Northeast Ohio Organizer

Lever, Inc.; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

EpicWorks in Cleveland, OH seeks a Northeast Ohio Organizer to build our grassroots base, recruit and train volunteer leaders, and support campaigns. The role centers on engaging communities, forging alliances, and coordinating outreach in the 2026 cycle.

You will organize phone banking, canvassing, and events; manage contact lists; and help translate organizing into impact while working with a multiracial working class to advance justice.

Qualifications

• Experience doing field organizing in a community org, union, or electoral campaign.
• Ability to train and develop volunteer leaders.
• Belief in leadership development and ownership of projects.
• Excellent communication, listening, and executive skills.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task with attention to detail.
• Experience working with diverse volunteers across demographics.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with activists, members, and leaders.
• Organize grassroots engagement on campaigns and movement-building.
• Coordinate phone banking, text banking, canvassing, and postcarding for 2026 elections.
• Identify volunteer needs and recruit members to fill roles.
• Suggest engagement strategies to grow leadership and supporters.
• Manage contact lists and maintain accurate records.
• Contribute to party objectives and adapt plans as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Field organizing

Volunteer training

Leadership development

Communication

Independent worker

Attention to detail

Diversity experience

VAN familiarity

Spoke familiarity

Tools

Spoke

Slack

Mobilize

Action Network

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & 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 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

SKILLS & 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

$50,400 - $64,400 a year

Salary & Compensation: The final salary will be determined based on an internal equitable scale that takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description.

Schedule: The position is full-time and temporary through November 19, 2026.

Location: Cleveland, OH. This is a remote role requiring you to perform some work in person at various locations for meetings and events in the assigned regions.

Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a short-term, temporary position that is excluded from the bargaining unit. WFP union employees are represented by Workers United affiliated with SEIU and the affiliated Local 1115, Workers United.

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.