Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) is a statewide, membership-based, immigrant-led movement-building organization that grows the connection, capacity, and consciousness of communities to strengthen pro-immigrant power in Florida.
FLIC is a statewide alliance of 85 diverse member organizations and a growing number of individual members, including farmworkers, students, service providers, labor unions, grassroots organizations, and legal advocates, who come together for the fair treatment of all people, including immigrants. We accomplish our mission through the coordination of immigrant organizations, community education, organizing, and advocacy.
Position Summary
We are seeking a senior strategist to intensively work with our organizing, services, and civic engagement teams to strengthen our grassroots-led campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels. The ideal candidate will have a strong vision and desire to build statewide pro-immigrant power through coalition and individual base building. Strong managerial skills are required, as this position involves management of the department, staff, and volunteers.
This position requires extensive experience in strategic community organizing, policy campaigns, planning, monitoring, and staff evaluation. The candidate must have an impressive public speaking presence, exuding confidence and positive energy in front of large, diverse audiences, as well as in 1 to 1 setting. Applicants must be committed to an ideology of building community power & share FLIC’s commitment to membership grassroots decision-making.
Organizational Membership Development and Engagement
Develop and maintain relationships with member leaders and allies
Develop thorough membership engagement plans, with explicit weekly, monthly, and annual impact goals.
Nurture organizational members’ leadership and participation in FLIC’s decision-making processes by participating in and overseeing membership engagement and consultation processes.
Support the development and retention of organizational members.
Design and implement programs that bolster our membership capacity and strengthen our members’ commitment to the collective.
Campaign Development, Execution, and Oversight
Collaborate with the leadership team to identify local, regional, statewide, and national policy and practices to advance social justice, particularly expanding immigrants’ rights.
Provide strategic vision and direction for short- and long-term campaigns on local, regional, state, and national issues and levels to win policy and administrative change.
Integrate community organizing with long-term, sustainable community-driven policy change efforts into an annual written plan or proposal.
Ensure that campaign goals reflect the priorities of our membership.
In conjunction with members and partners, conduct meetings and educational workshops with community groups and constituents to raise the public profile of the organization’s function in the community.
Network with local, state, and national groups that are organizing around issues important to our community and foster collaboration with these groups.
Encourage the use of direct action, as necessary and appropriate, to advance campaigns.
Prepare written campaign plans, reports, and meeting summaries, and develop tools for field strategy implementation as necessary.
Collaborate with the Communications Team to establish an online-to-offline organizing strategy.
Collaborate with the Development team to secure funding for campaigns.
Consult and integrate organizing strategies, models, and tactics across departments as they pertain to organizing in Civic Engagement, Services, and Communications.
Provide in-depth knowledge of legal, political, economic, and industry forces that impact organizing campaigns; preferably including experience working with employers, attorneys, various employment agencies, elected officials, community groups, and other potential allies.
Leadership and Department Management
Proven ability to manage in a manner that inspires, motivates, develops, and maintains good working relations with diverse membership and staff.
Experience supervising a team in a hybrid (remote and in-person) environment.
Prepare and monitor the department budget.
Support with content for written grant reports, including budgeting, meeting summaries, campaign evaluations, and performance reports on benchmarks as required.
Represent FLIC in public speaking opportunities, including key community networks, alliances, and civic groups, as well as other relevant settings such as fundraising events and the general public.
Foster a climate of innovation, cohesion, and integration within the team, organization, and the collective.
Salary
Range $75K - $95K commensurate with experience
Competitive Benefits
● 100% Paid Benefits (Health, Vision, Dental, STD, LTD, Life Insurance)
● Parental Leave
● Vacation and PTO
● 14 Paid Holidays
● Flexible Work Schedule
How to apply: Send a resume, writing sample, and references to hr@flic.org
FLIC is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay men, and transgender individuals.