The Associate Director of Network Development is part of the Global Movement Support Directorate, in the Campaigns and Organising Department.

This role will focus on supporting the quality of one of 350.org’s key tactics in our theory of change, our belief in the power of growing the climate movement through collaborating with and connecting local groups and affiliates. We centre equity in our approach to this work by supporting efforts of growing leadership, building power and taking action with the communities hit hardest by climate and other, connected crises.

Success in the role would look like: Strong and strategic development of local groups and affiliates* within 350, through: Powerful, trusting relationships and spaces that drive shared growth plans with learning and vision within the local groups and affiliates; identifying strategic opportunities for movement generosity and support for local groups and affiliates; development of new strategic growth plans, particularly with most effective local groups and beyond existing list of affiliates; contributing to strategic alignment between global and regional departments and local groups/affiliates on priority projects across the organisation.

The role will collaborate closely across the organisation to achieve these successes, particularly with: regional team Leads/Directors and organisers; global campaigns and communications staff; and Development and Fundraising teams.

*By “local group” we mean a local organising/campaigning group that 350 staff regularly interact with as part of our global network, such as a 350 Group, Fossil Free Group, Student Led Local Group, Community-Based Org, or a Partner or Alliance/Network that is viewed as a local group. In this context, ‘local’ means that the group is rooted in a geographic place.

Affiliates refer to national or state/province-level groups that are registered organisations with their own staff and budget.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead on the development of an internal strategy and guidance to support our local groups and affiliates.
• Support the development of healthy functioning / information sharing of the local groups/ affiliates network across the network and the organisation.
• Support local groups and affiliates with strategic guidance.
• Coach and build alignment with regions and regional leads in their local groups / affiliates strategy.
• Contribute to building shared vision within the movement behind priority campaigns and building joint major organising and mobilising moments.
• Work with digital and regional colleagues to develop culture and practices for consistent tracking of local groups / affiliate relationships.
• Lead on the allocation and management oversight of budgets that support the long term growth and development of our locals groups/ affiliates (especially funds available for major cross-organisational campaigns and organising projects).
• Facilitate 350-led partners spaces, working to build a more just climate movement with more leadership by most impacted communities.
• Work closely with other Departments across the organisation to ensure local groups/affiliates work is reflected into other teams work (eg. campaigns, comms).
• Work closely with the Development team, Executive Team and Executive Director on fundraising and relationship management related to and resulting from our local groups/affiliates work.
• Contributing to the Movement Support Team’s work on security for local groups, activists, and affiliates we mobilize and organise with.
• Contributes to the development of the joint Movement Support Directorate’s strategy.