leadership as needed around ICIRR’s campaigns and activities including coalition wide event
planning with members, organizing strategies around individual deportation cases and other issues
we engage in with external partners. Like all of our staff, the role will be ultimately accountable to
our member organizations, Action Council and Board of Directors.
Note: ICIRR operates within a hybrid in-person/remote structure. The Movement Building Director
would be expected to be at the ICIRR downtown Chicago office a minimum of one-day-per-week
and would be working remotely the remainder of the week.
Specific Responsibilities:
The Movement Building Director will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Develop and build out ICIRR’s emerging “Organizing Institute” which provides training,
professional development, coaching and capacity building for ICIRR membership
- Build out an “organizing fellowship” program to provide comprehensive professional
development, planning, and strategy support for emerging organizer fellows
- Work in close collaboration with ICIRR’s Senior Organizing Director, Political Director,
Communications Director and Policy team to provide support around ICIRR’s state, local and federal
campaigns. Specifically assist in the development and execution of campaign strategy, organizing
events, supporting within partner tables as needed, and more.
- Work closely with ICIRR’s Family Support Network (FSN) Coordinator to ensure that FSN
hotline cases are integrated into ICIRR’s campaigns and/or leadership development efforts led by
our membership
- Provide support for ICIRR’s yearly platform engagement efforts to engage our members
around our campaign priorities on a yearly basis
- Actively build relationships with ICIRR’s Action Council (AC) members and other partners
and members who are engaged within ICIRR’s organizing and advocacy efforts as part of our
collective base building efforts, and bring new institutional members into ICIRR’s formal
membership structure
- Help execute Springfield legislative strategy including supporting the execution of legislative
advocacy in district and in Springfield, electoral organizing activities through ICIRR’s Immigrant
Voter empowerment program known as Democracy Project
- Support in the creation of leadership development opportunities for directly impacted
leaders from ICIRR’s membership throughout all of ICIRR’s organizing activities
- Support, initiate and drive organization-wide initiatives in partnership with the organizing
team and the organization as a whole.
- Provide support to engage the ICIRR Action Council (AC) around campaign updates and
other AC related issues
- Provide strategic guidance and support to ICIRR’s growing organizing team
- Represent ICIRR as needed in external organizing tables
- Maintain working knowledge of the entire range of issue areas addressed by ICIRR.