Essie Justice Group

Director

• Operationalize and strengthen Essie’s membership strategy in alignment with the Director of Organizing Programs, ensuring that systems, data, and partnerships drive growth, retention, and impact.
• Strengthen organizing systems, member data infrastructure, and tracking tools, supporting an organizing strategy that empowers the development of an increased number of member leaders.
• Translate the organization-wide member strategy into clear systems, plans, and team execution, while supporting the development and coordination of membership engagement approaches across campaigns and programmatic work.
• Assess Essie's base's strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities; develop strategies to deepen engagement and retention.
• Develop and manage impact metrics for organizing work, including member activation, leadership pipeline, retention, and political engagement benchmarks.
• Design and implement new and priority organizing/power-building trainings to develop skills within membership and staff that facilitate member leadership.
• Partner with the Director of Organizing Programs to identify training needs in response to evolving member strategy, campaign priorities, and base assessment findings.
• Serve as the strategic driver of Essie’s Oakland and Bay Area-wide organizing and contribute political leadership in the landscape.
• Directly manage 1-3 staff members.

Associate Director of Organizing

Community Manager

• Support the recruitment of women with incarcerated loved ones to join Essie’s membership
• Assist in organizing meetings and gatherings in ways that are engaging and inclusive
• Support staff in maintaining relationships with select partners and community allies
• Assist with implementing campaign activities, such as direct actions, rallies, and press events

Community Organizer

• Recruit women with incarcerated loved ones to join our membership and use effective techniques in relational organizing to continuously engage and create a political home for our members
• Track and proactively respond to trends in member retention
• Plan and track member leadership development via committee participation
• Carry out activations, mobilizations, and other tactics to achieve advocacy objectives
• Implement campaign tactics (direct actions, press conferences, rallies, meeting with electeds, etc.) in a way that is aligned with the overall campaign strategy
• Analyze trends in member participation, campaign outcomes, and community engagement to make actionable recommendations for program improvement and growth
• Develop and manage complex projects end-to-end, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, and resource needs

Senior Community Organizer

Executive Assistant

• Provide a range of administrative support tasks to enable and enhance the ability of the Deputy Director.
• Manage complex calendars, scheduling, meeting coordination, and real-time adjustments.
• Coordinate travel, logistics, and expense documentation.
• Draft and manage correspondence; prepare materials for meetings and speaking engagements.
• Support Board of Directors and key staff meetings, including logistics and note-taking.
• Organize and manage external meetings, coordinating logistics, agendas, and stakeholder communications.
• Provide project coordination by managing timelines, tracking deliverables, and ensuring all tasks are completed on schedule.