Stand for Children Leadership Center

Advocates education policy and funding

Memphis Community Organizer - Youth Justice

Community Outreach & ProgramsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMemphis, TN, USA$50.7k - $63.4k

About the Job

Requirements

One paid campaign cycle or comparable paid organizing experience is required.
Experience developing leaders, building teams, and managing organizing or advocacy campaigns is required.
Experience facilitating meetings, trainings, or coalition processes and supporting partners toward shared goals is required.
Experience using technology tools such as Microsoft Office Suite and comfort learning new platforms is required.
Experience using social media platforms for digital communications is required.
Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership-development, and team-building skills are required.
Ability to work flexibly and steadfastly amid ambiguity, with self-motivation, problem-solving, and critical-thinking ability, is required.
Willingness to work flexible hours, including up to three evenings per week and occasional weekends, especially during election cycles and legislative sessions, is required.
A valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, full-time access to reliable transportation, and ability to travel within the Memphis metro area are required.
Ability to be in multiple locations during a given day, transport items, set up and take down meeting equipment, and possibly climb stairs is required.

Responsibilities

Identify, coach, and train individuals and build engaged teams committed to local, state, and systems-level action in support of youth justice reform.
Develop members' leadership skills and initiate and lead campaigns to advance more just outcomes for young people.
Organize and manage high-performing teams, leaders, and fellows with clear roles and ownership, focusing on justice-involved youth, opportunity youth, emerging adults, and community advocates.
Develop, manage, and grow a group of speakers and storytellers ready to testify, give interviews, share lived experiences, and inspire others to act.
Create and facilitate trainings, workshops, and webinars that build organizing, advocacy, leadership, and campaign skills.
Manage volunteer-led events and create pathways for leaders and members to take increasing levels of responsibility.
Create and leverage advocacy opportunities in support of Stand Tennessee youth justice priorities and issue and electoral campaigns.
Support the initiation and leadership of youth justice campaigns, including developing goals, strategies, timelines, tactics, and leadership roles.
Coach leaders to identify and recruit other potential leaders and support members in taking regular action across multiple campaigns.
Build and maintain leadership structures that support authentic youth-adult partnership and center directly impacted young people in campaign decision-making.
Support, coach, and, when assigned, supervise fellows, youth leaders, interns, temporary staff, and volunteers.
Track organizing, base-building, campaign, and policy goals and use results to strengthen strategy and execution.
Help develop and maintain relationships with community leaders, key stakeholders, youth-serving organizations, and local and statewide groups to build coalitions with volunteer teams, leaders, and fellows.
Co-convene and facilitate youth justice coalitions and workgroups with partners, including developing agendas, coordinating participation, and supporting follow-through on shared priorities.
Help partners identify, advance, and track shared policy and campaign goals while expanding meaningful participation by young people, emerging adults, and people with lived experience.
Participate fully in election, issue, and endorsement campaigns.
Support voter engagement, civic education, and leadership-development efforts with youth, emerging adults, and impacted communities.
Help connect electoral, policy, and organizing strategies that advance Stand Tennessee's youth justice priorities.
Perform other duties as required to support the work of the affiliate.

Desired Qualifications

Experience organizing with young people, emerging adults, people with lived experience, or communities directly impacted by public systems is preferred.
Experience working with diverse and bilingual communities is preferred.

THE ROLE
Your role stands at the intersection of organizing and the fight to change the systems that shape outcomes for young people, families, and communities. As a key member of Stand's Tennessee team at a moment of tremendous need and opportunity, you will be responsible for working with justice-involved youth, opportunity youth, emerging adults, and community advocates to develop and create community engagement opportunities to leverage change using a team-organizing leadership model.

The Organizer will be responsible for identifying, coaching, and training individuals and building engaged teams committed to taking local, state, and systems-level action in support of youth justice reform; developing the leadership skills of members; and initiating and leading campaigns to advance more just outcomes for young people. The role will intentionally center people with lived experience in the youth justice system and support youth and emerging adults in shaping, leading, and implementing organizing and advocacy efforts.

Through your dedication and passionate approach to the role, you get the opportunity to work with colleagues who are bold and strategic and take responsibility for achieving substantial progress toward our mission every year.

