Electronic Frontier Foundation is hiring a
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an established San Francisco-based nonprofit organization defending online privacy and free expression, is looking for a full-time energetic and enthusiastic organizer to join our Activism team as a Grassroots Advocacy Organizer for our national Electronic Frontier Alliance network.
As the Grassroots Advocacy Organizer, you will be responsible for facilitating day-to-day relationship management with the 75+ member organizations of the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA), a grassroots network of community and campus organizations across the United States engaged in training and advocacy for digital privacy, security, creativity, innovation, and free speech. You know how to manage multiple ongoing projects and communication threads, and you enjoy building rapport with people across diverse backgrounds, interests, and experiences.
This position is part of a highly cross-disciplinary Activism team, and will collaborate regularly with our legal, technologist, and legislative colleagues. As threats to digital civil liberties arise, you may need to quickly get up to speed on any number of issues that EFF works on, and be prepared to discuss complicated, emerging issues with diverse audiences. Above all, you understand what it takes to bring people together around a common purpose while navigating disagreements and matching tactics and strategies to advocacy goals.
We value candidates who bring diverse experiences and perspectives, professional and otherwise, to our team and to EFF as a whole. If you can add value to EFF’s Activism team, please apply.
What You’ll Do
The Grassroots Advocacy Organizer who reports to the Associate Director of Community Organizing, is responsible for the following:
What We’re Looking For
To be successful in this job, you’ll need:
What Else You Should Know
You may work from San Francisco or you may work from another U.S. location. This position will need to keep Pacific time zone hours. The compensation for this position is $75,000 to $81,900 depending on experience and location.
EFF is a great place to work! We offer a supportive and empowering environment, along with an excellent benefits package including housing cost assistance, student loans assistance, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 403(b)(7) retirement savings program with matching, paid time off, holiday benefits, paid parental leave, a dog-friendly workplace, and more.
As an advocacy organization, EFF is committed to being part of a diverse community. Diversity of life experiences makes a big difference in how we identify and litigate legal issues, design privacy-enhancing software, and organize our activism. To that end, we deliberately seek applicants with different perspectives, identities, and experiences to build an inclusive workplace to better inform our advocacy and defense of freedom in our digital world. EFF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
EFF is looking to fill this position as soon as possible so please submit your application promptly, and no later than Friday November 11, 2022. Applications submitted after that date will be considered until the position is filled. Please know we value hearing about you, so applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Detailed Job Description
Position Summary
The Grassroots Advocacy Organizer supports EFF’s local advocacy efforts, and engages in outreach to community groups, with a focus on technical communities and hackerspaces. Working closely with the Activism team, the Grassroots Advocacy Organizer will spend part of their time traveling throughout the U.S. to speak at events and facilitate workshops, and part of their time working to grow our national network by developing remote relationships with organizers and coordinating outreach to new groups. Regardless of location, a portion of this individual’s time will be spent documenting outreach efforts by conducting interviews and writing case studies.
Essential Functions:
Qualities We’re Seeking (i.e. Competencies)
Successful candidates bring these qualities:
Required Education & Experience
Preferred Education & Experience
Classification: Full-time, Union, 1 FTE (40 hours/week)
Compensation: $75,000 to $81,900 Depending on experience and location
Expected hours of work: Typically Monday - Friday
Reports to: Associate Director of Community Organizing
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Travel: Up to 10% of the time
Location: You may work from San Francisco or you may work from another U.S. location. This position will need to keep Pacific time zone hours.
Commitment to Diversity
As an advocacy organization, EFF is committed to being part of a diverse community. Diversity of life experiences makes a big difference in how we identify and litigate legal issues, design privacy-enhancing software, and organize our activism. To that end, we deliberately seek applicants with different perspectives, identities, and experiences to build an inclusive workplace to better inform our advocacy and defense of freedom in our digital world. EFF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.