Deputy State Director - WI
Position Title: Deputy State Director - WI
Job Location: Madison, WI
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Salary Range: $81 – 100k/per year
Travel %: Up to 25%
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
Openings: 1
About For Our Future
Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and racial and social justice. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people's lives.
In 2018, we made over 10 million door knocks and held 1.5 million face-to-face conversations with voters in 7 states. Our turnout operation and innovative program helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians, expand Medicaid coverage to 400,000 in Virginia, and resulted in sizable electoral progress at the state and federal level, including the pickup of 3 Governor mansions, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.
For Our Future will continue to grow and win through 2020, building power across issue fights and elections. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our current state programs include Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Job Summary
For Our Future Wisconsin seeks a full-time Deputy State Director to assist the State Director with day-to-day activities to build and manage the organization. The Deputy State Director will be responsible for helping with the development and execution of organizing strategic statewide issue advocacy and electoral programs around our core issue areas. They will also manage statewide organizational staff and programs run through partner organizations and assess the progress and achievement of program deliverables. The Deputy State Director will report directly to the State Director, and this is a full-time position through at least November 6, 2020.
For Our Future Wisconsin is a statewide coalition organization that builds progressive power through voter engagement and organizing within communities around key issues and candidates. We uplift the voices of the community and work to strengthen public education, advance social and racial justice, preserve our environment, and fight for working families. Our commitment to advancing progressive causes extends to the ballot box, and we work hard every election to elect candidates who share our values.
Essential Functions
● Works collaboratively with the State Director in leading a results-driven statewide team of field, digital, communications, and organizing professionals.
● Supports the Field, Data, and Training teams to effectively plan and implement 2020 strategic plans while meeting departmental and professional development goals.
● Assists with the management of senior staff.
● Supports our work at partner tables to build robust and effective strategies that work toward issue advocacy and electoral success in 2020.
● Aids in the development of robust programming designed to provide expertise and resources to partners to engage our broad constituency of impacted communities, and win progressive victories.
● Assists the 2020 Field program with monitoring metrics within each assigned region.
● Implements rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with metrics.
● Evaluates the impact of all in-state For Our Future programs, and ensures innovation as necessary, to guarantee success.
● Assists in maintaining the relationships with partnering organizations, policymakers, opinion leaders, funding partners, and other community leaders.
● Works directly with grantee organizations to help them implement programs and build rigorous systems to monitor internal metrics and measure the impact of their work.
● Works with senior staff to ensure that internal HR and Operations systems are in place that meet the highest standards of professionalism and rigor.
● Performs other duties and responsibilities as designated by the State Director.
Supervisory Responsibilities
● This position includes supervisory responsibilities.
Skills and Qualifications
● 6-10 years' experience in electoral and/or non-profit work.
● At least 3 cycles of competitive field experience.
● Strong knowledge of Vote builder/VAN.
● Experience in coalition building and leadership, preferably with labor partners.
● Strong knowledge of Microsoft office suite, basic computer literacy, and database skills.
● Strong coaching skills and abilities.
● Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to successfully relate to voters and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds.
● Experience with digital and/or virtual organizing.
● Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects.
● Superior managerial skills.
● Ability to lead both independently and collaborate effectively.
● Superior verbal and written communication skills.
● Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Work Environment
● Office environments vary, but a Deputy State Director should expect to work in an open office setting, among colleagues and direct reports.
Expected Hours of work
● Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, and nights.
● Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively unless it's an emergency.
Benefits
For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
▪ Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid, and 5% employee paid.
▪ Paid maternity leave.
▪ Paid paternity leave.
▪ Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%.
▪ $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement.
▪ 13 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as "employment at will." This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing "employment at will" relationship. By signing below, you hereby affirm your that your employment is "at will", and that you acknowledge that no oral or written statements or representations regarding your employment can alter your "at will" status, except for a written statement signed by you and our Chief Executive Officer or duly authorized representative as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors of For Our Future Action Fund.
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