THE ORGANIZATION
Stand for Children is a unique catalyst for educational success and social progress, to create a brighter future for us all.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Build a diverse and highly skilled base of engaged organizers and activists

Organize and manage high-performing teams, leaders, and fellows with clear roles and ownership who are engaged and mobilized, with a focus on justice-involved youth, opportunity youth, emerging adults, and community advocates.
Develop, manage, and grow a group of speakers and storytellers who are ready and able to testify, give interviews, share their lived experiences, and inspire others to act.
Create and facilitate trainings, workshops, and webinars that build organizing, advocacy, leadership, and campaign skills.
Manage volunteer-led events and create meaningful pathways for leaders and members to take increasing levels of responsibility.
Create and leverage advocacy opportunities in support of Stand Tennessee youth justice priorities and issue and electoral campaigns.

Activate leaders and members to grow teams and win campaigns

Support initiation and leadership of youth justice campaigns, including developing goals, strategies, timelines, tactics, and leadership roles.
Coach leaders to identify and recruit other potential leaders and support members in taking regular action across multiple campaigns.
Build and maintain leadership structures that support authentic youth-adult partnership and center directly impacted young people in campaign decision-making.
Support, coach, and, when assigned, supervise fellows, youth leaders, interns, temporary staff, and volunteers.
Track organizing, base-building, campaign, and policy goals and use results to strengthen strategy and execution.

Coalition and partnership work

Help develop and maintain relationships with community leaders, key stakeholders, youth-serving organizations, and local and statewide groups to build strong coalitions that can work with volunteer teams, leaders, and fellows.
Co-convene and facilitate youth justice coalitions and workgroups with partners, including developing agendas, coordinating participation, and supporting follow-through on shared priorities.
Help partners identify, advance, and track shared policy and campaign goals while expanding meaningful participation by young people, emerging adults, and people with lived experience.

Election and legislative session

Fully participate in election, issue, and endorsement campaigns.
Support voter engagement, civic education, and leadership development efforts with youth, emerging adults, and impacted communities.
Help connect electoral, policy, and organizing strategies that advance Stand Tennessee's youth justice priorities.
Perform other duties as required to support the work of the affiliate.

QUALIFICATIONS

Passionate commitment and alignment to Stand for Children’s mission.
One paid campaign cycle required, or comparable paid organizing experience.
Experience organizing with young people, emerging adults, people with lived experience, or communities directly impacted by public systems preferred.
Experience developing leaders, building teams, and managing organizing or advocacy campaigns.
Experience facilitating meetings, trainings, or coalition processes and supporting partners toward shared goals.
Experience using technology tools like Microsoft Office Suite and comfort learning new platforms.
Experience with social media platforms for digital communications.

Experience working with diverse and bilingual communities preferred.
Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership development and team building skills.
Ability to be flexible and steadfast in the face of ambiguity; self-motivated problem-solver and critical thinker.
Willingness to work flexible hours including up to 3 evenings per week and occasional weekends especially during election cycles and legislative session.
Valid driver's license, an acceptable driving record, full-time access to reliable transportation, and ability to travel within Memphis metro area.
Ability to be in multiple locations during a given day, the ability to transport items, and the ability to set up and take down meeting equipment (chairs, tables, projectors, screens, etc.); may require the ability to climb stairs.

STARTING SALARY RANGE: $50,727 - $63,409 commensurate with experience. Generous benefits.

Stand for Children consists of two separate entities. Stand for Children, Inc., a grassroots membership organization is exempt under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, and Stand for Children Leadership Center, a leadership development organization, is exempt under section 501(c)(3)

Stand for Children and Stand for Children Leadership Center are committed to ensuring equal opportunity for employment, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels included, valued, and empowered to do their best work. Our work focuses on communities that have historically faced systemic barriers. We squarely focus on hiring staff with skills and qualifications necessary to be successful and actively seek team members whose experiences and perspectives demonstrate a commitment to and alignment with the communities we serve, helping us build stronger connections and drive meaningful impact.

About the Company

Stand for Children Leadership Center

Advocates education policy and funding

Stand for Children Leadership Center advocates for educational equity to help all children graduate from high school with access to college. It educates and empowers parents, teachers, and community members to demand strong public schools, and it advocates for effective education policies and investments at local, state, and national levels. The organization works state by state and community by community to elect leaders who will champion its priorities, translate policy wins into classroom results, and ensure new rules are implemented in public schools. What sets it apart is its combination of grassroots education, policy advocacy, and political engagement aimed specifically at improving school funding and governance to create better outcomes for students from all backgrounds. Its goal is clear: remove barriers to college access and success for every child through comprehensive advocacy, policy action, and leadership development.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Portland, OR
Founded: 1999

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