Campaign Organizer- Come to Nebraska. Flip the Senate

About the role

The Outreach Team is hiring a full-time Campaign Organizer to begin by the end of August and continue through Election Day. The positions are located in Scottsbluff, North Platte, Grand Island, Hastings, Alliance, Chadron, and Norfolk, Nebraska.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and Train a Community of Volunteer Activists
• Call and text supporters and recruit them into grassroots actions.
• Identify new supporters and volunteers by knocking doors, gathering petitions, flyering, and conducting in-field recruitment efforts in the community and on local campuses.
• Run grassroots skills training to develop effective campaigners among volunteers.
• Keep meticulous track of a volunteer list so that no potential volunteer falls through the cracks.
• Represent the campaign through participation in community spaces and events, while engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
• Generate Campaign Actions
• Gather over a thousand petitions from the community in support of key campaign issues.
• Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
• Recruit and engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build meaningful relationships while generating new supporters, volunteers, and event attendees.
• Organize High-Volume Visibility Events
• Organize and execute exciting, high-visibility in-person events demonstrating support for working families in Nebraska.
• Educate community members about constituents around affordability and action opportunities and the urgency of continued actions.
• Nail 100% of all messaging and legal requirements and ensure that volunteers do the same.
• Manage Digital Campaign, Data Management, and Reporting Tools
• Recruit and engage volunteers to post on their own social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
• Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools to communicate with community members.
• Write and send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists to campaign activities.
• Track every interaction with detailed notes in order to report numbers daily and write weekly reports on the results of the campaign.

Qualifications

• Relationship Building: Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse group of local and statewide community members. Attend to and empathize with the communities we serve, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or ability, and identify shared values across communities for collective growth. Build authentic relationships through authenticity and reliability, continuously uplifting others and their goals. Public speaking experience to address groups about constituents around affordability and action opportunities.
• Inclusive and Collaborative Leadership: Approach leadership with a "power with" mindset that recognizes the impact power hierarchies have in different settings. Learn from others, see and hear other perspectives, and step in or step back as necessary. Reliable and accountable, always transparent about your abilities, capacities, and expectations. Honor the time and commitments of others while inspiring them to meet goals.
• Commitment to Equity and Inclusion: Develop meaningful connections with diverse communities, including a wide range of community organizations, community leaders, and community members. Work with the community and within the workplace to identify areas of improvement for a more equitable environment. Take continued action and efforts to improve your REI knowledge, skills, and tools.
• Drive to Achieve Results: Accomplish ambitious goals and get results, even when there are obstacles. Plan backwards to meet multiple goals timely and effectively. Bounce back and adjust quickly, learning and improving from any mistakes.

Skills and Experiences

• Commitment to equity and justice.
• 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.
• 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. Plan ahead for roadblocks and bounce 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. Admit what you do and don't know, your capacity, and abilities. Learn from mistakes and try again.
• Understanding of how your words and actions affect others, including an awareness of power language and communication accessibility.
• Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings, occasional holidays.

Benefits

• Salary: $55,000 to $67,000 for full-time.
• Benefits Package: Paid vacation and sick leave, health insurance, and hands-on training.
• Opportunities for Advancement and Bonuses: Opportunities for advancement and bonuses at the end of the campaign.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage Black, indigenous, people of color, women, people with previous felony convictions, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and others who identify with underrepresented groups to apply.

How to Apply

To Apply Visit: https://theoutreachteam.applytojob.com/apply