Impact-Driven Grassroots Organizer (NE Ohio)

Workingfamilies; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

EpicWorks is seeking a Northeast Ohio Organizer to build our grassroots base and organize volunteers in the NEO region in support of legislative, policy, and electoral campaigns. You will recruit, train, and support multi-racial working-class members and leaders, and forge alliances with allied organizations to influence decision-makers.

Responsibilities include building relationships with activists, organizing issue campaign events, and coordinating phone/text banking, canvassing, and

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.
• Takes initiative to meet assigned deliverables and priorities on time.
• Evaluates changing conditions and suggests modifications to plans.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Skills

Communication

Public speaking

Independent work

Detail oriented

Multi-tasking

Volunteer leadership

Organizing tools

VAN experience

Tools

Spoke

Slack

Mobilize

Action Network

VAN

Job description

EpicWorks is seeking a Northeast Ohio Organizer to build our grassroots base and organize volunteers in the NEO region in support of legislative, policy, and electoral campaigns. You will recruit, train, and support multi-racial working-class members and leaders, and forge alliances with allied organizations to influence decision-makers.

Responsibilities include building relationships with activists, organizing issue campaign events, and coordinating phone/text banking, canvassing, and