Political Organizer

MN350’s Political Manager position brings strategic and relational capacity at the intersection of policy and our communities in deep collaboration with our MN350 and MN350 Action organizing and communications teams.

The Political Manager works with the Executive Director, staff, and volunteer organizers to engage and advise internal stakeholders on winnable political issues in local and statewide policy debates. In collaboration with the Executive Director, the Political Manager works with policymakers to repair our public processes and treaty promises.
MN350 and MN350 Action seek to grow our constituency base from 35,000 to 50,000 by 2024 by building relationships with policymakers who champion climate justice and by actively supporting and holding them accountable for securing large-scale legislation and climate action plans for clean air, clean water, a stable climate, and an equitable future for all, first and foremost for communities most harmed.

MN350 is leading Minnesota’s efforts to address climate change through a commitment to climate justice. We have been on the front lines of many climate justice campaigns and are looking to build capacity at the front lines of policy change.

We are looking for a dynamic, relational professional who knows how to navigate the complexities of the political process, policy, and political organizing. Most of our staff are organizers, and we need a Political Manager who can align political action with what is emerging through grassroots organizing. We need the Political Manager to help us understand what is possible politically in any given year and also integrate that into the passions of our organizing teams.

• Build power by building productive relationships and leading our engagement with policymakers at all levels of governance (city, county, state, federal)
• Set up political meetings for the Executive Director, including written statements as appropriate.
• Integrate with staff and volunteer organizers what is emerging through our organizing campaigns with a winnable political change agenda
• Discern where it makes most sense for MN350 to invest our political energy to advance just transitions
• Use our theory of change and recommend approaches to leverage our existing power to persistently push the state of Minnesota to invest in just climate solutions across Minnesota
• Collaborate with the Executive Director to provide input and strategic thinking into the organization’s internal and external communication and messaging
• Partner with policy and legal professionals and our Indigenous organizing team to educate policymakers, particularly non-Native policymakers, about treaty rights and obligations and impress on them the importance of upholding treaties and Indigenous sovereignty

This is a job posting, not a detailed work plan. Responsibilities in this posting will inform regular work plans including short-term goals and day-to
-day assignments.

Strong candidates will:

• Have 4+ years of professional-level (paid or unpaid) experience in electoral politics, issue advocacy, lobbying, movement building, community organizing, or a closely related field
• Have 2+ years of professional experience in political organizing with 2+ years in leadership roles
• Be highly organized with a strength in political analysis and community-based power-building
• Have a track record for collaborating effectively within and across diverse groups of stakeholders while also working independently and taking appropriate initiative
• Have 2+ years of experience working in a nonprofit setting and a comfort level navigating in the nonprofit arena and working effectively to build and maintain networks and coalitions

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