Economic Justice Campaign Coordinator

Alignny; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid healthcare

Retirement benefits

Vacation time

Summer Fridays off

Winter Friday half days

Year-end week off

Job summary

ALIGN is seeking a talented organizer to join as Economic Justice Campaign Coordinator in New York City. This mid‑level role focuses on building diverse institutional partnerships, coordinating high‑impact mobilizations, and elevating campaign profiles to advance economic justice, equity, and environmental sustainability across the state.

Reporting to the Campaigns Director, you will lead coalition building, campaign development, and policy advocacy with labor partners, manage projects from

Qualifications

• Commitment to social, economic, and racial justice and the labor movement.
• 5+ years of professional organizing in community groups or labor unions.
• Strong coalition building and facilitation across diverse organizations.
• Knowledge of New York politics and issues facing working people.
• Ability to manage projects from concept to completion in a team.
• Excellent organizational, writing and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask in a deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of local and statewide organizing efforts with allies.
• Coordinate campaign teams to implement plans and meet goals.
• Strengthen coalitions and mobilize leadership across partners.
• Shape political organizing strategy and external tactics for advocacy.

Skills

Coalition building

Campaign management

Project management

Public speaking

Strategic planning

Job description

ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York seeks a talented, motivated, and dedicated organizer to join our team as an Economic Justice Campaign Coordinator. This mid-level position will play an important role in the implementation of dynamic campaigns to advance ALIGN’s vision for economic justice, equity, and environmental sustainability in New York.

Formed in 2011, ALIGN helped rebuild NYC after Hurricane Sandy, bringing career jobs to impacted workers; won a Walmart‑free NYC and defeated Amazon’s bid to build a new NYC headquarters; won unprecedented policies cleaning up NYC’s dirty buildings and commercial waste industry; helped pass the nation‑leading NY Climate Act, mandating zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; passed worker safety legislation including warehouse worker protections and airborne illness workplace health standards; and in 2023, won a higher New York minimum wage that keeps up with the cost of living.

The Campaign Coordinator will be primarily responsible for building diverse institutional partnerships for campaign coalitions; coordinating high‑impact mobilizations and actions that shift public opinion and elevate campaign profiles; and engaging the base of our institutional partners and other targeted audiences to promote broad support for our issues.

Position Description & Responsibilities

The Campaign Coordinator will report to the Campaigns Director and is responsible for:

• Campaign Development: Leading the development of local and statewide organizing efforts which will involve visioning, planning, and strategy development done in conjunction with allies. The primary focus will be to grow our campaigns which bring together economic justice and labor partners towards unified political power across the state.
• Campaign Coordination: Leading campaign teams of organizational partners to effectively implement campaign plans through setting and consistently achieving yearly, quarterly, and weekly goals as well as responding to campaign flows, stakeholders’ and internal priorities to adapt plans effectively; managing public education, advocacy, tactic and action/event coordination.
• Alliance‑Building: Strengthening and growing our coalitions and our longstanding alliance through broad‑based institutional and individual relationship‑building and maintenance; building leadership and mobilization capacity of community and labor allies.
• Policy Advocacy: Shaping ALIGN’s political organizing strategy to achieve economic justice policy demands, and other needs among staff and allies, and directing external strategies such as actions and mobilizations.

Qualifications:

• A commitment to social, economic, and racial justice and the labor movement;
• Minimum 5 years of professional organizing experience working in a community organization and/or labor union and managing a campaign(s), with a strong preference for some base‑building experience;
• Strong coalition building and facilitation skills across a diverse set of organizations and constituents;
• Knows the New York political landscape, communities and issues facing working class people;
• Ability to independently manage projects from conception to completion and work as part of a team;
• Excellent organizational, writing and communication skills;
• Ability to multi‑task and work in a deadline‑driven environment.

Terms of Employment:

This is a full‑time position with 100% paid healthcare options as well as generous retirement, vacation, and other benefits including Summer Fridays off from Juneteenth to Labor Day, Winter Friday half days in December, and a week off at the end of the year. The Economic Justice Campaign Coordinator is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The starting pay for this position is between $75,000-$82,500 annually, dependent on years and relevant range of experience. This is a hybrid position with our offices located in lower Manhattan, New York City.

ALIGN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. The organization encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, and record of arrest or conviction. We recognize that people from marginalized groups may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.