Grassroots Organizer for Change – Dayton & Cincinnati

Workingfamilies; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Working Families Party seeks a Southwest Ohio Organizer to build our grassroots base in Dayton and Cincinnati, driving volunteer-led campaigns and alliance-building with community organizations. You will recruit, develop, and support members and leaders to advance our multiracial working-class values.

Responsibilities include organizing phone banking, canvassing, and movement-building events for 2026, managing volunteer lists, and training leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience doing field organizing (including as a volunteer) at a community organization, at a union and/or on an electoral campaign.
• Ability to train and develop skills of volunteer leaders.
• Belief in leadership development and that growth relies on an individual’s ability to have ownership of important projects and achieve success for themselves.
• Excellent communication, listening, and executive skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Very detail-oriented and ability to multi-task.
• Experience working with a diverse group of volunteers and supporters across all demographics and backgrounds— especially race, gender, and class.
• Experience with organizing tools: Spoke, Slack, Mobilize, and Action Network.
• Familiarity working with VAN

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with individual activists, members, and leaders.
• Organize opportunities for grassroots engagement on issue campaigns and in movement-building work.
• Organize phone banking, text banking, canvassing, and postcarding events for 2026 election cycle.
• Identify volunteer team needs and recruit members and activists to do that work.
• Suggest engagement strategies to reach out to potential supporters and current volunteers, move them up the WFP ladder of engagement, and deepen their leadership.
• Manage contact lists and maintain up-to-date records in our database.
• Contribute to development of party objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways; take initiative to meet deliverables.
• Evaluate changing conditions and suggest modifications to plans.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Detail-oriented

Multi-tasking

Volunteer training

Leadership development

Diversity & inclusion experience

Face-to-face organizing

Tools

Spoke

Slack

Mobilize

Action Network

VAN

Job description

The Working Families Party seeks a Southwest Ohio Organizer to build our grassroots base in Dayton and Cincinnati, driving volunteer-led campaigns and alliance-building with community organizations. You will recruit, develop, and support members and leaders to advance our multiracial working-class values.

Responsibilities include organizing phone banking, canvassing, and movement-building events for 2026, managing volunteer lists, and training leaders.