Corporate Strategies Director, Fair Workweek Initiative

Corporate Strategies Director

Center for Popular Democracy, Fair Workweek Initiative

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Join the next wave in the movement for economic justice in America.

Across the country, low-wage hourly workers struggle with unpredictable part-time hours that wreak havoc on their lives and cause economic insecurity. The Center for Popular Democracy’s Fair Workweek Initiative (FWI) seeks an Organizing Director to drive worker-driven corporate accountability campaigns to restore a sustainable workweek for the country’s hourly workforce.

About The Center for Popular Democracy

CPD promotes equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with innovative base-building organizations, organizing networks and alliances, and progressive unions across the country. CPD builds the strength and capacity of democratic organizations to envision and advance a pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial justice agenda. Learn more at: www.populardemocracy.org.

About The Fair Workweek Initiative

Anchored by the CPD and CPD Action, the FWI is driving the growing momentum to restore a workweek that enables working families to thrive. We are committed to elevating the voices of working people to ensure they shape the solutions that work for their families – through improved industry practices or workplace protections. Learn more at: www.fairworkweek.org.

Job Responsibilities

The Corporate Strategies Director will develop and drive our industry change strategy that incorporates both campaigns and employer engagement to restore a fair workweek in low-wage service sectors.

Working with community and labor partners, the Director will advance national and local campaigns that are driven by worker leadership and grassroots mobilizations that integrate research, legal, digital and communications strategies.

The Director will also engage the private sector in developing and implement technology and management solutions that deliver a family-sustaining workweek.

The Director will play a hands-on role with CPD community partner organizations implementing worker-driven strategies.

The Corporate Strategies Director will report to the Director of the Fair Workweek Initiative and collaborate with a range of colleagues at CPD.

Duties will include:

Advancing national and local worker-driven campaigns to raise work hours standards in the service sector along with a broader public education campaign to raise awareness about fair workweek issues.

Working with grassroots partners to implement these campaigns through staff training and coaching, providing essential campaign tools and coordination with other groups.

Providing the infrastructure for Fair Workweek campaign partners to collaborate, coordinate strategies. Work with the Organizing Director, organize national days of action, and convene national committee calls and meetings of member leaders.

Providing the infrastructure for fair workweek campaign partners to collaborate and coordinate

Collaboration with communications and digital teams to incorporate digital tools and media to advance campaigns

Establishing and managing innovative research partnerships to: build the business, social and economic case for more sustainable workforce management practices; deepen our understanding of the workforce strategies that promote employee mobility and stability.

Providing support to the Deputy Director of policy campaigns on field, coalition, political, and media work related to municipal, state and federal policy campaigns.

Collaborating with the FWI Director on fundraising efforts to support the national program and re-grant resources to partners in the field. This includes: identifying private and public funding sources, writing and submitting proposals.

Qualifications

We seek outcome-driven candidates with excellent relationship-building skills. Ideal candidates should have demonstrated experience in the following:

8-10 years of relevant campaign experience, including 2-3 years experience in worker organizing, 5 years of managerial-level experience on comprehensive campaigns

Experience utilizing comprehensive campaign strategies to drive campaigns.

Knowledge or strong interest in new digital organizing tools.

A strong commitment to social justice and an understanding of challenges facing caregivers, communities of color, and low-and moderate-income families.