Regional GOTV Director

Texas Democratic Party; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 57,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Cell phone stipend

Transit stipend

Job summary

The Texas Democratic Party seeks Regional GOTV Directors to lead a team of GOTV Organizers across Texas. You will coach, troubleshoot, and align activities with campaign goals in a fast-paced environment.

Role runs Aug 17, 2026 to Nov 15, 2026; full-time with long weeks. Unionized workplace with benefits. Requires campaign and people management experience; no formal education required.

Qualifications

• At least 4 months experience managing a team.
• At least 2 cycles of experience on a campaign.
• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our values.
• Task and time management skills.
• Experience planning, setting up, and staffing events.
• Volunteer management or teambuilding acumen.
• Access to a reliable car and drivers license.
• Access to a phone and laptop computer.
• Attention to detail when reviewing documents and coordinating with volunteers.
• Strong mastery of Google Suite, Excel, and online databases.
• There are no formal education requirements for this position.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support organizers: lead a team through weekly coaching and feedback.
• Coordinate in-region: align efforts with counterparts from other departments.
• Build a culture of collaboration: foster accountability and learning.
• Drive voter contact goals: support organizers in meeting goals.
• Communication structures: daily check-ins, team chats, reporting channels.
• Share strategy: brief organizers on priorities and shifts.
• Drive staging location selection: identify and prepare sites.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems to keep programs running.
• Manage reporting: collect and share regional metrics.

Skills

Team management

Campaign experience

Time management

Event staffing

Volunteer management

Google Suite

Tools

Votebuilder

Mobilize

Google Suite

Excel

Job description

About the Role

The Texas Democratic Party is seeking Regional GOTV Directors to join our Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign, supporting Talarico for Texas and Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. Regionals will manage, develop, and support a team of GOTV Organizers to build execute a large-scale voter contact effort across their region. They are responsible for maintaining high-standards of execution via coaching, feedback, and troubleshooting with organizers, solving problems in real time, and ensuring the GOTV Leadership team has insight into the day to day needs of the team on the ground.

This position will begin the week of August 17 and end November 15, 2026.

Compensation

Pay

Regional GOTV Directors are compensated at $6,000 per month, with a one-time $500 GOTV Stipend.

Benefits

Regional GOTV Directors are eligible for generous benefits including health care, vision, and dental insurance and stipends for cell phone and eligible transit.

Union

The Texas Democratic Party staff are proudly unionized. This position is represented by IBEW Local 220. Regional GOTV Directors are eligible for union membership in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Essential Duties

• Manage and support organizers: Lead a team of GOTV Organizers through weekly one-on-ones, coaching, feedback, etc.
• Coordinate in-region: Partner with in-region counterparts from other departments and members of the coordinated campaign to align efforts
• Build a culture of collaboration: Foster accountability, collaboration, learning, and support amidst the fast pace of the campaign.
• Drive voter contact goals: Support and hold organizers accountable for meeting voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and volunteer leadership goals.
• Communication structures: Maintain strong communication structures, including daily check in and check outs, team chats, reporting channels, shared calendars, etc.
• Share strategy: Share campaign priorities, strategic shifts, and plans to ensure organizers understand how goals contribute to overall success.
• Drive staging location selection: Ensure staging locations are identified, secured, appropriately equipped, staffed, and prepared to support GOTV operations throughout the region.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems: Respond quickly to challenges to keep organizing programs running effectively.
• Manage reporting: Collect, analyze, and communicate regional metrics, with increased reporting during GOTV.

Qualifications

Need to haves:

• At least 4 months experience managing a team
• At least 2 cycles of experience on a campaign
• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
• Task and time management skills
• Experience planning, setting up, and staffing events
• Volunteer management or teambuilding acumen
• Access to a reliable car and drivers license
• Access to a phone and laptop computer
• Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers
• Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases
• There are no formal education requirements for this position

Nice to haves:

• Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns a plus
• Familiarity with Votebuilder, Mobilize, Google suite, and other campaign tools

Time Commitment

This position will begin the week of August 17 and end November 15, 2026.

Regional GOTV Directors work full time and are exempt.

This is an intensive, time-limited role at a pivotal moment for Texas Democrats. Organizers should expect long days and a 6 day workweek beginning in August as the campaign scales toward Election Day. We anticipate working 60+ hours per week and will end the campaign on 7 day work weeks.

Equal Opportunity & Commitment to Diversity

The Texas Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. Women and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.