Regional Organizing Director - Madison (Dane/Rock County)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Oversee daily operations, maintaining office supplies and equipment, coordinating schedules and meetings, and ensuring a clean and organized workspace to support productivity and efficiency.
• Plan and execute a comprehensive organizing strategy within the region that includes public-facing events, communications, grassroots organization building, and grassroots community engagement.
• Lead a robust volunteer recruitment, training, and management campaign. 
• Collaborate with in-state leadership to implement new communications and digital strategies within the region.
• Build crucial relationships with leaders of the progressive community and serve as the regional lead for our partnership program.
• Manage organizers and canvassers to educate constituents on progressive issues and with get-out-the-vote programs to boost progressives up and down the ballot.  
• Represent the organization at community events and meetings when advised by the organization.
• Recruit, hire, train, and manage canvassers, volunteers, and/or organizers.
• Conduct extensive coaching and develop best practices for organizing, canvassing, recruitment, and retention. On-turf coaching, support, and accountability is required.
• Conduct daily training, including launching and debriefing at the beginning and end of daily shifts.
• Monitor metrics within each assigned region including, but not limited to, attempts per shifts, flake rate, conversation rate, and action conversion rate. Implement rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with these metrics.
• Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
• Ensure that all required soft reporting is accurate and timely, and that all regional data is entered on time.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 1-2 cycles of competitive campaign or advocacy experience.
• At least 2 years of experience managing a team and hitting competitive field goals.
• At least 2 years of experience working with volunteers.
• At least 2 years of relationship-based organizing and leadership development experience, including one-on-one meetings and team building.
• Must have access to reliable transportation, a valid driver's license/insurance/registration, and clean driving record for at least 1 year, per organizations drivers policy.
• Experience implementing a statewide field plan tailored to an assigned region.
• Strong knowledge of Vote builder/VAN.
• Ability to make outreach to and build partnerships with other progressive organizations.
• Experience in managing programs that develop the capacity to meet metrics-based goals on data-driven campaigns.
• Experience in supporting media and communications programming, preferred.
• Ability to manage, coach and train staff proficiently.
• Must have basic computer literacy; and access to a reliable laptop is preferred.
• Ability to work long and irregular hours in a high-productivity, metrics-driven work environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of moving around for voter contact activity
• This is a 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 Dane and Rock Counties

BENEFITS

Expected Hours of Work

• Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends, holidays, and nights.
• Employees are required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle or other key deadlines, and generally not allowed to take off during blackout periods. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.