Director, Community Mobility Rituals - Equiticity - Chicago

Director, Community Mobility Rituals

Job Title: Director, Community Mobility Rituals
Report To: Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO
Job Type: Full-time, salaried with competitive benefits
Location: Remote and Chicago- various locations
Total Compensation: $75,000 annual salary with competitive benefits
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 5, 2022
Email Cover Letter and Resume To: careers@equiticity.org
Important submission instructions: Include in the subject line: “Director of CMRs”

About the Position: 
Equiticity is looking for a dynamic individual to serve as Director of Community Mobility Rituals (CMRs). This position will be responsible for defining and codifying our vision, mission, and impact of our work on executing CMRs. The position will also be responsible for envisioning, planning, implementing, and evaluating our CMRs. The position will manage partnerships with community based organizations, businesses, and government agencies. This position will train and manage our Squad Ride Management Team.

This position will implement the following five types of CMRs, with varying levels of frequency:

• Friday Night Ride Series
• Neighborhood Walking Tours 
• Public Transit Excursions
• Scooter Rolls
• Open Street Festivals

Equiticity’s definition of CMRs includes these 7 common elements:

• scheduled with rhythmic frequency
• place priority on socialization
• focus on racialized healing
• reduced barriers to participation
• natural development of shared customs
• active disruption of the status quo
• hyperlocal collective ownership of "our" space. 

Duties include:

• This position will manage staff, contractors, and volunteers who are leading and/or participating in elements of the CMRs planning process.
• This position will create a comprehensive, compelling, and unifying vision for our CMRs in Chicago and across the US.
• This position will be responsible for defining and codifying our vision, mission, and impact of our work on executing CMRs. 
• This position will also be responsible for envisioning, planning, implementing, and evaluating our CMRs. 
• This position will manage partnerships with community based organizations, businesses, and government agencies. 
• This position will train and manage our Squad Ride Management Team.
• This position will implement a comprehensive marketing and communication strategy.
• This position will implement a formal, detailed, and well documented process for envisioning, planning, implementing, and evaluating our CMRs.
• This position will maintain an existing CMRs budget document and follow responsible fiscal management protocols.

Qualifications and necessary experience:

• Experienced manager with significant experience managing staff, contractors, and volunteers.
• Strong written/verbal planning and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and mobility justice, a passion for our mission, and a record of accountability to racially marginalized communities.
• Knowledge of or connection to mobility justice in predominantly Black and/or Brown communities here in Chicago.
• Knowledge and experience with executing a comprehensive marketing strategy, both at the hyperlocal and citywide levels, including online, social media, community partnerships, and media/press engagement.
• Experience managing time effectively and multi-tasking.
• Exhibits professional flexibility and resilience.
• Ability to work in a remote environment with a high degree of autonomy and self-motivation.
• Comfortable collaborating with a coalition of community based organizations.

Total Compensation: $75,000 annual salary with competitive benefits
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 5, 2022
Email Cover Letter and Resume To: careers@equiticity.org
Important submission instructions: Include in the subject line: “Director of CMRs”