Change.org is seeking a Campaigns Director (Australia) to join and lead our crack team of campaigners and communicators.
Change.org offers the world’s most powerful campaigning tools to every potential citizen-activist and NGO. We currently empower over 7 million members around the world to start, join and win campaigns for social change on the issues they care about every day -- and we’re growing by 800,000 members globally every month.
Change.org Australia launched in August 2011, and has already grown to more than 150,000 active members after a number of high profile campaigns. The Campaigns Director will lead all of our advocacy and campaigning efforts in Australia - crafting and executing rapid-response campaigns and helping millions of activists start and successfully run their own local campaigns for positive social change.
You will be responsible for leading and managing our campaigning team, spotting breakthrough campaigns on the Change.org platform with a significant chance of achieving significant social change, ensuring they are built on a strong theory of change, and then using whatever strategies and tactics are necessary to win.
The Campaigns Director 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.
- Identify promising grassroots campaigns started by activists in Australia 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.
- Establish and maintain deep partnerships with leading NGOs - local, national, and global in scope - and help them run successful campaigns on Change.org.
- Manage a team of talented campaigners to support campaigns around the country.
- Report to the Country Director and be supported by a team including the Communications Director.
The ideal candidate should have the following:
- 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 Australia and globally.
Location is Melbourne, though this may be flexible for the right candidate. Pay and benefits are very competitive.
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.We’re an equal opportunity employer, and strongly encourage any interested parties to apply - regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or physical disability.
Applications close 24th February.