Community Campaigns Organizer

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced outreach and organizing professional in New York to recruit members, expand chapters, and drive local campaigns aligned with statewide priorities.

You will conduct 1:1s, phone and text banking, canvassing, tabling, and events; train volunteers; manage data; and craft recruitment materials. Travel and evening/weekend work required; Spanish language skills preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of organizing experience, with at least 2 years in a paid role.
• At least 1 year planning basebuilding tactics (phone banking, canvassing, tabling, workshops).
• At least 1 year experience with issue campaign tactics (events, lobby meetings).
• Willingness to learn the organization’s training methodology.
• Commitment to tracking progress through organizational data systems.
• Familiarity with Google Drive and Zoom, willingness to learn outreach tools.
• Cultural competency and ability to connect with diverse backgrounds.
• Flexibility with work planning, evenings and weekends; travel as needed.
• Fluent Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit organizational members and expand membership through outreach campaigns.
• Develop and implement local campaigns connected to priorities.
• Create outreach plans for meetings, mobilization, and campaign tactics.
• Conduct 1:1s, phone banking, text banking, tabling, and canvassing.
• Lead outreach events with members and engage impacted individuals.
• Train volunteers in strategy development, event planning, media interaction, storytelling, and leadership.
• Support leaders in developing organizing skills for social change.
• Manage data including 1:1s, activities, turnout, and volunteer profiles.
• Create recruitment scripts, phone banks, canvass lists, and materials.
• Create campaign outreach strategies based on officials’ profiles.
• Identify and execute local campaigns tied to statewide/federal efforts.
• Recruit members and leaders for leadership structures and identify candidates.
• Create content and collect stories for emails, social media, letters to the editor, op-eds.

Skills

Organizing Experience

Basebuilding Tactics

Campaign Planning

Cultural Competency

Fluent Spanish

Tools

Google Drive

Zoom

Outreach Tools

Job description

• Recruit organizational members and expand membership through issue-based and electoral campaign outreach


• Develop and implement local strategic campaigns connected to statewide priorities


• Create outreach and recruitment plans for chapter meetings, committee meetings, mobilization efforts, and campaign tactics


• Conduct 1:1s, phone banking, text banking, tabling, and door canvassing


• Lead outreach events with members and engage directly impacted individuals


• Train volunteers and members in strategy development, event planning, media interaction, storytelling, and leadership skills


• Support community leaders in developing organizing skills for social change


• Manage organizational data, including 1:1s, volunteer activities, turnout, and volunteer profiles


• Create recruitment phone banks, canvass lists, outreach scripts, and recruitment materials


• Create legislative campaign outreach strategies based on elected officials’ political profiles


• Identify, plan, and execute local campaigns connected to statewide and federal issue campaigns


• Recruit members and leaders for organizational leadership structures and identify potential political candidates


• Create content and collect stories for emails, social media, letters to the editor, op-eds, and other communications tactics


• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of organizing experience, with at least 2 of the 3 years in a paid, professional role


• Minimum of 1 year of experience planning and utilizing basebuilding tactics such as phone banking, door canvassing, tabling, and facilitation of workshops and meetings


• Minimum of 1 year of experience planning and utilizing issue campaign tactics such as event planning and lobby meetings


• Willingness to learn and effectively use the organization’s training methodology


• Commitment to track basebuilding and outreach progress through organizational data systems


• Familiarity with Google Drive and Zoom


• Ability and willingness to learn outreach tools


• Cultural competency and ability to connect with people from diverse backgrounds


• Flexibility with work planning and priority setting


• Ability to work evenings and weekends


• Ability to travel for work commitments


• Fluent Spanish preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in organizing and executing outreach campaigns, with a strong focus on recruitment, community engagement, and strategic planning. Proficient in utilizing data management systems to track progress and enhance organizational effectiveness.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Organizing Experience


• Basebuilding Tactics


• Campaign Planning


• Cultural Competency


• Fluent Spanish

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Phone Banking


• Door Canvassing


• Event Planning


• Data Management


• Outreach Strategy Development


• Volunteer Training


• Content Creation


• Legislative Campaign Outreach


• Mobilization Tactics


• Workshop Facilitation

Soft Skills

• Flexibility


• Cultural Competency


• Communication Skills


• Leadership Skills


• Interpersonal Skills

Industry Keywords

• Community Organizing


• Membership Recruitment


• Social Change


• Political Campaigns


• Issue-Based Campaigns

Tools & Technologies

• Google Drive


• Zoom


• Outreach Tools