Campaign Organizer- Racine, WI
$55,000–$67,000 year
On-siteRacine, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary
Recruit, train, and manage a team of volunteer activists for grassroots actions including door knocking, petition collection, and phone banking. Execute high-visibility events on climate, jobs, and justice while coordinating social media campaigns, peer-to-peer texting, and email outreach. Maintain detailed records of all interactions to generate daily and weekly reports. Represent the campaign in community spaces and build relationships with local leaders, campus organizations, and VIPs. Work weekends and weekday evenings to mobilize supporters across Fox Valley and Racine/Kenosha. This role supports the national progressive movement's fight for reproductive freedom through on-the-ground organizing and power-building.
Required Qualifications
- Must be able to drive, have a valid drivers license, and also you will need to meet our driver authorization standards
- Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings, occasional holidays
- Commitment to equity and justice, with an agreement to our North Star
- Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all of your interactions with colleagues and community members
- Passion for the role that your work plays in creating change in the world
- Kindness and consideration for others
- Drive to work collaboratively: learning from others; stepping-in or stepping-back when needed
- Transparency: comfort admitting what you do and don't know, your capacity, and abilities
- Task management: Able to adapt to the evolving needs of a project. Able to tackle big-picture projects and break them down into smaller pieces
- Organized and efficient: Experience or demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects or goals at once in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Acute attention to detail: Track interactions and tasks with detailed notes. Plans ahead for roadblocks and bounces back quickly when problems arise
- Effective communication skills (written or spoken) that are clear, concise and honest
- Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly
- Coach and learning mentality: successful experience or willingness to learn new things and pick up new skills on the job. Able to learn from mistakes and try again
- Understanding of how your words and actions affect others, including an awareness of power language and communication accessibility
Desired Qualifications
- Organizing experience within or around Iowa
- Experience working for nonprofits and issue campaigns
- Data Management and Evaluation Experience: Experience working with various data management systems and tools, mainly Google Suite
- Experience with Relevant Campaign Tools and Technologies: VAN, Action Network, ThruText, MailChimp, eCRMs like EveryAction, or social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
- Event or Project Planning & Management, Implementation or Evaluation
- Knowledge or previous experience working on this issue is a plus, but not required
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