About the Organizing Director
Working Families Party is searching for a Rhode Island Organizing Director who will build our grassroots base and organizing operation in Rhode Island in support of our legislative, policy & electoral campaigns. The Organizing Director will build a program to recruit and support members and volunteer leaders to advance the values of working people. The Organizing Director will also collaborate in the development of the strategy and tactics for elections and campaigns working closely with allies, coalition partners, candidates, elected officials and WFP staff.
This position is supervised by the RI State Director and includes local and national professional development opportunities in management, organizing, communications, electoral campaigns, issue campaigns and fundraising. To apply, visit our website.
Primary Responsibilities
Create, plan, and lead program to engage individual activists in WFP in RI
Manage member development and political education opportunities for activists
Grow the base of support of our issue and electoral priorities
Organize opportunities for grassroots engagement on issue campaigns and in movement building work
Learn, implement and manage WFP digital and distributive organizing tools to compliment on the ground work
Build durable relationships with key leaders of allied organizations to ensure alignment around campaign goals and tactics
Collaborate on the development and facilitation of diverse and powerful coalitions working on legislative campaigns
Manage campaign organizers (the number of these varies but will likely be one for most of 2020), including weekly check ins, goal setting, and professional development planning
Oversee internship program to engage students in our campaigns and develop their skills
Work with partners to manage joint volunteer activities/actions
Conduct outreach to low-wage workers, faith and community leaders, small business owners, and allied advocates to get them to become spokespeople for our campaigns
Participate in the development of compelling narratives around our campaigns and ensure all actions and messaging reinforce our brand and values
Participate in fundraising, including managing some low-dollar events, like House Parties
Support State Committee and State Director with research, logistics, and the creation of various materials
Manage contact lists and maintain up to date records in our database
Generate and share digital content
Work closely with any paid or volunteer canvass to train and prepare them for the field
Requirements
- Four to five years relevant experience, preferred
A passion and commitment to social, economic, and racial justice
Demonstrated ability to create and manage organizing campaigns
Ability to communicate compellingly about WFP's work and inspire others to action
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Drive and tenacity to advance our mission and values
Ability to work independently
Attention to detail and the ability to manage the technical aspects of a project such as logistics, paperwork, deadlines, etc.
Ability to work effectively with strong personalities, peers, public officials, and allies
Driver's license, reliable transportation, and willingness for regular in-state travel
Familiarity with Rhode Island politics preferred
Fluency in Spanish a plus
To apply, visit our website. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.
Compensation
Salary range for this position is $44,000 - $60,000 depending on experience. A competitive benefits package includes health, dental, vision, and life insurance and matching contributions into a 401(k) retirement plan, plus paid holidays, vacation, and sick time. Opportunities for advancement, travel, and additional training are available.
About Working Families Party
The Rhode Island Working Families Party is becoming a powerful political force that can make the needs of working families the priority of our government. We work to elect candidates committed to economic, racial, social, and environmental justice and hold elected officials accountable to these core values. We use the power we generate through our electoral and organizing work to win tangible victories that make a real difference for working families.
In Rhode Island, we aren't an official or third party, but we seek to fulfill some of the core functions the major parties have abandoned — articulating a clear, bold set of values, making clear to voters which candidates are advancing those values, providing a political home for motivated activists, and finding, training, recruiting, and supporting candidates who champion those values.
WFP is still relatively new to Rhode Island, but our model is already making powerful change and advancing working families priorities. In 2016, we won six new seats for progressive legislators — including defeating four conservative Democratic incumbents. Using this momentum, in 2017 we fought for and won a statewide paid sick days law that will give 100,000 Rhode Islanders earned sick days. In 2018, we fended off conservative challengers and won even more seats for progressives, women, and people of color. And that is just the beginning. We are currently engaged in fighting for a $15 an hour minimum wage and meaningful fair pay law for women and people of color.
What We Believe
Rhode Island Working Families Party believes in economic justice, including wages that ensure a decent standard of living, strong basic working standards, robust unions, leveling the playing field between the rich and the poor, a progressive tax system, and strong public services.
Rhode Island Working Families Party believes in social and racial justice, fighting for women, people of color, LGBT individuals, and immigrants. We are committed to tackling the systems and structures in our state that have perpetuated oppression, including protecting reproductive choice, remaking the criminal justice system, and protecting immigrant members of our communities.
Rhode Island Working Families Party believes in environmental justice and taking bold action to address climate change, including expanding renewable energy, protecting natural resources, and protecting the health and safety of the communities who have suffered the most from fossil fuels.
Working Families is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us to request such an accommodation.
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