Social, Economic, Environmental Justice

Position: National Organizer, Mobilization Lead
Organization: Resource Movement
Location: Remote from anywhere in Canada, with a preference for any of the cities where Resource Movement has existing chapters (Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal or Toronto)

About Resource Movement:

Resource Movement is a diverse youth-led community of people with wealth and/or class privilege working toward the redistribution of wealth, land, and power. Our vision is a world in which all communities can live well and shape their own futures in alignment with the planet; we envision a world that is racially and economically just, in which wealth, land and power are shared, and Indigenous rights are respected. In our work, we educate ourselves about the roots of inequality, encourage each other to take bold action in solidarity with social justice movements, and open space for critical voices within philanthropy. With Chapters in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa, our network includes over 300 young people across Canada who participate in learning opportunities, show up for social justice movements, and engage in campaigns. 

For more information about Resource Movement, please visit our website or check out our Theory of Change.

Terms of Employment and Benefits for this Position:

• Hours: Full time which is 30 hours a week; Resource Movement uses a four-day work week
• Salary: $90,000
• Term: One-year contract with possibility for renewal
• Anticipated Start Date: January 2025 (or subject to availability of the chosen candidate)
• Location: Remote from anywhere in Canada, with a preference for any of the cities where Resource Movement has existing chapters (Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal or Toronto)

Benefits Available for this position:

• 4 weeks vacation, plus 1 week winter office closure
• Health and dental benefits
• Wellness spending account (2% of salary)
• Access to funding for professional development opportunities ($1,000/year)
• Flexible work hours and location
• Remote work stipend at $250/month (or compensation equivalent), plus a one-time home office start-up stipend of $500
• RRSP benefit (4% of salary)

Overview of Position:

Resource Movement (RM) is seeking an organizer and relationship-builder to lead movement-building, wealth redistribution, and strategic communications as our new National Organizer, Mobilization Lead. This role will support RM’s national efforts to mobilize young people with class and wealth privilege to redistribute land, wealth and power. They will also play a key role in coalition building with social movement groups, focusing on BIPOC- and working class-led movements.

RM organizes a youth-led community of people in Canada with access to wealth or class privilege, to become leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth and power. We believe our members (mostly Millenials and Gen Z) have a key role to play in support of social movements and our organizational structure reflects this; we operate using shared and non-hierarchical decision-making and governance processes that enable our members to step into leadership roles. Most of what we do happens within member-led working groups, and most of our staff's tasks are completed in collaboration with these working groups. RM currently has one full time staff member (National Organizer, Base-building Lead) that will collaborate with this role. Reporting to a Supervision and Support Team of RM members, and accountable to the RM membership, the National Organizer, Mobilization Lead will support our volunteer members to develop and carry out our three core mobilizing strategies:

• Redistributing wealth: moving money consistently and boldly towards poor and working class-led movements, through collective campaigns and by escalating our members’ individual redistribution towards grassroots groups led by communities most impacted by injustice.

• Advocating for structural change: taking part in structural advocacy to win on the issues our movements are fighting for. Supporting our movement partners’ tactical actions and strategic campaigns, and running our own campaigns on issues where our members’ voices can have a disproportionate impact.

• Shifting narratives & culture around wealth hoarding: shifting dominant narratives that support private wealth accumulation above collective liberation. Communicating that wealth redistribution is relevant, timely, and irresistible, while wealth-hoarding is an unnecessary and toxic thing of the past.

The National Organizer, Mobilization Lead will use RM’s Theory of Change and other organizational guiding documents to help ground and collaboratively build their work plan, and they will bring their experience and analysis to help inform how RM can most powerfully contribute to progressive movement building. The work plan will include forming new partnerships, supporting future growth of the organization, and facilitating new avenues of engagement with BIPOC-led grassroots community groups. We strongly encourage candidates to draw on their activism and organizing experiences in these communities to inform this role. Further, RM is undertaking ongoing processes around de-centering white supremacy and ableism to which this role will be expected to contribute.

