Organizing Director - Pennsylvania
@ For Our Future Action FundOrganizing Director - Pennsylvania
About the job
For Our Future Action Fund campaigns for economic justice, mobilizing voters on issues like unions, education, and racial justice. The role involves managing organizing teams and developing strategies for statewide advocacy and elections in Pennsylvania.
Requirements
- 3+ campaign cycles experience
- Staff management skills
- Strategic planning ability
- Experience with voter contact
- Strong communication skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Ability to work remotely
- Commitment to equity
- Willing to travel
- Proven leadership skills
Full job description
Essential Functions
- Lead a results-driven statewide team of direct voter contact and organizing professionals.
- Report qualitative and quantitative organizing metrics and accomplishments regularly to state leadership and in-state and national stakeholders.
- Oversee implementation of all in-state organizing programs, work with state leadership to evaluate the impact of programs and innovate as necessary to ensure success.
- Collaborate with Digital Program Manager and state and national leadership to set priorities and overall strategy for both traditional and digital organizing programs.
- Monitor volunteer engagement within FOFAF’s online platforms and community hub.
- Set, meet, and exceed benchmarks for voter contact, grassroots engagement, digital engagement, and GOTV.
- Establish a vibrant culture that fosters diverse viewpoints and prioritizes equity among the team, while maintaining an accountable, innovative, purposeful, and goal-oriented team.
- Innovate new approaches to engage diverse constituencies and execute those approaches effectively.
- Create phone, door and SMS campaign scripts for direct voter contact programs.
- Track and report staff time for compliance reporting.
- Hire, coach, and train both organizing and direct voter contact staff on skills and best practices needed to achieve their objectives.
- Maintain daily program check-ins and regular one-on-ones with regional directors.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the State Director.
- Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Skills and Qualifications
- 3+ cycles of campaign experience, with at least 2 cycles of organizing and management experience.
- An understanding of Pennsylvania's legislative and political landscape, and the path to power in the state. Ability to work and adapt to a changing political and policy landscape.
- Experience with strategic planning including the ability to develop short- and long-term statewide plans, set objectives and metrics, track progress toward achieving objectives, and align those strategies with other progressive efforts in-state.
- Dedication to grassroots, local organizing and empowering state/local organizations to lead our work. Understanding of local community-based organizations and respect for their leaders and programs.
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, and managing staff from all backgrounds as well as team building and developing talent within an organization. Competency with and commitment to leading with diversity, equity, and inclusion. Must be able to manage staff remotely.
- Experience with program management, including managing work across multiple internal departments for statewide issue advocacy or electoral campaigns.
- Demonstrated knowledge of effective and successful electoral plans, including targeting, voter contact, GOTV, and best practices.
- Willingness to take initiative while juggling several priorities that may change quickly. Multi-tasker with excellent time management skills and ability to hit deadlines.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to write compelling program reports.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate conflict and work toward resolution required.
- Willingness to travel, work long hours, and have access to reliable transportation.
- Ability to maintain "Independent" firewall status, which may limit your ability to take outside employment or to volunteer with a candidate campaign or political party organization.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of moving around for voter contact activity
- This is an in-person/hybrid position and will require a physical presence in the local office
- Prolonged periods of remaining in a stationary position at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to transport up to 15 pounds at times
- Must be able to travel across the state of Pennsylvania.
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