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About the Role

The Texas Democratic Party is seeking Distributed Organizers to support the Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign. This role involves building a statewide volunteer program using virtual voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and relational organizing to increase volunteer activity and voter turnout. The department aims to build lasting infrastructure for future Texas Democratic victories. Applicants may be considered for Distributed Canvass Manager, Call & Text Manager, or Volunteer Engagement Manager roles.

Responsibilities

Build and manage canvassing operations in volunteer-led areas.
Develop strategy, systems, and leadership structures for volunteer-led canvassing.
Cut turf, set targets, and maintain MiniVAN assignments.
Establish and run canvass programs across counties and communities.
Develop volunteer leaders for independent canvassing efforts.
Serve as a primary campaign contact to activists, supporters, volunteers, and voters.
Ensure voter contact activities are created and uploaded in Mobilize, reflected in VAN, and accessible to volunteers.
Maintain data integrity for voter contact events.
Manage high-volume distributed voter-contact programs and volunteer teams during GOTV.
Rapidly troubleshoot volunteer and technology issues during GOTV.
Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and program performance.
Develop and execute the campaign's virtual phone banking and volunteer recruitment texting programs.
Design and manage large-scale voter contact and recruitment efforts.
Own the statewide calendar of virtual phone banks, including scheduling, list requests, dialer setup, Zoom logistics, and quality control.
Build and send recruitment texts at scale, tracking conversion from text to signup.
Identify, train, and coach volunteers to host their own DVCs.
Recruit, onboard, and retain volunteers outside Texas.
Draft, test, and load scripts, iterating based on feedback and contact rates.
Set and hit weekly attempt, contact, and volunteer shift goals.
Manage and engage the campaign's volunteer community across online platforms.
Coordinate house parties and relational events in volunteer-led areas.
Build, run, and moderate volunteer Slack and Facebook groups.
Post opportunities and celebrate results to drive volunteer signups.
Identify prospects, develop them into leaders, and support their outreach tactics.
Build and manage the community of supporters outside Texas.
Recruit volunteers to host house parties and relational events, providing support and materials.

Requirements

Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and organizational values, goals, and objectives.
Direct experience cutting turf and running canvass launches.
Administrative experience in Votebuilder, including turf cutting, list pulls, and MiniVAN setup.
Task and time management skills.
Experience planning and staffing events.
Volunteer management or team-building acumen.
Access to a phone and laptop computer.
Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers.
Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases.
Experience with Scale to Win or a comparable dialer or peer-to-peer texting platform.
Direct experience running phone banks, including recruiting volunteers into shifts and hosting shifts.
Experience planning volunteer events, house parties, or comparable community gatherings.
Clear, warm written communication skills.
Experience growing an online community from a small base.
Experience with relational organizing programs.
Graphic design or content creation skills.
Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns.
Familiarity with Texas geography and regional political landscapes.
Spanish language proficiency.
Experience building a national or out-of-state volunteer program.

Skills

Distributed organizing
Virtual voter contact
Volunteer recruitment
Relational organizing
Canvassing operations
Turf cutting
Target setting
MiniVAN
Voter contact systems
Mobilize
VAN
Data integrity
GOTV execution
Phone banking
Texting programs
Volunteer engagement
Community building
Online community management
House party coordination
Event planning
Task management
Time management
Team building
Computer systems mastery (Google Suite, Excel, online databases)

Location

Statewide Texas

Work Type

Full-time
Non-exempt
Overtime eligible

Experience Level

Entry-level (no formal education requirements)

Education Level

No formal education requirements

Salary/Compensations

$5,000 per month initially, increasing with hours later in the campaign.

Benefits

Health care insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Cell phone stipends
Eligible transit stipends

About the Company

The Texas Democratic Party is a political organization focused on electing Democratic candidates and building lasting infrastructure in Texas.

Equal Opportunity

The Texas Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer and recruits, hires, trains, promotes, and administers personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity, or physical disability.
Women and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.