Campaign Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish priorities, coordinate workstreams, and lead the development and execution of a long-term campaign strategy.

• Manage daily campaign activities, ensuring effective communication, operations, and progress towards collective objectives.

• Cultivate and sustain partnerships with campaign allies, workgroups, and stakeholders across research, advocacy, communications, organizing, and mobilization.

• Organize and facilitate campaign calls, workgroups, and meetings with partners.

• Enhance the coalition’s outreach, diversity, and influence.

• Supervise campaign communications, ensuring alignment in messaging, narrative, and communication strategy.

• Draft and review strategic documents, talking points, and public communications.

• Manage fundraising planning and coordination, including proposal development, grant reporting, and regranting to partners.

• Oversee budget management, expense reporting, and financial coordination with the fiscal sponsor and campaign administrators.

• Set goals, benchmarks, and decision-making protocols across workstreams.

• Monitor progress, evaluate impact, and provide regular updates to coalition partners and administrative managers.

• Travel to Washington, D.C., and states where UTEPH is establishing a strong presence.

• Occasionally work evenings and weekends to support coalition events.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading complex campaigns involving multiple organizations.

• 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in campaigns, advocacy, organizing, communications, and/or movement-building.

• Significant leadership experience.

• Strong strategic judgment with the ability to prioritize tasks, assess risks, make timely decisions, and maintain momentum.

• Experience collaborating with senior leaders and managing teams with clarity and accountability.

• Proven experience in facilitating coalition decision-making, partner alignment, and effective governance.

• Willingness to travel as necessary, up to 40% of the time.

• Experience in integrating communications, policy/advocacy, and organizing into a cohesive campaign strategy.

• Proven track record in leading communications strategy in high-pressure situations, including rapid response and message development.

• Demonstrated ability to identify, engage, and develop coalition partners.

• Familiarity with progressive coalition-based campaigns.

• Experience setting measurable goals, assessing impact, and utilizing data to inform strategy.

• Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets and financial tracking with a fiscal sponsor or similar entity.

• Knowledge of fundraising and philanthropic processes, including fundraising strategy, grant proposals, grant reports, and donor engagement.

• Ability to work occasional nights and weekends.

• Full fluency in English is required.

• Familiarity with fiscal sponsorship, regranting, and vendor or consultant management is advantageous.

• Proficiency in Spanish or another language is a plus.

• Experience in climate, finance, or taxpayer campaigns is favorable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Opportunity to contribute to environmental, climate, and environmental justice movements.

• Travel support for coalition meetings, events, and working groups.