National Campaigns Director

The National LGBTQ Task Force – Washington, DC

The National LGBTQ Task Force seeks a strong strategic thinker, a gifted coalition builder, and a talented faith organizer to lead the campaign work on religious exemptions and in welcoming faith movements. The ideal candidate will have the deep religious grounding, movement-building experience, and political sophistication necessary to: 1) lead and significantly grow the religious exemption campaign portfolio to its next level of impact and inclusiveness, 2) be a prominent public spokesperson for pro-LGBT religious perspectives on religious exemptions as well as other issues and 3) facilitate and lead networks of religious leaders and people of faith to mobilize them and build the necessary capacity to win campaigns on religious exemptions and in the welcoming faith movement.

The faith work of the Task Force has a continuing crucial niche, working to build pro-LGBT religious movement capacity and infrastructure and connect grassroots and grasstops leaders and strategies to accomplish policy change within faith settings, as well as in legislatures and at the ballot box. The Task Force will continue – through its faith work initiatives – to leverage its network of relationships to engage in direct action, grow its impact and inclusiveness into the future. Through unique partnerships our efforts will be focused on clarity of vision, collaboration and achieving long-term change together.

National Campaigns Director: Religious Exemptions and Welcoming Movements

The National LGBTQ Task Force builds power, takes action and creates change to achieve freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. As a progressive social justice organization, the Task Force works toward a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and achieves equity for all.

This is a management position reporting to the Director of the Academy for Leadership and Action.

LOCATION: Washington DC. The National Campaigns Director is expected to travel outside DC to connect with grassroots faith organizing leaders and work.

APPLICATION OPENING/CLOSING: The position is immediately available. There’s no prescribed closing date. The Task Force will fill the position whenever it has identified an appropriate candidate.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The National Campaigns Director will lead and work in several areas:

• Direct, collaborate and develop plans to expand welcoming communities throughout the United States to prepare for RE battles across the states.
• Direct, collaborate and develop plans with faith leaders statewide as well as nationally to create interfaith grass tops programming to counter religious freedom measures, state to state
• Develop strategies and, in collaboration with Task Force staff colleagues, to counter religious freedom measures from state to state
• Implement strategies and tactics, including trainings, with the faith and states organizing team to counter religious freedom measures
• Create and deliver faith-based messaging with state-based and national communications groups to counter religious freedom measures.
• Direct, collaborate and develop relationship building methods with anti-lgbtq faith leaders and communities to counter religious freedom measures
• Analyze, track and report on all religious freedom measures. Make recommendations on actions and programming related to these measures

THE TASK FORCE AND ITS HISTORY OF DOING FAITH WORK:
In a 2006 merger, the Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) became an initial faith work program of the Task Force. Since then, the faith work at the Task Force has evolved to include a range of faith work initiatives. The faith work of the Task Force is located within the Task Force’s Academy for Leadership and Action to maximize the evolving collaboration and mutual learning between faith and secular organizing.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience organizing pro-LGBTQ people of faith in the LGBT movement to take action on social justice issues and proven success at delivering measurable results in a campaign environment.
• Proven ability to develop relationships with moderate to conservative faith leaders.
• Religious leader and professional with a history of service and a strong theological grounding. Immersed in their religious tradition. Able to inspire spiritual engagement of people in the movement. Sensitivity to and personal familiarity with issues facing LGBT religious/spiritual persons. Prefer welcoming movement experience.
• Action-oriented visionary with demonstrated passion and vision for pro-LGBT movement building and social change within and through faith communities. Experience within a social movement organization. Strategic thinker and decision-maker.
• Political savvy. Prefer experience and expertise with multiple models of organizing.
• Proven network and collaborative leadership style, skills, and experience. Experience leading and facilitating groups of leaders toward a common purpose and joint action. Works well on a team and develops the leadership of others.
• Multi-faith values, depth of approach, and experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to and skill working at the intersections of faith, LGBT, and other progressive justice issues.
• Cultural competence and history of developing intercultural sensitivity working across diverse races, ethnicities, socio-economics, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
• Exceptional written, oral communications skills. Strong, confident, and credible advocate and spokesperson for pro-LGBT, intersectional, multi-faith religious work. Able to articulate a religiously grounded, accessible argument for the faith work.
• Motivated and capable of fundraising to significantly increase the Task Force’s resources. Can conceive of partnerships, programs, and projects that attract resources.
• Trustworthy relationship builder. Exceptional interpersonal communication skills. Honest, compassionate, and approachable. Sense of humor. Has a significant network of relationships and positive reputation to benefit the Task Force.
• Proven senior manager (of staff and consultants, projects, programs, and finances). Virtual supervisory experience highly desirable.
• Energetic and comfortable with an intense pace. Likes to be on the move and is available to travel at least 50% time. Hardworking and able to work in a virtual environment with a small team. Models and supports emotional health and self-care.
• Significant theological grounding through some religious education is required.
• Computer literate and proficient in mobile communication. Familiarity and experience with current social media tools is ideal.

COMPENSATION

Commensurate with experience. Provides excellent benefits — medical, dental and vision insurance; annual and sick leave; 403(b) plan.

Please submit a cover letter describing your interest in being a member of the Task Force staff, a resume addressing your experience and qualifications relevant to the position responsibilities and three examples of your work. If possible, please submit the names, affiliations and contact information for three references. Applications submitted via e-mail for this position should be directed to hr@thetaskforce.org, please write “National Campaigns Director: Religious Exemptions and Welcoming Movements” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

The Task Force is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, personal appearance, family responsibility, political affiliation or any other status protected by applicable law. Women, transgender people, veterans and people of color are encouraged to apply.

Applications without cover letters will not be considered.

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