Campaign Organizer

Reports to:     Justice Director

Proposed Hire Date: Sep 1, 2025

Location:           Bay Area, DC Area: Hybrid, candidate must be able to work from their local office 3 times a week. 

Salary Range:   $72,000-78,000 for Bay Area, depending on experience and location (range adjusted for location)

Organization Overview 

Dream.org closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity. We bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom, dignity, and opportunity for all. We are working to build a future wherein "we the people" means all of us.

Purpose

The Campaign Organizer is an integral part of the Dream.Org Justice team. The Campaign Organizer will work under the direction of the Justice Director to build and implement a plan to mobilize directly impacted communities, service providers, business leaders, and those affected by criminal justice policy to advocate for change to the criminal legal system. Your role is to engage and galvanize communities to fight for policy change by means of: the execution of community events throughout the state, utilizing online organizing platforms, and providing educational training.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute on-the-ground campaign events, such as educational community convenings and training


• Hold select relationships with external partners, including faith leaders, business leaders, and direct service providers


• Collaborate with digital organizers to create engaging online campaign content and action opportunities


• Assist with advocacy skills training for directly impacted individuals and other stakeholders


• Draft campaign materials, such as toolkits and one-pagers


• Support Empathy Network Leaders in running campaigns for legislative change in their state

Minimum Job Requirements

• At least 1 year working on legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, or social justice/political campaigns


• Sophistication around a variety of campaign tactics, including in-person actions and online actions that educate and advocate for change


• Comfort with online tools associated with campaigns, such as Asana, Salesforce, Slack


• A demonstrated commitment to criminal justice reform, we value the lived experience of applicants


• Must be willing and available to travel occasionally


• Track record of executing community events


• Familiarity with coalition leadership and recruitment

Preferred Education/Skills/Experience:

• Experience with project management


• Openness to trying new campaign tactics


• Openness to work with any stakeholder who shares our commitment to reform


• Team-oriented


• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment

Travel:

30% for community organizing, education and coalition building

Employee Benefits

All full-time employees receive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage. Dream.Org pays 100% of premiums for employees, spouses and dependents. Part-time employees receive 50% coverage. After a 6 month waiting period, employees can contribute to our retirement plan. Currently, Dream.Org offers up to a 5% match. We also offer a flexible spending, pre-tax program for medical expenses, dependent care expenses, transit expenses and parking expenses. All full-time Dream.Org employees accrue 4 weeks of vacation time off and 12 days of sick time off over the first year of employment. Part-time employees accrue time off on a prorated basis. In addition to 10 paid holidays, Dream.Org also provides paid time off from December 24th through January 1st each year. 

Dream.Org is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, sex, gender identity, age, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or record of arrest or conviction. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strive for a workforce that reflects the populations that we serve.