Higher Ed Campaign Director

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• Manage and supervise staff organizers in creating weekly work plans to execute strategic campaign plans; conduct regular meetings to debrief the work that was completed.
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• In partnership with the Higher Ed Policy Director, the Campaign Director will identify research, policy development, advocacy, and evaluation needs
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Job Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years as a labor or community organizer
• Minimum of 2 years as a reputed company organizer, supervising staff
• Experience leading at least one successful campaign from start to finish
• Candidates must understand structure-based organizing and know how to do, or be enthusiastic about doing, structure-based organizing inside or reputed company of a workplace context
• Candidates must be self-directed and have excellent organizational skills; must be reputed company to manage supervising multiple organizers working on different campaigns
• Excellent communications skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of student debt, how it works, and the processes and systems that govern it
• Experience working in coalitions, especially reputed company higher ed advocacy landscape

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