Change.org is seeking an Senior Campaigner to join the world’s fastest growing online platform for social change. We’re looking for someone to help us build and lead our campaigns in India.
Change.org offers the world’s most powerful organizing tools to every potential citizen-activist and NGO. Change.org currently empowers millions of people around the world start, join and win campaigns for social change on the issues they care about in their community, city, or country. We are growing by over 500,000 new members a month and are building a core team to run operations in India.
You will be responsible for spotting breakthrough campaigns on the Change.org platform with a significant chance of achieving major social change, ensuring they are built on a strong theory of change, and then using whatever strategies and tactics are necessary to win.
The Senior Campaigner will:
- Design and execute rapid-response social change advocacy campaigns with the potential for explosive growth and swift victories.
- Collaborate with a global team of organisers to identify opportunities for creating effective grassroots campaigns that win measurable social change.
- Monitor campaigns and ensure that essential strategic elements are being covered (i.e. there is a strong winnability factor, robust theory of change etc.)
- Follow-up with campaigners on execution of tactical pieces of work.
- Identify promising grassroots campaigns started by activists in India or pertaining to regional issues, and help these campaigns win by providing strategic advice, conducting media outreach, and promoting them across the web, and to our members via email.
- Connect with networks of activists and NGOs, to initiate and then support campaigns run in partnership.
- Lead on multiple campaigns spanning dozens of issues.
The ideal candidate should have the following:
- A proven history of working on campaigns, developing campaign strategy and executing plans.
- Extremely strong written and oral communication skills.
- Innovative ideas for how to use online organising to win local, national, and international campaigns.
- A deep commitment to our mission of empowering people everywhere to win campaigns on the critical issues of our times.
- A willingness to take risks, to fail and to adapt.
- A strong interest in aiding local, member-driven online organising campaigns and developing member capacity for ever larger campaigns.
- A history of online public mobilisation for grassroots social change.
- A strong grasp of politics, the political process and current social justice, economic and environmental issues within India and globally.
Location is Delhi, though this is flexible for the right candidate. Pay and benefits are very competitive. This position is offered on a fixed term 6 month contract.
Change.org is an exceptionally fast-paced agile and collaborative work environment. Your co-workers are high-impact, low-ego, and have a deep respect for our members. We expect you to be the same.