This position is permanent and full time.

Location: Oakland, in office 4 days a week

Wage: Starting at $62,466 but scales up with experience

About ACCE:
The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) is dedicated to raising the voices of
everyday Californians, neighborhood by neighborhood, so that current and future generations have the ability to
live in stronger communities and have access to expanded opportunities. ACCE is a statewide community organization working with thousands of members across the state to create
transformative change by helping ordinary citizens to organize and take action. Some of ACCE’s priority
program areas include:

• Fighting for affordable and secure housing by holding banks and corporations accountable for their bad
  business practices
• Defending vital services by reforming California’s broken fiscal system
• Giving our children the opportunity to succeed through sound education reform; and
• Improving access to health care

Please note that ACCE does not provide community services. Rather, we work directly in neighborhoods with
local residents to advocate for the change they want to see in their communities.

As an employer, ACCE values work-life balance for our staff. Our organizing staff have a set schedule that is
subject to change on occasion but allows for staff to have full lives outside of the important work we do. Also,
we believe that the work thrives when staff can grow their skills and move up within the organization. ACCE is
an organization that welcomes healthy ambition and a strong passion for the work.

Lead Organizer:
The Alliance of California for Community Empowerment (ACCE) is seeking a Lead Organizer for the
Oakland Office. ACCE is a multi-issue, membership-based community organization, building the power and
voice of indigent and working families across the state of California. With offices in 6 cities, ACCE works in
local communities and statewide to fight for economic, racial, and social justice.

The Position: The role of an ACCE Lead Organizer is to broaden the scope of work accomplished within local
ACCE offices. An ACCE Lead Organizer deepens membership recruitment by focusing on leadership
development, manages broader campaign work alongside the local membership, promotes the work of ACCE
through involvement in strategic partnerships and participation in fundraising activities, and supervises and
develops local ACCE Field Organizing staff.

The lists of Key Duties and Responsibilities below are not all-encompassing of job responsibilities related to
each position. Occasionally, you may be asked to perform additional duties as directed by your supervisor.

Key Duties and Responsibilities – Lead Organizer I:

• Full participation in advanced organizing trainings. Topics that will likely be covered include:
• Staff management
• Finances and Budgeting
• External Fundraising
• Leadership committee management
• Coalitions/external relationships
• Spend at least 4 hours per day Identifying and recruiting new community leaders through geographic or
  issue outreach, or campaign activities
• Minimum standard = 10 full dues paying members per month
• Work with members to ensure regular membership or campaign meetings are held
• Work with members on short and long term goal planning in order to maintain chapter and/or campaign
  activities
• Maintain a deeper leadership development model by training new members to utilize
  member-to-member recruitment strategies
• Minimum standard = 50% of personally recruited members become engaged in
  member-to-member activities per month
• Manage a self sufficiency program with leaders that achieves fundraising of at least $500 per month
• Complete successful geographic/issue-based organizing projects, as needed
• Full participation in occasional out-of-town organizational meetings & trainings

Key Qualifications – Lead Organizer I:

• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish (not required but encouraged)
• Minimum 18 months organizing experience
• Successful completion of at least 2 organizing projects
• Demonstrate ability to effectively recruit individuals who identify as members of an organized group
• Understanding of power structures that exist within relevant geographic or issue-based organizing
  projects
• Has worked with members to plan and implement a local or issue campaign
• Demonstrated success with grassroots fundraising techniques
  

Key Duties and Responsibilities - Lead Organizer II:

• Full participation in advanced organizing trainings. Topics that will likely be covered include:
  • Integrating organizing and fundraising
  • Working with city-wide leadership teams
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with external funders
  • Advanced staff management techniques
• Demonstrate leadership in meeting local office membership recruitment and leadership development
  goals through individual member recruitment or management of field organizers to meet the collective
  goals
• Work with members to ensure regular membership or campaign meetings are held
• Work with members on short and long term goal planning in order to maintain chapter and/or campaign
  activities
• Manage a self sufficiency program with leaders and/or staff that achieves fundraising of at least $1000
  per month
• Manage a campaign and/or operational budget as determined by supervisor
  • Includes regular review of budget with relevant member committee
• If needed, represent ACCE within coalitions and at other meetings as needed
• Clearly communicate to relevant parties any coalition plans and/or organizational commitments
• Responsibilities may include training and managing field organizing staff around basic ACCE
  organizing principles and campaigns (dependent on local office staffing needs)
• Complete successful geographic/issue-based organizing projects, as needed
• Full participation in occasional out-of-town organizational meetings & trainings

Key Qualifications – Lead Organizer II:

• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish (not required but encouraged)
• Minimum 2 years organizing experience
• At least 1 year experience as an ACCE Lead Organizer I
• All Lead Organizer I qualification criteria plus:
  • Relevant experience in management of organizing staff or similar field
  • Relevant experience in grassroots fundraising techniques such as individual donors, business
    sustainers, or union contributions
  • Relevant experience in leadership development models within organizing that use
    member-to-member recruitment strategies
  • Working understanding of general campaign and operational budgeting; Ability to explain basic
    budgeting principles to others
  • Understanding of power structures that exist within relevant geographic or issue-based organizing projects

Compensation: The Lead Organizer I position is a non-exempt hourly position (Tier III). The Lead Organizer
II position is an exempt salaried position (Tier IV). The base pay for a Lead Organizer with 1 year experience
starts at $62,466 annually including overtime and scales up based on experience. ACCE offers healthcare, life
insurance, and 401k to full time employees.

ACCE is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, women, individuals
with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ community.