Common Cause

Director

• Set and lead our strategy for our policy advocacy and organizing that centers racial equity
• Develop effective proactive and defensive policy campaigns that center racial equity
• Advocate for our campaigns in alignment with the Common Cause agenda and non-partisanship mission
• Develop and execute lobbying strategies to advance reform (or stop anti-democratic initiatives) and to hold federal, state, and local elected and appointed officials and other decision-makers accountable
• Oversee Common Cause’s work in the state while supporting national campaigns, including issues like voting and fair representation, accountability and anti-corruption, media and technology, and civil rights and civil liberties
• Produce timely, high quality policy research
• Act as a leader within Common Cause, collaborating with staff across the organization to advance and support our priorities
• Build, lead, and participate in effective and diverse coalitions
• Serve as Common Cause’s spokesperson in responding to inquiries from media, government officials, and others
• Engage members and the public across the state through social media, website updates, and email communication
• Develop and implement grassroots organizing strategies to build support for the Common Cause agenda
• Expand and diversify our membership base in the state to deepen our impact
• Manage the Illinois team: collaboratively set goals, coach and develop staff, including members apart of the collective bargaining unit, towards these goals and support their career progression and retention at Common Cause
• Supervise consultants, volunteers, and interns as needed, in accordance with Common Cause management standards, practices, and procedures
• Promote collaboration between your team, in-state coalitions, and other teams across the organization, ensuring coordination and alignment on shared work and priorities
• Manage the operations of the Illinois team, including managing the budget and any in-state administrative responsibilities (including lobbying reports, mail processing, etc...)
• Build and engage a strong and diverse state advisory board that assists on policy, organizing, and fundraising activities
• Develop fundraising strategies to fund Common Cause programs, including lobbying efforts
• Raise money from foundations, major donors, members, and special events
• Collaborate with national staff to achieve fundraising goals for Illinois
• Cultivate, nurture, and grow relationships with Illinois’ network of donors

State Director

People Operations

• Develop and implement our organization-wide people strategy to advance equity, inclusion and culture
• Set and lead the strategic vision for People, Equity & Inclusion that reinforces Common Cause’s mission and strengthens its ability to protect and expand democratic rights
• Ensure alignment across people systems, structures, and policies so that the employee experience is coherent, equitable, and effective across the organization
• Ensure a total reward system (compensation and benefits) that attracts and retains high-performing staff
• Lead and embed Common Cause’s equity and inclusion commitments across people practices, systems, and leadership behaviors; ensuring that equity considerations are integrated into talent decisions, performance expectations, and organizational policies
• Anticipate future organizational needs and guide the evolution of people strategies to support growth, change, and long-term sustainability
• Shape organizational design, team structures, and role architecture in support of strategy and impact, ensuring that roles, levels, and performance expectations are clear, equitable, and aligned with organizational needs
• Guide change management efforts related to restructuring, growth, or strategic shifts, ensuring staff are supported through change
• Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and belonging across the organization
• Act as a trusted advisor to the President and executive leadership team on people, culture, labor, and organizational effectiveness matters
• Model strong leadership, integrity, and collaboration as a senior executive
• Partner across departments to ensure people strategy is fully integrated into organizational planning and execution
• Serves as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders, guiding organizational decisions with a system-wide perspective
• Support Board engagement as needed on people strategy, equity initiatives, and labor relations matters
• Serve as the senior executive leader of the People, Equity & Inclusion department, setting vision, priorities, and expectations for learning & development, talent acquisition, people operations, labor relations
• Build, structure, and evolve a high-performing PEI team capable of delivering both strategic leadership and strong operational execution
• Manage members of the People, Equity & Inclusion team, collaboratively set goals, coach and develop them towards these goals and support their career progression and retention at Common Cause
• In partnership with other members of the management team, ensure efficient coordination between members of the People, Equity & Inclusion team and other internal teams
• Oversee, monitor and adhere to department's budgetary objectives to support the organization's fiscal health and sustainability
• Serve as the organization’s senior leader responsible for labor relations strategy and union engagement
• Lead or oversee collective bargaining strategy, contract interpretation, and responses to grievances and disputes, in partnership with legal counsel and organizational leadership
• Exercise sound judgment in balancing organizational priorities, legal obligations, and employee relations considerations
• Assess and evolve the organization’s labor relations capacity over time, including determining appropriate staffing models and supports as needs change

Senior Vice President, People, Equity & Inclusion

IT Support

• Provide IT support and training for staff
• Provide support to resolve IT questions and issues faced by staff, either through Zendesk, virtually or in-person
• Develop and execute a series of staff-wide trainings to increase staff members’ awareness and understanding of key technical, IT, software, and hardware skills, planning for teammates with different levels of technical knowledge
• Train staff to identify and avoid security risks
• Create and manage a resource center of training materials for staff to access at any time to support their understanding of our IT products
• Write technical support documentation for IT infrastructure and applications
• Manage our Microsoft platform and other software subscriptions
• Manage all Microsoft 365 license subscriptions for Common Cause
• Create and manage all Microsoft groups and permissions for Common Cause staff
• Manage all distributions lists used by the organization
• Manage subscription inventory and provision and deprovision accounts for multiple different platforms used by the organization (Google Workspace, Zoom, WordPress, Action Network, and more)
• Manage and maintain our DNS configurations
• Identify and eliminate security risks in our systems, including recommending, testing and implementing system and security upgrades
• Manage Common Cause’s technology hardware inventory
• Permission and ship new computers and other technology as needed
• Refurbish and reprovision all technology hardware as needed
• Manage computer and hardware inventory
• Set up user accounts, permissions and passwords
• Collaborate on the development of IT Strategy
• Identify the organization's IT needs and analyze business requirements for systems
• Create and implement IT policies and standard processes
• Develop and manage automated workflows across the organization
• Collaborate in the creation and management of the IT Budget
• Other duties as assigned

IT Administrator

Communications

• Support our strategic use of multi-channel media across the organization
• Monitor trends and opportunities across social media platforms to identify opportunities for our organization to gain visibility on our key policy issues
• Draft communication content (e.g. talking points) for staff to use to amplify our work
• Stay up to date on how to best use our current social media platforms to maximize our audience reach
• Coordinate our process to track media hits and maintain weekly analytics on earned and owned media
• Maintain process to send our organization’s media clips each morning
• Maintain systems to ensure accurate data for all required metrics, and draft data summaries to share progress with key stakeholders
• Draft scripts for, produce, and edit videos to promote our work; including selfie-videos, short-form videos (up to two minutes), and long-form videos (up to five minutes)
• Draft, and post blogs that promote our work and our policy expertise
• Draft social media posts in alignment with our overall communication team strategy
• Create graphics and motion graphics that are aligned with our branding
• As needed, draft and edit additional media materials, including press releases, media advisories, statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, etc.
• As needed, support other key communication work (for example: editing Instagram Lives, technical support with Zoom events, etc.)
• Complete administrative tasks as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

State Director

Senior Vice President, People, Equity & Inclusion

IT Administrator

Communications Associate