Campaign Organizer-Scranton, PA

Hiring an Organizers in key Congressional Districts

Who We Are:

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.

We are seeking passionate organizers who believes in the power of grassroots organizing to create lasting change. This role is ideal for someone who is driven by expanding representation in government, supporting inclusive leadership, and advancing policies that strengthen reproductive freedom, economic opportunity, and equity. Experience working in roles that support gender equity and/or women’s rights is a plus. If you are excited to empower communities, develop emerging leaders, and build a democracy where every voice has the opportunity to be heard, we encourage you to apply.

General Overview:
Organizers will be charged with recruiting, training, and working with a team of volunteers.

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.

Locations: we are seeking local candidates from these congressional districts: PA-08, CA-48, NY-17, MI-07, MI-10, VA-01, VA-02, AZ-01, AZ-06

What You’ll Do:

• 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 training 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.

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.

Who You Are & Keys to Success (the must-haves):

To be successful in this job, you will excel in these areas:

• 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 collective growth. You can build authentic relationships through authenticity and reliability, continuously uplifting others and their goals.
  
  You are comfortable and experienced in public speaking to a group about environmental, jobs, health care issues…