Director of Community Organizing

Evitable • Full-time • San Francisco, California, United States • $140k - $175k / year • 20h ago

Evitable's founder has spent years convincing experts to take AI risk seriously. Evitable’s role is to bring this work to a broader audience: sounding the alarm, loudly and publicly, by building a movement ready to take action. Your job is to turn public concern into actionable, organized power.

This is a senior role requiring an ability to build out a program from the ground up. You’ll build the movement to transform the concerned public into an organized and mobilized base. You will set our movement building strategy and build the team that scales it.

In this role, you will work closely with the Communications Director. Comms will get the public's attention - your role will be to activate it.

Priority Deadline for this role is October 14th.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and own the movement strategy, in collaboration with the ED and Comms Director.
Drive grass-roots movement growth, including awareness, buy-in, and activation around Evitable’s core messages: the urgent need to stop AI in order to reduce societal-scale risks to acceptable levels.
Recruit, train, and develop a cohort of volunteer leaders who can take on organizing responsibilities.
Build and manage relationships with coalition partners, allied organizations, and potential supporters.
Work with Communications staff and contractors to test and refine audience-specific framings
Design and run collective actions and public-facing campaigns, coordinating closely with Communications and external partners on messaging and timing.
Establish a regular cadence of supporter engagement and track progress across the supporter base, distinguishing between AI safety community uptake and mainstream public uptake.
Produce assessments of what is working, what is not, and what capacity is needed to scale.
Hire, manage and grow a team of organizers as the program scales.

What We Are Looking For

Essential

Significant experience in grassroots movement building, campaign organizing, or advocacy. You will already be at a senior level, or looking to make a step up
Direct experience building a movement, campaign, or organizing program from an early stage, not just managing an existing one. Someone who has been the first or second organizer at a growing campaign is ideal.
Demonstrated ability to build partnerships and coalitions to expand reach
A track record of recruiting, training, and developing volunteer programs
Experience running collective actions, public campaigns, or advocacy drives with measurable outcomes
Comfort operating in early-stage environments
Self-directed and proactive leader
Alignment with Evitable's mission

Preferred

Experience in community, advocacy or campaign organizing at scale
Understanding of the AI risk and governance landscape

Compensation and Benefits

$140,000 - $175,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, a 2% 401(k) match, and unlimited paid time off in addition to federal holidays. This is a full-time, in-person role based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

The hiring process is not fixed but includes:

1. Initial Application. Submit your resume/CV and the application form. We review every application against a consistent rubric.
2. Working Interview (~1 hour, unpaid). Rather than a traditional interview, we ask you to complete a short practical exercise that reflects the day-to-day work of the role. It gives us a clear picture of how you think and work, and a realistic sense of what the job looks like.
3. Short Interview (~30 min). A relaxed conversation about your motivation and fit, plus anything we want to explore from your working interview.
4. Paid Work Test. A deeper, scoped task based on real Evitable work, paid for your time and assessed against a consistent rubric.
5. On-Site Interview. You will meet the team and key stakeholders in structured conversations tied to the role and our values.
6. Reference Checks. We speak with two professional references, with questions tailored to the role and your background, before any offer.