Community Organizer (Full-Time)

Job Listing: Full-Time Community Organizer

Provisional Starting Date: Between June-July 2026

SCADP seeks a Community Organizer who will grow, mobilize, and manage our members and supporters to spread awareness and foster public support for ending the death penalty. An ideal candidate will creatively and effectively educate community members about the flaws and misinformation of the death penalty by convening meetings, events, protests, vigils, and more. The organizer will also help oversee some communications work, including digital outreach via social media channels. Special projects may be assigned to the community organizer to assist the Executive Director and Board in developing and implementing strategy.

A successful community organizer will be able to develop relationships across multiple identities and backgrounds, is committed to working to end systemic biases and prejudices within the criminal legal system, especially as related to ending the death penalty, and will foster grassroots power in communities impacted by the unjust application of the death penalty to help realize a more equitable criminal justice system and the end of the death penalty in South Carolina.

About SCADP:

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (SCADP) works to abolish the death penalty and catalyze criminal justice reform in South Carolina. Our work centers on four action steps: 1) Rehumanize those on death row or facing capital litigation; 2) Mobilize communities through education about South Carolina’s death penalty history; 3) Advocate with power-holders for abolition and reinvestment in alternatives; 4) Restore system-impacted individuals, including murder victim family members, death row family members, corrections officers, etc. by connecting them to services and storytelling opportunities. SCADP's work is grounded in the conviction that every human life has inherent dignity, and that our justice system must reflect that truth. Our core values of Shared Humanity, Social and Racial Justice, and Restorative Justice, guide our advocacy, shape how we engage our communities, and inform how we operate as an organization. Together, they represent our vision of a more humane and just South Carolina.

Compensation:

• $60,000-65,000/ year; $400 stipend for healthcare per month
• Twelve (12) paid holidays per year
• Annual Leave
• Ten (10) paid vacation days each calendar year. Beginning January 1st, after the first full year (12 months) of full-time employment, full-time team members will accrue two (2) additional paid vacation days each January per full year of employment, up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) paid vacation days per year
• Seven (7) sick days each year. Additional sick days are unpaid, and unused sick days accrue and carry over to the following year up to five (5) days

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Educating community members, community leaders and elected officials about the need for South Carolina to end the death penalty, with a special emphasis on outreach to directly impacted communities.
• Hosting, coordinating and convening events, meetings and outreach efforts across South Carolina (specifically the Midlands and/or the Lowcountry).
• Working with the Executive Director to implement, manage, and track the volunteering program.
• Connect with impacted community members to educate, engage and urge them to support an end to the death penalty.
• Recruit, mentor and develop local individual, political and organizational leaders as possible participants, representatives and spokespersons for SCADP.
• Co-Facilitate the SC Justice Partners Coalition with the Executive Director
• Data entry and some database management.
• Create and share social media content about the death penalty on SCADP’s platforms
• Submit reports summarizing Community Organizing efforts to the Executive Director, as needed.
• This position involves travel around South Carolina to attend community events, connect with community members and various other tasks, as needed.
• This position requires that candidates are comfortable spending extended periods of time outside to conduct community outreach and events.
• Performing necessary administrative duties, including correspondences with members and volunteers via email, phone, social media, etc.
• This role will require willingness to occasionally work on weeknights and weekends.

Preferred Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications:

• Passion for speaking truth to power - strong interpersonal skills and problem solving skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment related to controversial and/or culturally sensitive subjects. Handle confrontational situations with tact and poise.
• Ability to cultivate relationships and deliver compelling call-to-action campaigns to stakeholders in the current economic climate.
• Demonstrated ability or experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, spiritual and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt to a diverse array of communities, groups and settings.
• Ability to motivate and manage small teams of people.
• Self motivation and the ability to work well collaboratively.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to identify, recognize, diagnose, analyze and reflect on patterns and trends.
• Ability to learn new software quickly.
• Comfortable making quick decisions.

Prior knowledge of grassroots organizing principles, issue advocacy, South Carolina politics and criminal legal system reform is preferred, but NOT REQUIRED.

Fluency in additional languages, especially Spanish, is desirable, but is NOT REQUIRED.

This job does not require an undergraduate degree. Training and/or experience in community organizing is preferred, but NOT REQUIRED.

How to Apply:

Please send the following to Hillary Taylor, Executive Director at info@scadp.org using the subject line: SCADP Community Organizer:

• A resume
• A cover letter (1-page or less)
• 3 references (including Name, Position, Company, Address, Phone, Email; two references must be from former supervisors)

Please do not use AI to compose your cover letter and/or writing sample.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

SCADP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to:

• Actively recruiting candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with personal or family experience with the criminal legal system.
• Evaluating all applicants on the basis of their qualifications, skills, and demonstrated commitment to our mission, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or socioeconomic background.
• Creating compensation, promotion, and professional development practices that are transparent and equitable.
• Maintaining a workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
• Providing reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.

Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Columbia, SC 29201