Action Circle Leadership Position - Full-time land justice organizing

Land in Common is a nonprofit community land trust (CLT) and land justice advocacy organization based in occupied Wabanaki homelands (specifically “Maine”). In partnership with Wabanaki community, we permanently remove land from private markets and restore the use and care of this land to communities who have been dispossessed of land by capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy.

We are hiring an Action Circle Lead– a position similar to an executive director, but with an emphasis on building and facilitating shared power and leadership across our sociocracy-based organizational structure. This new staff member will hold the big picture of the organization, helping us to hone our priorities, build capacity, and grow our collaborations. They will also hold leadership roles in areas of financial sustainability and land care, including land acquisition and access, Wabanaki land return, and land justice coalition-building.

We seek someone who is driven by values and practices of collective liberation, has experience working in multiracial and cross-cultural community to enact mutual care and build shared power, and is a strong communicator, facilitator, and organization-builder with a collaborative and creative spirit. Because our work is focused on land justice by and for Wabanaki and BIPOC/Global Majority communities, constituent leadership is crucial.

Applicants that meet the requirements below and with lived experience are highly encouraged to apply.

• Full-time (we define this as 30 hours/week on average), with flexible hours
• Location:
  
  Wabanakik/”Maine.” Work is primarily remote, with regular in-person meetings. Full time residence in Wabanakik is required for ease of organizing and relationship-building.
• Starts:
  As soon as possible (early fall 2026)
• Duration:
  
  Ongoing, with 90 day onboarding period before full responsibilities are finalized.
• Pay:
  We strive for an equitable pay system that considers the circumstances of each employee based on need. Pay for this position will range between $82k-92k.
• Benefits:
  Full health insurance coverage (with dental and vision), including partners and dependents; 6 weeks time off; 12 weeks paid family care and emergency leave; home office stipend.

• Working closely with governance bodies/boards, and teams/circles to maintain organizational mission and develop needed priorities and goals
  Leading hiring processes for additional staff
• “Attending to the fit” (how well-matched people are with roles), offering feedback and support to enhance fit, and re-assigning roles to other team members when needed.

• Ability to guide finance teams to function effectively to meet goals in ways that align with core values and priorities.
• Ability to envision and implement fundraising in diverse ways, including but not limited to grant writing, building private donor revenue streams, monthly member contribution programming, event planning, peer-to-peer resource generating, etc.

• Supporting land care team to establish priorities and strategies, including facilitating the creation and implementation of an annual land plan for land care, acquisition, and redistribution of land with key partners

• Thrive in nonhierarchical and emergent structures (experience with sociocracy/Holocracy is ideal, but not required), including excellent self-organization skills and self-motivation, comfort with giving and receiving feedback, commitment to self and community healing, and dedication to building trusting and honest relationships of care and community with all partners
• Organize and facilitate, including ability to see dynamics of power at work in groups and to engage with these in ways that reduce harm and encourage transformation through transformative justice practices.
• Participate authentically and comfortably in values and trust-building processes, including but not limited to talking circles and somatic workshops