Description

Location: Remote with some in-person events

Employment Type: Full-time

Term: Limited through December 31, 2027; potential for extension based on available funding. 

Reports to:  National Organizing Director

Position Overview

MAMA is hiring a bilingual (English/Spanish) West Coast Organizing Manager with a dedicated focus on multicultural community engagement. This role is one of the founding members of MAMA’s new organizing department and is central to a California-based initiative supported by the Kapor Foundation designed to build chapter infrastructure, organize BIPOC parents, and drive civic engagement in tech accountability campaigns.

This is a front-line organizing and relationship-building role. The West Coast Organizing Manager will recruit and develop Chapter Leaders, move members from passive followers to active advocates, execute campaigns, and sustain the essential community management functions that keep MAMA’s chapter network operating at full strength. The position reports to the National Organizing Director.

The ideal candidate is deeply rooted in local communities, has advocacy experience particularly in Sacramento, and brings proven experience in grassroots organizing, member engagement, and field campaigning.

Key Responsibilities

Chapter Leader Recruitment, Vetting & Onboarding

This function is essential to MAMA’s growth and capacity building for grassroots engagement, organizing and powerbuilding. The West Coast Organizing Manager will own the full Chapter Leader (CL) recruitment and onboarding pipeline for the West coast:

• Proactively recruit and screen Chapter Leader candidates in priority states and geographies, including through coalition partnerships and relationship-building with particular focus on BIPOC communities in California
• Vet incoming Chapter Leader applicants; manage acceptance, rejection, and follow-up communications in a timely and relationship-centered way
• Send and track onboarding decks, Chapter Leader agreements, and onboarding materials; follow up with new CLs to ensure completion
• Maintain up-to-date Chapter Leader lists and records in EveryAction; conduct regular audits to ensure accuracy
• Develop and refine onboarding materials, CL guides, and application processes to reflect evolving organizational priorities

Chapter Leader Management & Member Communications

The West Coast Organizing Manager is the primary point of contact for MAMA’s Chapter Leaders and a key driver of member engagement:

• Respond to Chapter Leader emails and Slack messages; manage inquiries, troubleshoot challenges, and provide timely follow-up on outstanding items
• Conduct regular 1:1 check-ins (“deep dives”) with Chapter Leaders to assess engagement, surface needs, and identify opportunities for deepening involvement
• Support Chapter Leaders in designing and executing local actions, education events, and community campaigns
• Prepare chapter announcements and support newsletter content related to chapter activity and community updates
• Connect Chapter Leaders to one another and to relevant resources, training, and campaign opportunities within MAMA’s network

BIPOC & California Community Engagement

As the lead implementer this initiative, the West Coast Organizing Manager will:

• Build and maintain partnerships with priority multicultural California-based Latine, Black, and Indigenous organizations, such as UnidosUS California affiliates, MALDEF, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Latino Community Foundation, PICO California/Faith in Action, California Native Vote Project, and Families In Schools; and with tech policy partners like Scott Foundation and NAACP, Latine Ad-hoc committee, Tech Equity Collaborative, and others
• Facilitate culturally grounded community workshops in English and Spanish at trusted community institutions
• Adapt MAMA’s existing curriculum on social media addiction, AI chatbot risks, and algorithmic harm for Latine and BIPOC community contexts, in collaboration with community advisors
• Mobilize BIPOC parents to take direct civic action and join organized campaigns aligned with California’s tech accountability agenda
• Represent MAMA in coalition spaces, community events, and stakeholder relationships that support MAMA’s organizing and campaign goals in California

Campaigns & Field Organizing

• Serve as a field-level campaigner, helping design and execute legislative, cultural, and education-focused campaigns at both the local and national level
• Surface campaign opportunities to the National Organizing Director – identifying moments, coalitions, or local conditions that MAMA should act on
• Support Chapter Leaders in executing local campaign actions tied to MAMA’s national strategy

Systems, Tracking & Organizational Health

The West Coast Organizing Manager will maintain the operational infrastructure that keeps MAMA’s chapter network functioning:

• Use EveryAction and Mobilize to track relationships, engagement, and organizing activity; maintain clean and current data
• Manage Asana project boards and internal tracking systems to ensure accuracy and visibility for the broader team
• Contribute to MAMA’s internal reporting cadence with clear, consistent data on member engagement, chapter activity, and campaign progress
• Surface field intelligence to the National Organizing Director – what Chapter Leaders and members are experiencing, asking for, and responding to

What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)

• Build meaningful relationships with existing Chapter Leaders, primarily in California and West coast, deepening their engagement and investment in MAMA’s mission
• Identify and recruit new Chapter Leaders with a priority focus on California and BIPOC communities through proactive outreach and relationship-building
• Establish at least 3 new California-based BIPOC Chapter Leaders and forge partnerships with priority Latine and BIPOC organizations statewide
• Mobilize at least 200 BIPOC parents to take direct civic action on California tech accountability legislation
• Design and facilitate at least two culturally-adapted community workshops at trusted institutions such as faith communities, cultural centers, tribal organizations, and schools
• Help design and execute MAMA’s first organized membership activation campaigns, including local anchor actions and national moments
• Sustain and strengthen core Chapter Leader communications, vetting, onboarding, and management functions

Requirements

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in grassroots organizing, field organizing, membership engagement, or issue campaigning
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) with written and spoken fluency required
• Experience building deep partnerships within Latine, Black and/or Indigenous communities
• Experience moving volunteers or members to action in a distributed or remote environment
• Demonstrated proactive organizing capability with the ability to initiate and lead community outreach independently
• Experience integrating digital and in-person organizing strategies
• Energized by early-stage work, you find ambiguity is an invitation to build
• Experience supporting or developing volunteer leaders and chapter-based networks
• Understand the difference between managing vs organizing
• Campaigner at heart; you spot opportunity, you move on it, and you bring people with you
• Fluency with data, and experience leveraging data to drive decision-making and planning
• Care deeply about kids, families, and MAMA’s mission

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with EveryAction, Mobilize, Asana, or comparable CRM and organizing platforms
• Experience working in high-growth or early-stage organizations where infrastructure is still being built
• Background in issue advocacy, coalition work, or multi-stakeholder campaigns, particularly in California
• Experience facilitating workshops or trainings in community settings
• Knowledge of tech accountability and California’s legislative landscape