Climate Campaign Director

Corporate Accountability•Boston, MA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Corporate Accountability is seeking a Climate Campaign Director to develop and lead the next iteration of its climate campaign strategy. The role focuses on challenging Big Polluters, stopping corporate harm to communities and the planet, and identifying interconnected climate abuses beyond the fossil fuel industry. The Director will work with the Managing Director of Campaigns, research, communications, development, and broader campaigns teams, as well as allies and coalition partners in the United States and internationally. The position also manages campaign finances and logistics, helps integrate racial equity into campaign planning, and represents the organization at international events. This is a remote role, with the option to use or transition to the organization’s Campaign Headquarters in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Travel is expected 4–6 times per year. Corporate Accountability is an organization of more than 60 staff and interns that challenges transnational corporations and works toward a world rooted in justice. The organization describes itself as committed to racial equity, ending systems of oppression, and prioritizing the leadership of people most affected by corporate abuse. The position is full-time. Staff generally work 32 hours per week, with periods of more intensive work during campaign or project cycles. Core hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. ET Tuesday through Thursday, with flexibility for remaining hours in coordination with the supervisor and team. The role regularly meets with allies at 6 a.m. PT / 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET and may require availability outside standard business hours. Salary is $80,000.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in corporate campaigning, climate organizing, or other relevant fields.
Experience developing and implementing campaign plans, including strategy, targets, goals, tactics, and facilitating processes to carry plans out.
Experience organizing decision makers across different sectors.
Ability to build relationships with integrity, leverage connections, and organize people with power to take action.
Strong trust-building, communication, active-listening, and organizing skills.
Ability to facilitate diverse groups, build shared goals and visions, and work toward strategic outcomes.
Ability to delegate effectively and manage campaign work and ally relationships through changing conditions, hard decisions, and difficult conversations.
Ability to establish team structure and clarity of roles and responsibilities, and align organizational capacity with team success.
Demonstrated ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds, geographies, and cultural contexts.
Ability to work under pressure, find creative solutions, adapt to unexpected situations, and adjust plans as needed.
Commitment to advancing racial equity and ending systems of oppression, including white supremacy, institutional racism, legacies of colonialism, and anti-Blackness.

Responsibilities

Lead climate campaign development in alignment with organizational priorities and budgets.
Work with the Managing Director of Campaigns and research unit to identify strategic connections across campaign areas and strengthen analysis of the movement landscape.
Evaluate progress against campaign objectives and develop ongoing strategies.
Partner with allies and coalition partners to identify and develop member-organizing and mobilization opportunities.
Lead staff and available contract capacity to advance campaign goals and meet internal, coalition, and ally deadlines and milestones.
Work across the organization to prioritize proposals and policies in coalition spaces and track organizational points of connection.
Coordinate with the communications team to integrate campaign strategies and tactics with communications in alignment with campaign goals.
Support facilitation of strategic planning meetings to develop long- and short-term vision, strategy, goals, and plans for an integrated campaigns agenda with a racial equity lens.
Oversee campaign administrative functions, including the campaign budget, regranting to climate allies, and climate event and action logistics as needed.
Collaborate with the development team by sharing campaign strategies, changing conditions, and victories for donor communications.
Participate in personal visits with major donors to provide campaign insight.
Travel 4–6 times each year to represent Corporate Accountability at U.N. and other international conferences, campaign actions, coalition convenings, and in-person planning sessions or team meetings.
Participate in organization-wide planning, fundraising, racial equity work, recruitment, and campaign activities.

Benefits

Health insurance, with 90% of premiums covered by the organization for all tiers.
Dental coverage, with 100% of the individual premium covered by the organization.
Flexible Spending Account options for transit, health care, and dependent care.
Voluntary life insurance.
Employee assistance program.
401(k) with employer match.
One month of personal vacation time.
One week of office closure for collective rest.
Holidays and unlimited wellness days.
$40 per month home office stipend and $250 at hire toward home office setup.
Internal and external training and leadership development opportunities.