Position Title: Deputy Field Director
Level: First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Job Location: Pennsylvania
Position Type: Full-Time/Exempt
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Salary Range: $68,000 salary/year
Travel %: Up to 50%
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
Number of 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 Pennsylvania seeks a Deputy Field Director to execute the statewide field plan, chiefly by supervising the day-to-day operations of the canvasser team and program, voter contact organizer team and program, Regional Field Directors and Senior Organizers. The Deputy Field Director will also design, build and manage a robust state-driven training program. This program will include leadership development, organizational management, and a curriculum to share best practices for high-quality, data-driven field and communications programs. Additional responsibilities include, establishing systems to assess and report on the success of each training program at every level and in every region. The Deputy Field Director reports to the Field Director.
This is a full-time position through at least November 6, 2020.
For Our Future Pennsylvania 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 support candidates who share our values.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
● Assisting with management of a statewide team of Regional Directors, Organizers, and Canvassers/Phonebankers.
● Setting daily priorities and assigning goals, metrics, and tasks.
● Ensuring that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
● Ensuring that accurate and timely reports are submitted for each region.
● Monitoring metrics within each assigned region, including knocks/calls per shifts, flake rate, completion rate, and confirmation rate.
● Implementing rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with field metrics.
● Championing relationship-based and paid canvass approaches to organizing.
● Coaching field staff through the challenges of implementing a statewide volunteer-based voter contact program, paid canvassing program, and other programmatic priorities.
● Working with organizational leadership to recruit, hire, and onboard new staff.
● Facilitating learning across regions and partner programs.
● Assist with training and staff development.
● Attending daily and/or weekly scheduled calls and meetings.
● Performing other duties, as assigned.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
● Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
● At least three cycles of competitive field experience.
● Canvass management experience, required.
● Strong knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN.
● Demonstrated knowledge of effective and successful electoral plans, including targeting, voter contact, GOTV and best practices with each.
● Basic computer literacy and database skills, including strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
● Familiarity with relationship-based organizing, leadership development, and team building.
● Ability to work long and irregular hours in a fast paced, metrics-driven work environment.
● Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects.
● Strong coaching skills and abilities.
● Strong problem solving with action-oriented, decision-making skills.
● Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to successfully relate to voters and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds.
● Commitment to the mission, advancing progressive power, and a winning mentality.
● Access to reliable transportation.
● Experience training others to be trainers, preferred.
● Examples of past training materials and curriculum may be requested.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Some supervisory responsibilities.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS
● Because of COVID-19, state and local government stay at home orders, phased reopening orders, and other factors limit For Our Future's canvassing program. When these limits apply, your work environment will likely be your domicile (teleworking) or a socially-distanced office. Overseeing door-to-door canvassing is considered an essential function of this job. When it is possible to safely and appropriately resume door-to-door canvassing, it will be a high priority for this role to stage, launch, and manage canvass programs. Employees may occasionally be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. This position is expected to interact regularly with community partners face-to-face or in a group setting, and may also be expected to interact face-to-face with volunteers or voters.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
● Normal hours of business are from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday thru Saturday, but 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 during blackout periods. Emergencies will not be affected by this policy.
For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
■ Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid and 5% employee paid.
■ Paid Parental 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, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, arrest record, conviction record, ancestry, military service, or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or ordinances. Should an applicant need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
Jobsthatareleft is a listserv run by GAIN POWER GAINPOWER.org
managed by Amy Pritchard. Contact us at JTAL@gainpower.org if you have any questions.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GAIN POWER: 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/2f743312-e5bd-46d4-9241-58a6e814263an%40googlegroups.com.