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:

Faith Organizing Manager

Full Time, Remote, $70,000

SURJ is seeking a Faith Organizing Manager who will lead SURJ’s work to 1) drive initiatives that are focused on developing the leadership, skills and analysis of people of faith, 2) organize people of faith into SURJ’s existing campaigns and organizing programs, and 3) develop and implement specific faith organizing plans that support SURJ’s overall strategies and goals. This position is accountable for the day-to-day execution of SURJ’s faith work, and also contributes to SURJ’s short- and long-term faith organizing plans. This will require meetings with partners, close coordination with other SURJ organizing programs, recruitment of congregations, development of curriculum, and leadership development with participants. The Faith Organizing Manager represents SURJ’s faith work as a member of the Management Leadership Team.

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Communications Director

Full Time, Remote, $100,000

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.

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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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