You must be based in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the South Pacific for this remote position.
Keep your regular job, but earn a bit on the side a few hours a week while helping to support movements for justice.
Are you connected to people-powered movement work in your country? Are you a good organizer who likes to connect with people?
Or perhaps you have deep experience and interest in occasional teaching or consults related to issue campaigns or union organizing?
There are two different roles we're looking for most immediately:
Strong preference for people of color. Must be fluent in English.
Priority countries: All of Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe. If your country is not listed here and you want to help, reach out.
Social Movement Technologies’ mission is to provide organizing strategy, training and campaign support to build progressive power and win in the digital age. We're an NGO, driven 100% to meet movement needs.
SMT has trained staff from over 2200 groups and unions over its first six years, and worked with several dozen groups on campaigns more in-depth.
SMT is now playing a lead role in offering the in-depth digital campaign training that organizers, communications, fundraising and director-level staff need in the digital age. Our goal is to expand access by driving down the cost of this training and providing excellent online learning experiences to dramatically deepen digital organizing proficiency in people-powered groups working for system change. Our focus is on using digital campaigning to amplify in-person action, broaden support, activate supporters, and pressure targets. Our bias is towards meeting the needs of small to medium-size groups.
How to apply: Please enter your country and area of expertise in the subject line. let us know where you heard about the position. Tell us about your relevant experience and provide links to samples of your online campaign work if you are applying to join the instructor team.
This app only allows one document upload, so if you are including your campaign work or other documents, please include a link to the folder at the bottom of your cover letter. Include a link to your LinkedIn profile if you have one. Please indicate the minimum hourly rate you need. Although your hourly rate or stipend if hired will be consistent with our internal pay levels based on experience and type of work, we ask for this to avoid wasting time in case your minimum required pay is out of SMT’s range. We regret that we will not be able to acknowledge all applications in a personal way. We greatly appreciate that time and care is invested in each application.
Social Movement Technologies is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer. SMT does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. We believe that a diverse staff enables us to better understand and serve our members, audience and community. Women, people of color, and members of low-income, disadvantaged, and LGBTQ+ communities are strongly encouraged to apply.