Electoral Organizer (Contract)

United for Respect; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare stipend

Job summary

United for Respect is seeking an Electoral Organizer to join our Civic Engagement Team. The role focuses on empowering volunteers and supporters to engage voters and organize their personal networks to elect working families at the ballot box.

Based in MI or GA with remote work, you will recruit, train, and coordinate organizing actions, track outreach in EveryAction and VAN, and collaborate with partners. Contract through Nov 30, 2026; base pay $5,000/month plus a $500 healthcare stipend.

Qualifications

• Two electoral cycles experience in campaigns or organizing.
• Experience with distributed organizing preferred.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership development skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mobilize, and train a diverse group of UFR leaders, members, and supporters statewide to make phone calls, send texts, and write letters to elect chosen candidates.
• Track all volunteer outreach and engagement in EveryAction/VAN and submit daily reports.
• Plan and execute organizing actions, events, and trainings, including phone banks, text banks, virtual meetings, and friend-to-friend organizing events.
• Develop relationships with Coordinated Campaign partners and other progressive leaders in the community and work with them on events and activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Voter outreach

Volunteer training

Relationship building

Project management

Tools

GetThru Suite

VAN

EveryAction

Google Suite

Job description

Electoral Organizer

Reports to: Political & Policy Manager

Supervisory Responsibilities: This is a contract position through November 30, 2026.

Supervises: N/A

FLSA Status: N/A

Location: MI or GA (Remote)

About United For Respect

United for Respect (UFR) is a national non-profit organization building an industry voice of working people working for the country’s largest retail corporations. Through scaled leadership development and base-building, UFR’s growing network is challenging major corporations and policymakers to provide family-sustaining jobs for all working people. We leverage technology — social media and our digital platform — to bring the retail workforce into a shared community of support and advocacy.

About the Position

United for Respect (UFR) is seeking an Electoral Organizer to join our Civic Engagement Team. Our campaign is seeking to grow the leadership of low wage workers by empowering volunteers, activist leaders, and supporters to organize their communities around the upcoming elections. Electoral organizers are responsible for empowering volunteers and supporters to engage voters and organize their own personal networks (friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, etc.) in order to win for working families at the ballot box.

We encourage you to apply for this position if you are excited about direct volunteer empowerment and are passionate about investing time and resources into deep organizing and training. The ideal candidate excels at relationship-building, interpersonal communication, and leadership development.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Utilize digital tools and databases including phone banking, text banking, and 1:1 meetings, to recruit, mobilize, and train a diverse group of UFR leaders, members, and supporters statewide to make phone calls, send texts, and write letters to elect chosen candidates.
• Track all volunteer outreach and engagement in EveryAction/VAN and submit daily reports.
• Plan and execute organizing actions, events, and trainings, including phone banks, text banks, virtual meetings, and friend-to-friend organizing events.
• Develop relationships with Coordinated Campaign partners and other progressive leaders in the community and work with them on events and activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

• At least two (2) cycles of electoral work, one (1) cycle of distributed organizing strongly preferred
• Ability to multitask, create and achieve goals, meet deadlines and creatively solve problems in a fast-paced work environment
• Proficiency using digital tools such as the GetThru Suite, VAN/EveryAction, & Google Suite Tools
• Excellent interpersonal skills and listening skills
• Successful experience working with teams representing a rich mix of talent, backgrounds and perspectives
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong willingness to learn and adapt
• Ability to take feedback and implement changes in real time
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns

Pay Range: $5000/monthly, plus $500/monthly healthcare stipend. This is a contract position through November 30, 2026.

United for Respect is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. United for Respect provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.