Southwest Georgia Organizer

9to5; Albany (GA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

10 holidays annually

Job summary

9to5 Georgia seeks an experienced campaign organizer to lead multi-entity utilities and energy justice organizing across Southwest Georgia. This senior position develops and executes grassroots campaigns to empower women and working families, expanding energy justice initiatives and equitable policy.

Responsibilities include building a strong member base, coalition work, and guiding staff while ensuring compliance across 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years organizing experience with community, labor, faith, or women’s organizations.
• Commitment to environmental, health, and social/racial/economic justice.
• Ability to cultivate relationships and earn trust across diverse communities.
• Commitment to equity and working with BIPOC populations.
• Experience coordinating projects with multiple partners and stakeholders.
• Strong planning, time management, and independent work skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication; experience with policy campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Supervise campaign staff and canvassers.
• Develop and lead utilities and energy justice campaigns across Southwest Georgia.
• Build campaigns addressing utility affordability, energy burden, and equitable energy access.
• Conduct power mapping, stakeholder analysis, and campaign planning.
• Implement organizing strategies engaging members in meetings, actions, and advocacy.
• Track policy developments and translate into accessible organizing opportunities.

Skills

Organizing experience

Environmental justice

Equity

Coalitions

Supervision

Planning

Communication

Community organizing

Tools

Google Suite

Zoom

Database tools

Google Apps

Job description

9to5 Georgia seeks an experienced campaign organizer to lead our multi-entity utilities
and energy justice organizing and campaign work across Southwest Georgia. This is a
senior-level organizing position responsible for developing, leading, and executing grassroots
campaigns that build the power of women and working families in Southwest Georgia. A central
focus of this position will be expanding Georgia’s utilities and energy justice campaign, including
organizing residents around utility affordability, energy burden, utility accountability, and
equitable energy policy. The Organizer will build and mobilize a strong base of members and
leaders, develop campaign strategy, coordinate coalition and community partnerships, engage
decision-makers, and move members into meaningful campaign leadership and action. This
position will conduct work across 9to5’s affiliated 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, as
assigned and in accordance with the distinct legal and compliance requirements governing each
entity. This may include nonpartisan civic engagement, issue advocacy, voter engagement, and
other organizing strategies appropriate to each entity.

Duties and Responsibilities

Supervise campaign staff and canvassers

Develop, lead, and execute 9to5 Georgia’s utilities and energy justice campaign in
Southwest Georgia, translating organizational priorities into clear campaign goals,
strategies, tactics, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

Build campaigns addressing issues such as utility affordability, energy burden, utility
accountability, equitable energy access, and other energy justice priorities identified by
9to5 members and impacted communities.

Conduct power mapping, stakeholder analysis, campaign planning, and ongoing
assessment to identify opportunities to build power and achieve campaign goals.

Develop and implement organizing strategies that engage members in escalating
campaign tactics, including community meetings, public hearings, direct actions,
storytelling, petitions, public comments, meetings with decision-makers, and other
advocacy activities.

Track relevant local and state utility and energy policy developments and translate
complex policy issues into accessible organizing opportunities for members and
community residents.

Support permissible advocacy and electoral engagement through 9to5’s 501(c)(4) entity
as assigned.

Build coalition spaces and represent 9to5 Georgia in broader coalitions, community
partnerships, public meetings, hearings, and other campaign spaces.

Coordinate campaign strategy with the Georgia State Director, other Georgia organizers,
organizational leadership, and external partners.
Implement organizing and civic engagement strategies across 9to5’s affiliated 501(c)(3)
and 501(c)(4) entities, as assigned and consistent with applicable legal and
organizational requirements.

Support nonpartisan voter education, voter registration, voter engagement, and
issue-based civic engagement activities through the appropriate organizational entity.

Maintain appropriate separation, tracking, documentation, and allocation of activities and
staff time between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) work in coordination with organizational leadership.

Participate in organizational training and follow all compliance requirements governing lobbying, electoral activity, voter engagement, and related activities.

Participate in the Georgia chapter and national organizing teams, planning processes, trainings, and organizational initiatives.

With other related duties as assigned. Including managing campaign budgets and staff time.

Qualifications and Skills:

At least five years of combined organizing experience with a community, labor, faith, or
women’s organization, preferred.
Demonstrated commitment to environmental justice, environmental health, and/or social,
racial and economic justice.
Ability to cultivate strong relationships and generate respect and trust from individuals.
Demonstrated commitment to equity and ability to work well with BIPOC populations.
Supervision experience preferred.
Ability to motivate others toward a shared vision.
Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse populations.
Demonstrated ability to build, lead and collaborate in coalitions.
Excellent planning skills, time management, ability to work independently, ability to prioritize work and account for results.
Strong written and oral communication skills. Experience with issue-based policy campaigns.
Must have access to quality internet a vehicle and phone on a daily basis.
Available to work evenings and weekends depending on campaign needs.
Strong database management skills preferred.
Proficiency within and ability to use Google Suite, Zoom, google applications, and database programs.
Ability to think outside the box to find solutions and resources
Experience coordinating projects with multiple partners/stakeholders, and experience working directly with community members from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities.
Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and ability to meet multiple deadlines.

Details:

This is a full-time position based in Albany, Georgia (40 hours/week) with a salary of $73,665.00
with generous family health insurance, employer retirement contribution, life insurance, and paid
time off benefits including sick time, vacation time, personal time, and 10 paid holidays annually.

This position will require travel to staff training, conferences and mandatory in-person meetings.

We value a diverse staff and strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of
color, bilingual and bicultural individuals, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Job applicants and staff shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, color, marital status, medical conditions or other related criteria.