Senior Organizer for Communications

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Position Title: Senior Organizer for Communications

Final date to receive applications: applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but any applications submitted after August 15th will not be considered.

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Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) emerged in 2007 with a strong and powerful vision to
1) halt the displacement of low‑income people, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, LGBTQ communities, and youth of color, and
2) protect and expand affordable housing in tandem with a broader movement to build democratic and just healthy communities for the 21st century.

Since its inception, RTTC has quickly grew to encompass over 90 community‑based racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice organizations located in 26 states and 45 cities. Representing true grassroots power and leadership of the most impacted, RTTC’s member organizations weave together local on‑the‑ground organizing, policy, and advocacy campaigns to build a robust and unstoppable national movement for inclusive, healthy housing and community development.

We take the work seriously, but not ourselves:
Right to the City is committed to a work culture of care and balance. We understand that rigor and rest are compatible and both are necessary to reach our movement building goals. We actively work to audit our policy and culture in service of our commitment to racial justice and feminist praxis. Principled struggle and generative conflict are core commitments and we take a transformative approach to resolving harm.

While we take our commitments seriously, our work environment commonly includes jokes, laughter, celebration and all other manner of enjoyable human experiences.

The Senior Organizer for Communications leads RTTC’s national Homes for All campaign narrative strategy and implementation. This role is responsible for supporting, informing, and activating RTTC’s member organizations - through email, all‑member calls, coordinated digital actions, narrative and spokesperson workshops - to build a campaign narrative that connects the work between local organizing efforts for rent control and social housing, and the growing national movement for housing justice.

The person in this position should be skilled at breaking down current events and political discourse as they relate to housing justice and working class organizing —turning narrative into action and action into power. This role is execution‑forward, data‑informed, and campaign‑centered. The person in this position will work closely with the National Organizer and Associate Director for Communications to ensure digital work is aligned with RTTC’s long‑term narrative strategy.

• Contribute to developing politically grounded assessments, proposals, and strategic priorities
• Help build alliance‑wide coherence and alignment with both staff and members around strategy and priorities
• Reflect a commitment to praxis
• Surface cross‑team or cross‑department issues to bring to the leadership team

• Assess staff development needs for supervises
• Orient to supervision as an ongoing practice, identifying areas for growth and development
• Be an accessible resource for staff with grounded solutions and organizational context
• Model effective, principled communication and grounded responses to conflict mediation

• Support RTTC’s earned media strategy in alignment with campaign priorities
• Co‑develop and manage a member organization speakers bureau and spokesperson training infrastructure

• Lead the development and execution of communications strategies that advance the national Homes for All campaign and elevate its visibility.
• Collaborate closely with Campaign and Member Engagement teams to amplify tenant voices and build a mass renter movement.
• Craft messaging and inform digital content and media outreach that highlight campaign priorities, including rent control and social housing.
• Monitor and respond to public…