Our political GOTV agency is launching a Fall 2024 program to drive voter turnout for progressive causes and seeking a Organizing Director for Wisonsin. This role will be responsible for quickly recuriting, training and deploying hundreds of paid canvassers acorss the state to scale relational organzing tactics.

Responsibilities:

Staff Management

• Hire and manage a team of organizing staff to support projects as needed
• Recruit & manage dozens of canvassers for in-field organizing
• Develop and lead training sessions for staff
• Perform other duties as assigned

Organizing Program Management

• Own the research and launching of organizing sites- idea vetting, scoping pilot plans and project planning
• Closely track key program deadlines, experiment materials and deliverables of projects in the field
• Manage the distribution of local logistical outlays to include tables, banners, devices, refreshments, etc.
• Create weekly reports detailing progress and hurdles of projects in the field
• Work with the National Program Management team to scale the program in other regions if needed

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is someone who:

• At least two cycles of organizing experience organizing at a progressive organization or campaign, ideally having served at a Regional Organizing Director level or higher
• Expansive experience organizing across different communities and geographies in an electoral and issue advocacy context
• Experience managing volunteer relationships and cultivating volunteer leaders
• Experience managing organizers to successfully coach volunteers to take action
• Eagerness and excitement to empower, coordinate, collaborate, and troubleshoot with direct reports and lateral staff and manage upwards
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong working relationships quickly
• Tech-savvy and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Is flexible. They are able to adapt to unexpected changes and last-minute adjustments
• Strong proficiency with, or ability to quickly learn, our core tech tools:
• Airtable, Asana, Slack, Google Workspace.