Northeast Ohio Organizer

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

About EpicWorks

EpicWorks provides movement organizations with the values-aligned infrastructure and services they need to fulfill their missions with confidence. We help strengthen the core of their operations by providing essential, dependable services related to people practices, financial management, legal compliance and organizational health. EpicWorks sets up organizations to achieve greater impact.

EpicWorks team members specialize in finance, human resources, compliance, legal services, organizational culture and labor relations. Each team member brings years—often decades—of experience supporting organizations fighting for justice.

This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Northeast Ohio (NEO) Organizer will help build our grassroots base and organizing operation in NEO in support of our legislative, policy, and electoral campaigns. The Organizer will help drive a program to recruit, develop, and support members and volunteer leaders to advance the values of the multiracial working class. The Organizer also identifies and builds alliances with other organizations which can influence decision-makers.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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 work with them to 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
• Uses skills to contribute to development of party objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. takes initiative to meet assigned deliverables and priorities on time?
• Evaluates changing conditions and suggestions modifications to plans
• Performs other related duties as assigned

• 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

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

EpicWorks is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us [e-mail] the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.

This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.