Deputy Field Director (WI)
Job Details
Level: Experienced
Position Type: Full Time
Status: Exempt
Education Level: None
Salary Range: $64,000
Travel Percentage: Up to 50%
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
Job Category: Field
Open Positions: 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 civil rights. 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.
Job Summary
For Our Future Wisconsin seeks a Deputy Field Director to execute the statewide field plan, chiefly by supervising the day-to-day operations of the voter contact team and program, and supervising the Regional Field Directors and their teams. This includes taking an active role in growing the pipeline of new applicants and ensuring a smooth hiring and onboarding process occurs. The Deputy Field Director reports directly to the Field Director. Candidates should have familiarity with Wisconsin, experience working on field campaigns, experience managing staff, comfort working long hours, basic digital skills, and access to a car and a working laptop.
This is a full-time position through April, 9 2021.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
● Assist with management of a statewide team of Regional Directors, Phone Bank Managers, Canvass Managers, and Canvassers/Phonebankers.
● Take an active lead in maintaining the job applicant pipeline and help manage the onboarding and training process for new hires
● Set daily priorities and assign goals, metrics, and tasks.
● Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
● Ensure that accurate and timely reports are submitted for each region.
● Monitor metrics within each assigned region, including knocks/calls per shifts, flake rate, completion rate, and confirmation rate.
● Implement rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with field metrics.
● Champion relationship-based and paid canvass approaches to organizing.
● Coach field staff through the challenges of implementing a voter contact program, and other programmatic priorities.
● Work with organizational leadership to recruit, hire, and onboard new staff.
● Assist with training and staff development.
● Perform other field-related duties, as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
● At least three cycles of competitive field experience
● Canvass management experience required
● Strong knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN
● Knowledge of EveryAction is a plus
● Basic computer literacy and database skills, including strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel
● Some 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
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
● This position will supervise members of the field staff.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
■ Door-to-door canvassing, in-person management, and training is considered an essential function of this job. As long as it is possible to safely and appropriately conduct door-to-door canvassing, it will be a high priority. Employees will be provided with health and safety training, and personal protective equipment (PPE). Employees may be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. This position is expected to interact regularly face-to-face with voters, volunteers or community partners. Because of COVID-19, state and local government stay at home orders, phased reopening orders, and other factors may sometimes 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.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
■ Normal hours of business are from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday thru Friday, however employees will be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends 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 are not affected by this policy.
For Our Future Action Fund 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 and $50 Internet reimbursements
■ 13 days paid time off every new calendar year, as well as all 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.Jobsthatareleft is a listserv owned by GAINPOWER.org and Amy Pritchard. Contact us at JTAL@gainpower.org if you have any questions.
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