Top-tier challenger race in Virginia DCCC Battlefield District seeks an experienced and savvy Organizing Director to design, implement and lead our volunteer recruitment and voter contact programs. The OD will be committed to the power of grassroots organizing and open to challenging the norms of what traditional field programs should look like.
This position is an excellent opportunity to spend 2020 working in one of the most competitive challenger districts in the country.
Resumes will be accepted on a rolling basis. Start date of January 1st is preferred.
Core responsibilities include:
-Designing our overall primary field strategy, starting with a ballot access plan
-Establishing daily, weekly, and monthly goals for volunteer recruitment and voter contact benchmarks
-Supporting our Campaign Manager in identifying and hiring staff for our field program
-Helping our field organizers and volunteer leaders be accountable to our metrics and goals
-Developing and implementing field trainings for staff and volunteers
-Engineering our distributed organizing program, including:
Matching volunteers' skill sets with campaign needs
Writing content and call to action plans
Circulating campaign updates and rapid response talking points
Managing remote volunteer leaders and teams making phone calls and knocking doors
-Coordinating with our Political Director to plan and execute grassroots and large-scale field events
-Looking for opportunities to participate in cross-department collaboration with our fundraising and political shops
-Cultivating and maintaining relationships with activists around the district
Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities:
-At least 2+ cycles of organizing experience
-A hands-on approach to their organizing program. From putting together walk-packets to
developing high-impact and innovative community outreach strategies, the OD should have a
"no job is too small" mentality
-Be an expert in the latest field-related technologies and techniques
-Ability to work under pressure and meet critical deadlines while also fostering a cooperative,
team-oriented work environment
-Care deeply about delivering high-quality work products with a problem-solver mentality
-Want to make big contributions to a high-performing team
-Be comfortable working campaign hours
-Willingness to travel around the district as needed
-Extensive knowledge of VAN/VoteBuilder as well as Google Sheets/Excel
-Valid Driver's License and/or access to reliable transportation
If interested please email your resume to virginiachallengerrace@gmail.com. Please include a few sentences about yourself.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Healthcare, mileage reimbursement and short-term supporter housing included.
Our campaign is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply.
Jobsthatareleft is a listserv run by Democratic GAIN. Membership dues keep us going. Please consider becoming a full member of Democratic GAIN by checking your membership status at https://www.democraticgain.org/members/membership.asp .
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GAIN Jobs via JobsthatareLEFT" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jobsthatareleft+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jobsthatareleft/3cc43177-441d-4980-b378-2ce2c2462b6f%40googlegroups.com.