Remote Candidate Recruitment Manager: Transformational Leaders

Justice Democrats; United States; Remote; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Unlimited sick days

Health, Vision, Dental

401K with 4% match

Raise every 2 years

Job summary

Justice Democrats is seeking a Candidate Recruitment Manager to lead recruitment and endorsement efforts for progressive leaders in Congress, with secondary support for campaigns. The role emphasizes district targeting, outreach, vetting, and coalition-building across campaigns and departments.

You will report to the Senior Advisor and work remotely across the US, starting January 2027, with an application deadline of November 23, 2026.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in political campaigns or progressive organizing.
• Demonstrated ability to build community-level relationships and coalitions.
• Comfort using voter data, district demographics, and poll summaries for decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective communication under tension.

Responsibilities

• Manage candidate nomination and vetting process and update it each cycle.
• Oversee district research, targeting and polling for strategic recruitment.
• Lead district outreach and coordinate staff involvement in recruitment.
• Conduct district outreach with community leaders to identify nominees.
• Directly manage incoming nominations.
• Ensure recruitment efforts are systematized and tracked internally.
• Coordinate with external partners, consultants and volunteers to maximize impact.
• Collaborate with Campaigns Director to plan and debrief recruitment process.
• Maintain national and local political relationships to recruit transformational candidates.

Skills

Campaign experience

Relationship building

Voter data analysis

Interpersonal skills

Vetting conversations

Project management

Pipeline tracking

Prioritization

High-pressure execution

Job description

Justice Democrats is seeking a Candidate Recruitment Manager to lead recruitment and endorsement efforts for progressive leaders in Congress, with secondary support for campaigns. The role emphasizes district targeting, outreach, vetting, and coalition-building across campaigns and departments.

You will report to the Senior Advisor and work remotely across the US, starting January 2027, with an application deadline of November 23, 2026.