Regional Organizer — Michigan Community Builder

Workingfamilies; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The Working Families Party is seeking a Regional Organizer for Michigan to build leadership, membership, and supporter bases while delivering electoral and legislative victories in the region.

You will lead membership growth, recruit volunteers, and manage campaigns for endorsed candidates, developing regional political knowledge and coordinating with senior staff to meet regional goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of in-person or virtual electoral/campaign or neighborhood-based organizing experience
• A passion and commitment to social, economic, and racial justice
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven organizing ability, including effectiveness in engaging potential activists and supporters
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Drive and tenacity to advance our mission and values
• Ability to work independently, including strong follow-through and self-direction on assignments
• Attention to detail and the ability to manage the technical aspects of a project such as logistics, paperwork, deadlines, etc.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, peers, public officials, and allies
• Experience in grassroots non-profit, labor, or political organizing a plus
• Fluency in Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

• Grow and build our membership base through in-person events, text/call programs, digital organizing, and attending events in the region
• Lead a dynamic in-person and virtual program to welcome new members into the Party through relational organizing, welcome gatherings, and pipelines into membership meetings
• Build a base of activists to support our electoral priorities in your assigned region
• Reach party-building and organizing goals in an assigned region
• Develop knowledge and analysis of the political and community landscape in assigned regions of the state
• Lead and recruit in-person canvasses, virtual phone and textbank events for endorsed candidates in assigned regions
• Recruit, train, and manage local volunteers and allied campaign staff to use organizing tools such as Spoke, PDI, Scale to Win, and Mobilize.
• Evaluate the success of our organizing and electoral programs and propose and implement necessary adjustments to methods and processes in response to conditions in the region.

Skills

Campaign organizing

Spanish

Communication skills

Project management

Independent work

Stakeholder management

Tools

VAN

EveryAction

Mobilize

Hubdialer

Job description

The Working Families Party is seeking a Regional Organizer for Michigan to build leadership, membership, and supporter bases while delivering electoral and legislative victories in the region.

You will lead membership growth, recruit volunteers, and manage campaigns for endorsed candidates, developing regional political knowledge and coordinating with senior staff to meet regional goals.