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POSITION: Full-time, genCLEO Youth Organizing Manager – Exempt Employee
Location: Hybrid, Miami
The CLEO Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization exclusively dedicated to climate change education, engagement, and advocacy. The role of genCLEO Organizing Manager is multifold, with responsibilities focused around managing and scaling-up our college chapter programs, genCLEO. Keys to success in the genCLEO Chapter Management role include clear communication up and down the org chart, close attention to detail when tracking data, and the ability to motivate and lead teams. This position reports directly to the genCLEO Co-Executive Leaders. Some nights/weekends will likely be needed, and occasional travel across Florida.
Key responsibilities of the genCLEO Organizing Manager include:
Directly managing a 15 to 25-person team of part-time student organizers and holding college chapter teams accountable for event and voter outreach goals.
Working alongside genCLEO’s Co-Executive Leaders to launch new college chapters across the Southeast.
Work with CLEO’s leadership team to ensure the genCLEO team is plugged into organizational priorities, such as offering youth engagement opportunities around policy efforts (like Florida’s legislative session or local utility accountability campaigns) and fundraising efforts (like Give Miami Day or CLEO’s annual 5k race).
More About genCLEO:
genCLEO stands for Generation CLEO and is a youth-led project of The CLEO Institute (CLEO) that equips high school and college-age youth with the knowledge, leadership skills, and confidence to advance equitable climate solutions. genCLEO holds over 9,000 student members across 13 college and university chapters and counting.
genCLEO is in an exciting transition moment, with a new fiscal sponsorship status and plans for a multi-state expansion, as well as a growing team. We aim to grow from 13 chapters today to 19 chapters by the end of 2026, with a goal to expand nationwide to 50 chapters by 2030.
Our framework aims to clearly outline the stages of leadership growth and ultimately help members progress up the ladder of engagement:
Lead Organizer: Usually works 15-20 hours a week, manages a genCLEO Campus Chapter, helps build and execute the campus/campaign plan, and continues to grow the membership and volunteer base. Most or all college chapters get a Lead Organizer.
Organizer: Works 10-15 hours a week and manages the genCLEO Campus Chapter and the growth of the membership and volunteer base. Our largest chapters can have one or two organizers who report to the Lead Organizer.
Stipend and Volunteer Interns: Works 3-10 hours a week for the genCLEO chapter
Lead Volunteer: Attends 2-3 events a semester and coordinates a piece of them, sets items up, trains volunteers and members, etc.
Volunteer: Attends one event and assists with tabling, collecting petitions, etc.
Member: Signs up to become a genCLEO member, signs a petition, and/or Climate Voter card, etc.
Responsibilities:
Manage a team of Lead Organizers and Interns (70%)
Lead the growth and expansion of genCLEO by both growing membership and strengthening engagement at existing college chapters, and launching new chapters across colleges and universities in the Southeast.
Directly manage and support the part-time youth-led genCLEO chapter organizers, including Lead Organizers and stipend-supported interns. Includes recruiting, hiring, training, and managing 15 to 25 part-time Lead Organizers, and ensuring chapters are fully staffed with organizers, interns, and volunteers.
Conduct regular one-on-one and regional meetings with Lead Organizers to support performance, accountability, and progress toward statewide and campus goals.
Develop and deliver trainings for organizers and interns on core skills, including data management, coalition building, campus engagement, campaign planning, and public communication.
Support Lead Organizers and interns in developing and executing strategic campus plans, including student recruitment, event planning, coalition-building, and volunteer engagement. Includes mentoring chapter leaders on building diverse, effective campus coalitions and sustaining strong relationships with university staff and partners.
Coordinate and support major programs and events, including advocacy days, election-related education and outreach efforts, trainings, and Earth Advocacy Day recruitment.
Travel to college campuses (typically at least once per semester) to support on-the-ground organizing, events, and chapter