genCLEO Youth Organizing Manager

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:

• 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 development.

• Oversee campus operations, including maintaining Registered Student Organization (RSO) status and ensuring chapters have the tools and materials needed for outreach (e.g., tabling supplies and promotional materials).

• Ensure that each genCLEO chapter inputs contact data weekly into EveryAction via bulk uploads. Includes managing the transcription of petitions and paper-based data into a voter database.
• Ensure campus/community tabling and engagement is recorded by each genCLEO chapter into Google Forms weekly.
• Ensure each genCLEO chapter team is properly trained and using Mobilize to advertise and recruit for their events.
• Create various scripts, forms, lists, and activist codes in EveryAction or Voter Action Network (VAN) to accurately track each genCLEO chapter’s engagement and actions taken by CLEO supporters.

• Keeping track of metrics and keeping organizers accountable to deliverables, such as attendance at monthly genCLEO meetings, completed volunteer shifts, and media mentions.

• Work with the Digital Communications Associate Manager to create a digital strategy and provide oversight for social media accounts and email newsletters for all genCLEO chapters.

Important Notes:

• All employees must sign the CLEO Institute Employee Handbook and CLEO's Code of Ethics and Conduct and abide by the terms and conditions outlined in those documents.

• CLEO observes a 3-month probation period for all staff members, including contractors, to evaluate performance and capability in this new role.

ABOUT THE CLEO INSTITUTE

The CLEO Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization exclusively dedicated to climate change education, engagement, and advocacy. Founded in 2010 in Miami, Florida, we work with front-line communities and their leaders to build climate literacy. We highlight the urgency of climate action and impact policy while championing solutions for a resilient future.

The CLEO Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and intersectional individuals are encouraged to apply.