Jobs

We want you on our team! The SURJ national staff is a growing community of organizers and leaders who are committed to personal and systemic transformation. We work on local, state, regional, and national campaigns to move majority-white communities into action for racial and economic justice. All positions are remote with some travel required throughout the year. Applicants from the region we’re trying to hire in and from poor and working-class backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Current Openings:

Communications Director

SURJ is seeking a Communications Director to drive SURJ’s narrative strategy and strategic communications work across our campaigns to a wide array of various audiences. Our ideal Communications Director is an effective leader who brings a visionary, creative, and rigorous approach to advancing SURJ’s critical mission at this time in the world. This person should be able to execute and not just direct the work, make difficult and strategic decisions in high pressure situations, and balance multiple and competing interests. They will provide oversight of and leadership to the communications department, who will implement much of the work.

Full Time, Remote, $100,000

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Human Resources Generalist

Full Time, Remote $60,000

The Human Resources Generalist will support SURJ’s growing staff and the Human Resources Team by providing a broad range of HR functions including recruitment, hiring and onboarding support, payroll and benefits tracking, compliance monitoring, policy research and systems administration. A successful person in this role will be an engaging people person who is detail oriented, thrives on organization, has the ability to work independently and take direction, and can work as part of a team. They need to have a solid understanding of human resources fundamentals, compliance and confidentiality.

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Georgia Deep Canvasser

Part Time, Temporary, Central to Northern Georgia, $30 an hour

SURJ is seeking a canvasser to go door to door to talk to residents of rural Georgia, within 2.5 hours of Atlanta, using deep canvassing techniques to have high-quality conversations. This is non-partisan work; we will not be canvassing for any candidate or party. A successful person in this role will have some previous canvassing experience and be excited about having long-form conversations with residents on the door and contributing critical research to the larger conversations. Our canvassers will be engaging in Deep Canvassing, which involves making real, human connections with residents through shared experience that establishes mutual trust.

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Tennessee Deep Canvasser

Part Time, Temporary, Middle Tennessee, $30 an hour

SURJ is seeking a canvasser to go door to door to talk to residents of rural middle Tennessee (Columbia, Tullahoma, Clarksville, Murfreesboro and McMinnville) using deep canvassing techniques to have high-quality conversations. This is non-partisan work: We will not be canvassing for any candidate or party, A successful person in this role will have some previous canvassing experience and be excited about having long-form conversations with residents on the door and contributing critical research to the larger conversations. Our canvassers will be engaging in Deep Canvassing, which involves making real, human connections with residents through shared experience that establishes mutual trust.

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National Membership Organizer

Full Time, Remote, $85,000

SURJ is seeking a National Membership Organizer to lead the enrollment, management, and solicitation of hundreds of thousands of SURJ supporters and members. This position is accountable for leading a national membership program that supports fulfilling goals for SURJ’s development, communications, and national organizing departments. A successful person in this role will have experience with rigorous grassroots fundraising, direct voter or member contact, list segmentation, data management, moving supporters through an engagement funnel, grassroots fundraising, direct voter or member contact, and copywriting for fundraising appeals.

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