Massachusetts Organizing Director

About the Working Families Party

Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.

The MA Organizing Director will lead the growth of our grassroots base and organizing operation in Massachusetts in support of our electoral goals.

The Organizing Director will be responsible for assembling and supporting long-term local and statewide volunteer teams, including leadership identification, recruitment, and active coaching and oversight. This role will also engage coalitions of leaders and partner organizations in working class cities to build effective structure, make decisions, and set strategy and tactics for elections and issue campaigns.

This position is supervised by the Massachusetts State Director. The role includes local and national professional development opportunities in areas such as volunteer management and recruitment, organizing, communications, electoral campaigns, and fundraising.

• Build and support local leadership coalitions in working class cities
• Support the continued development of existing leadership groups throughout the state, including in Worcester, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, and Lynn
• Develop new leadership groups in additional priority working class cities
• Build relationships with individual activists, members, and leaders
• Manage contact lists and maintain up to date records in our database
• Run relational, membership, and coalition events, including but not limited to welcome gatherings for new members, election and legislative debriefs and trainings, and local coalition meetings
• Establish and grow “Wolf Packs” — local, election‑oriented volunteer leadership teams across the state
• Work closely with statewide team of volunteer leaders, and support them to recruit, coordinate, and coach local Wolf Packs
• Develop Wolf Pack goals, training, and program of activities, in coordination with state team and national staff
• Evaluate, test, and adjust Wolf Packs program to support state power plan and cultivate positive and meaningful volunteer experiences
• Drive identification, recruitment, and development of member leaders
• Develop member roles with meaningful responsibility for expanding reach and capacity
• Seek out and recruit members into roles that fit their backgrounds, interests, skills, and expertise
• Supervise and coach member volunteers to grow their capacities and effectively execute significant projects independently
• Cultivate an exciting, fun, and meaningful experience in all volunteer roles and opportunities
• Coach and train volunteers into recruiting, training, and supporting other volunteers
• Train volunteers in organizing and electoral work
• Directly lead and support activities that advance MA WFP’s electoral program and build the state party
• Plan and execute member and community engagement events, kick‑offs, gatherings, parties
• Plan and execute voter contact operations including running door‑to‑door…