Campaign Organizer- Oelwein

Location and Timeline

We are hiring a full-time Campaign Organizer to begin by June 30th and continue through the end of the year. The locations are Waterloo, Mason City, Burlington, Dubuque, Oelwein, Maquoketa, Newton, Keokuk, Marshalltown, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Fort Dodge, and Sioux City, Iowa. This will expand over the program, so if you are an Iowan who lives further away, please still apply!

The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the progressive movement. With 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.

Organizers will be charged with recruiting, training, and working with a team of volunteers in key counties in Iowa to drive basebuilding in a massive push for corporate polluter accountability. Campaign Organizers will engage constituents around corporate accountability, health care, big ag, affordability, and action opportunities. The Organizer will start by building and recruiting a team of supporters and volunteers around canvassing and petitions.

From there, Organizers will continue to engage volunteers through a series of campaign events and actions. In the fall, Organizers will help drive signees to electoral work and results. At the end of the campaign, Organizers will debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information for how to stay involved with corporate accountability action in their communities.

• Recruit and Train a Community of Volunteer Activists
  • Call and text supporters and recruit them into grassroots actions.
  • Identify new supporters and volunteers by knocking doors, gathering petitions, flyering, and conducting in‑field recruitment efforts in the community and on local campuses.
  • Run grassroots skills trainings to develop effective campaigners among volunteers.
  • Keep meticulous track of a volunteer list so that no potential volunteer falls through the cracks.
  • Represent the campaign through participation in community spaces and events, while engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
• Generate Campaign Actions
  • Gather over a thousand petitions from the community in support of key campaign issues.
  • Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting key Members of Congress with a particular focus on social media posts, phone calls, postcards, and photo petitions.
  • Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
  • Recruit and engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build meaningful relationships while generating new supporters, volunteers, and event attendees.
• Register voters in key Iowa districts
  • Generate hundreds of new voter registrations in key Iowa counties.
  • Maintain strong QC systems for ensuring compliance with VR laws and rules.
• Organize High‑Volume Visibility Events
  • Organize and execute exciting, high‑visibility in‑person events demonstrating support for climate, jobs, and justice.
  • Educate community members about historical climate investments and the urgency of continued actions.
  • Nail 100% of all messaging and legal requirements and ensure that volunteers do the same.
• Manage Digital Campaign, Data Management, and Reporting Tools
  • Demonstrate public support by recruiting volunteers to post on their own social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
  • Use peer‑to‑peer texting services and relational organizing tools to communicate with community members.
  • Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists to campaign activities.
  • Track every interaction with detailed notes in order to report numbers daily and write weekly reports on the results of the campaign.

• Relationship Building:
  You develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse group of local and statewide community members. You are attentive and empathetic to the communities we serve, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or ability, and can identify shared values across communities for…