M4BL CrossMovement Table Lead Organizer

CrossMovement Table Lead Organizer

Location: Remote

Reports to: Director of Strategic Partnerships

Salary: $88,000 - $95,000 with full health benefits for employee and dependents, employer-funded retirement plan, remote work stipend, and 28 days of vacation

MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) formed in December of 2014 and was created as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary to achieve key policy, cultural and political wins, convene organizational leadership to debate and co-create a shared movement wide strategy. M4BL is an ecosystem of more than 150 Black led organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country that have come together with renewed energy, strategy, and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda. Our ecosystem is united by core values and politics that seek to build an anti-capitalist, abolitionist, and Black queer feminist future.

The Movement for Black Lives’ Cross Movement Table will be focused on understanding how M4BL should 1) engage with movements internationally and 2) anchor and uplift movements domestically through the Rising Majority. Whether it is Indigenous movements in the United States or movement leaders in South Africa, the ecosystem needs a table focused specifically on how we relate, support, build and engage with other movements.

M4BL’s international cross movement building work will include a strategy around partnerships, international statements, and our analysis around pan-africanism, internationalism and global movement building.

M4BL’s domestic cross movement building efforts will be focused on the Rising Majority, which is building an anti-racist left, committed to radical democracy across communities that is both Black led and anti-capitalist. This Table will play the leading role in determining M4BL’s role within the Rising Majority as well as our strategy around other United Fronts or coalitions.

The CrossMovement Table advances M4BL’s goal to build across movements and works to advance analysis and work that is not US centric.  Our collective work aims to sharpen the ecosystem’s politic, expand its reach to Black people across the African Diaspora and ensure that our strategies are rooted in assessments that are informed by global conditions.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Cross Movement Table Lead will work inside the CrossMovement (CM) Table alongside the Strategic Partnership Director to build out the CM table structure, membership and leadership team, and support and advance the table’s goals. Along with other staff, they will invest time in building relationships and providing support to table members. This role will also prioritize supporting CM members participation in The Rising Majority (which is the embodiment of M4BL’s United Front strategy**)** and transmission to the rest of the ecosystem. The role will require travel and work on occasional weekends and evenings as needed.

ESSENTIAL AREAS OF WORK

• Shape and develop a core CM Leadership Team who will be responsible for articulating and meeting goals for the table.
• Manage the recruiting, organizing and coordination of new member organizations
• When applicable, supervision of Cross Movement staff, including Table Coordinator who will be responsible for convening regular meetings with the CM leadership body and a consultant to help implement the international strategy
• Implementation of CrossMovement and International Strategy
• Manage table administrative work (support with budget creation, receipts reconciliation, status reports, and archive all necessary CM materials, notes, data, and plans)
• Support active participation by M4BL (broadly) and CrossMovement (specifically) in The Rising Majority.
• Work with the Director of Strategic Partnerships to develop and implement an International strategy in support of organizational engagement with M4BL and specifically with CM
• Tracking and uplifting politically important moments and supporting ecosystem in making meaningful interventions as needed
• Administrative oversight for projects/assignments emanating from Rising Majority: including file management and documentation; close coordination and communication with M4BL administrative and program leaders
• Coordinate with M4BL field team to help connect Cross Movement and Rising Majority work to the rest of M4BL Ecosystem

Note: The Movement for Black Lives is committed to responding flexibly to changing circumstances and priorities which means that the expectations of every position are dynamic. This description reflects the assignment of essential functions but does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Established strong commitment to and knowledge of the values and principles of black liberation and black feminism
• Have at least 5 years experience in organizing, program coordination, and facilitation.
• Previous experience advocating, organizing, and base-building with Black communities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to design agendas, facilitate meetings with stakeholders, follow-up, and complete tasks.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment where the team has fun, works hard and where people have a commitment to grow, build, and learn
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and employs a strong work ethic
• Self-motivated, resourceful, creative, and able to work well both independently and collaboratively is a must
• Willingness to work some evenings and weekends
• Familiarity with Google suite, Zoom, and other planning tools

DESIRED CORE COMPETENCIES

• Passion for M4BL’s mission in support of Black liberation and joyful Black life; explicit anti-capitalist, abolitionist and Black queer feminist politics
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and relationship building skills across diverse populations and partnerships
• A work ethic with a ‘no problem is too big, no question is too small’ attitude
• The ability to thrive in a collaborative, dynamic, fast paced work environment where priorities are often evolving to adapt to the movement’s needs and emergent opportunities
• A team leader and a team player who can drive impact at the operational and tactical levels
• Unimpeachable ethical standards, confidentiality, and personal integrity, always demonstrating self-awareness and dependability.
• A sense of humor would be welcomed :)

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORKPLACE

The Movement for Black Lives in partnership with its fiscal sponsor the Common Counsel Foundation is proud to be an equal employment workplace. We welcome and encourage job applicants who are motivated to work with us in addressing social injustice and those who have personal experience with injustice. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any of the follow factors; race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), age, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/ or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (genetic characteristics, cancer or a record or history of cancer), military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and genetic characteristics), and genetic information.