Specific Role Tasks:

• Lead a collaborative process to create RM's first mobilization work plan, informed by RM’s guiding documents and membership input
• Lead and support relevant working groups to implement the mobilization work plan, tracking progress, offering guidance and support, and adjusting plans as appropriate
• Dedicate time to building and strengthening RM’s social movement relationships (working with and alongside grassroots community groups)
• Coordinate RM’s support of community-led local-level campaigns and protests that align with RM’s Theory of Change
• Lead the design and implementation of RM-led campaigns (e.g.- tax justice), mobilizing RM members to contribute and support our campaign work through a variety of tactics
• Oversee and provide backbone support for the member-run Rapid Response List (a mutual aid email redistribution list)
• Lead the redistribution of wealth from RM members to social movement work, including engaging members in Giving Circles, Money Surveys and Money Pledges
• Lead the external facing communication work to help shift social narratives about wealth and inequality, including overseeing the newsletter, website updates, media requests, social media posts, and coordinating requests for public talks and conferences
• Contribute to RM processes of collective, participatory, and non-hierarchical governance through the membership structure, including regular open coordinating calls and working groups meetings
• Collaborate with the rest of the RM team to support other projects as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Employment Equity

We believe our work is stronger when it benefits from the experience, knowledge and wisdom of people who face systemic barriers. People with disabilities, women, Indigenous people, members of racialized groups, people with poor and working-class experiences, and members of other historically marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.

It is common for members of marginalized groups to only apply for roles if they have 100% of the qualifications – we want to disrupt this. If you are excited about this position but only meet some of our qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Overall qualifications

• A demonstrated commitment to RM's mission and vision of a world that is racially and economically just in which wealth, land and power are shared, and Indigenous rights are respected
• At least five years of experience in BIPOC-led grassroots and/or national organizing
• Strong belief in the possibility and importance of cross-class collaboration for social justice
• Experience coordinating, supervising, and encouraging the leadership growth of volunteer teams
• Experience with coalition building across grassroots groups on progressive social movements and campaigns
• Strong oral and written English is required and as a national organization with chapters in Quebec, proficiency in French is a strong asset
• Demonstrated commitment to working within anti-oppressive frameworks
• Project management and facilitation skills
• Familiarity and comfort working with Google Workspace, Slack and CRM systems (e.g., Airtable or similar)
• Comfortable working in remote and virtual environment, and capacity to work alongside a remote team and membership
• Adaptability and openness to learning and understanding collective governance and decision-making processes and practices
• High level of comfort discussing class, wealth, and economic inequity; understanding of historical roots of acquisition of land, wealth and power
• Ability to effectively engage RM’s youth audience and develop communications, including social media content and multimedia materials, that resonate with young people

Work Location and Schedule

The National Organizer, Mobilization Lead will be responsible for arranging their own remote working environment for the duration of the contract. They will be responsible for using their own work space, phone, computer, computer peripherals and internet for the duration of the contract. A stipend of $250/month (or compensation equivalent) will be provided to offset these costs. We also provide a one-time home office start-up stipend of $500.

While the work hours are flexible, the role will frequently require evening work to engage RM members who have daytime commitments. The selected candidate will be required to attend evening or weekend volunteer-led meetings and trainings, and monthly Open Coordinating Calls.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a cover letter articulating your motivation to apply for this role, your relevant skills and experience, and any additional information you would like to include. Please address your application to the Resource Movement Hiring Committee, and send it by email to: hr@resourcemovement.org by Monday October 28, 2024 at 5:00p.m. ET.

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RM is part of a growing movement of organizations that values the labour it takes to apply for work. We will recognize this labour through a $100 honorarium for all candidates who are invited to interview for this position.

Once the job posting closes, all applications that meet the minimum criteria will be anonymized and reviewed by a team of three RM members who are part of our hiring committee for this role. Reviewers will use a rubric to score applicants based on the criteria outlined in the job description.

High scoring candidates will be invited for a virtual interview over zoom with 2-3 hiring committee members. Candidates will receive the interview questions in advance.

The hiring committee will meet to determine if a second interview is needed, or if we can proceed with reference checks for our top candidate.

We commit to providing all applicants with an update on the status of the hiring.

If you have questions about the hiring process or the role, or require accessibility accommodations during the application process, please contact hr@resourcemovement.org

Confidentiality

A hiring committee of up to five RM members will be established to oversee the hiring process. The names and information of applicants will be shared within this hiring committee, but not shared outside of this group.