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About the Role

Organizers will be charged with recruiting, training, and working with a team of volunteers to build support for key campaign issues through canvassing, petitions, and events. This role is ideal for someone passionate about grassroots organizing, expanding representation, and advancing policies that strengthen reproductive freedom, economic opportunity, and equity.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and train a community of volunteer activists.
• Call and text supporters to recruit them into grassroots actions.
• Identify new supporters and volunteers through door-knocking, petitions, flyering, and in-field recruitment.
• Run grassroots skills training for volunteers.
• Maintain a meticulous volunteer list.
• Represent the campaign in community spaces and events.
• Gather over a thousand petitions from the community.
• Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting Members of Congress via social media, phone calls, postcards, and photo petitions.
• Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and engagement at events.
• Engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build relationships and generate support.
• Organize and execute high-visibility in-person events demonstrating support for climate, jobs, and justice.
• Educate community members about climate investments and the urgency of continued actions.
• Ensure 100% compliance with messaging and legal requirements.
• Recruit volunteers to post on social media platforms.
• Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools.
• Send email campaigns to recruit activists.
• Track all interactions with detailed notes for daily reporting and weekly reports.

Requirements

• Must be able to drive.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must meet driver authorization standards.
• Commitment to equity and justice.
• Agreement to the organization's North Star.
• Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to interactions.
• Passion for creating change.
• Kindness and consideration for others.
• Drive to work collaboratively.
• Transparency in admitting knowledge and capacity.
• Ability to adapt to evolving project needs.
• Ability to tackle big-picture projects and break them down.
• Experience managing multiple projects or goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to plan ahead for roadblocks and recover quickly from problems.
• Effective communication skills (written or spoken).
• Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly.
• Coach and learning mentality.
• Understanding of how words and actions affect others.
• Awareness of power language and communication accessibility.
• Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings.
• Ability to work occasional holidays.

Skills

• Relationship Building
• Inclusive and Collaborative Leadership
• Commitment to Equity and Inclusion
• Drive to Achieve Results
• Public speaking
• Task management
• Organized and efficient
• Effective communication skills
• Coach and learning mentality
• Data Management
• Experience with Relevant Campaign Tools and Technologies (VAN, Action Network, ThruText, MailChimp, eCRMs like EveryAction, social media tools)
• Event or Project Planning & Management

Location

• PA-08
• CA-48
• NY-17
• MI-07
• MI-10
• VA-01
• VA-02
• AZ-01
• AZ-06

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry-level
• Mid-level

Salary/Compensations

• $55,000 to $67,000

Benefits

• Monthly cell phone stipend of $50.

About the Company

• The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the progressive movement.
• We have an on-the-ground presence in communities all across the country.
• Our world-class team runs successful civic engagement campaigns to build a future that’s fairer, healthier, safer, and more peaceful for everyone.
• Equity and Inclusion is our North Star.
• We believe deeply that equity and inclusion in our organization makes us better at our work and helps to build a stronger progressive movement.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community and people who identify with other underrepresented groups to apply.
• Our organization is inclusive of POC, ethnic/culture minorities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, individuals with disabilities, who are neurodivergent, regardless of educational backgrounds, previous incarceration or convictions.
• Our leadership team reflects our inclusivity and is reflective of the progressive community we work in and serve.
• We want to hire people of all gender identities.