Ideally based in European or African Timezones – must have strong internet.
350.org seeks a talented and experienced digital campaigning, organising, mobilising strategist who is committed to ending the age of fossil fuels. Working with a highly diverse and talented team, the Digital Organising and Campaigning Director will support the development and implementation of savvy and aligned online-offline strategies across 350.org campaigning, mobilising, and organising in pursuit of global and regional goals. We want to reach new audiences, provide easy and impactful ways for people to join our movement, and support in-depth organizing with a range of digital tools and tactics.
The ideal candidate will have a talent for groundbreaking digital and communications work, with extensive background in building and managing teams that have succeeded in telling great stories and engaging a diverse set of audiences. Day-to-day, the senior digital role will manage, coordinate, and support global and regional digital, organising, and campaigning staff to create online-offline strategies, and support teams in how to implement those strategies most effectively and efficiently.
The Digital Organising and Campaigning Director will work closely with the Organising Director, Campaigns Director, Programme Director, Engagement Director, and Product Director, and other key digital, organising, campaigning, and comms staff who oversee our campaigns, organising, mobilising and more. 350.org is a highly collaborative environment: the best candidates will be those who thrive in this sort of team-based setting.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Overseeing the development and execution of comprehensive digital campaigns and organising strategies in line with global and regional strategies
- Integrating digital strategies into campaigns and mobilisations that are aligned with overall strategy.
- Managing key staff, supporting them to develop their talent and skills
- Supporting team in effective use of 350’s digital assets (website, social media, blogs, email, CRM) for scaleable and impactful organising, mobilising, and campaigning.
- Developing strategic digital organising, mobilising, and campaigning partnerships
- Supporting staff in using a data-informed approach that incorporates testing, analysis and reflection to drive towards a steady increase in online reach, traffic and new audiences
- Participating in and helping lead smooth collaboration among digital staff across all departments (this will be done alongside digital counterparts in the other departments as well)
- Provide leadership across digital organising, campaigning, and mobilising staff globally.
- Contribute to global strategy and planning processes.
- Strong management skills (people and projects) in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment
- Strong understanding of digital analytics, including ability to collect, analyze and interpret data to guide data-informed decision-making
- Demonstrated experience leading geographically dispersed teams, with a track record of success in managing and motivating staff
- Proven track record of developing, communicating and managing successful digital engagement strategies and campaigns
- Excellent oral, written and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex information and implications for a variety of audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively across cultures and timezones
- Deep understanding of online and offline organizing, campaigning, mobilization, and direct action, and ability to express and share that knowledge with others
- Experience using some (or all) of the online platforms employed by the digital team, including but not limited to Action Kit, Action Network, WordPress, and social media channels.
Desired skills and experience
- Experience working in a multilingual context, managing a multilingual digital presence
- Familiarity working in, or with partners from, the Global South
- Understanding & experience working with marginalized communities deeply affected by climate change and fossil fuels, such as indigenous communities on the front lines of fighting the extractive industry
- Experience using some (or all) of: HTML, CSS, SQL, Javascript
- Demonstrated proficiency around equity, diversity, and anti-oppression work inside organizations
We are looking for someone who is comfortable working both independently and in teams, highly responsive, and able to lead initiatives as well as take direction from others.