendly, team-oriented, and flexible work environment. Benefits include
generous sick and vacation leave and outstanding health benefits. To apply,
email the following to pwfjob@gmail.com:****

**cover letter****

**resume****

***brief *writing sample (5 pages or less), and****

**3 references, of which one must be a recent supervisor.****
*Initial consideration will begin February 1. Applications accepted until
the position is filled.** *No phone calls please. Applicants who do not
meet the minimum requirements will not receive a response. ****

Learn more about our work at www.forworkingfamilies.org****

*THE PARTNERSHIP IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.*****
*Please note our new address* ****

Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Deputy Director****

The Partnership for Working Families****

1825 K Street, NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC  20006
414-491-7211****

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