Campaign Organizer- Dubuque

About the role

The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the progressive movement. Located in Waterloo, Mason City, Burlington, Dubuque, Oelwein, Maquoketa, Newton, Keokuk, Marshalltown, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Fort Dodge, and Sioux City, Iowa, the Campaign Organizer will be responsible for driving basebuilding in a massive push for corporate polluter accountability.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and Train a Community of Volunteer Activists
• 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 trainings 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
• Register voters in key Iowa districts
• Manage Digital Campaign, Data Management, and Reporting Tools

Requirements

To be successful in this job, you will excel in these areas:

• Relationship Building
• Inclusive and Collaborative Leadership
• Commitment to Equity and Inclusion
• Drive to Achieve Results

Qualifications

• Must be able to drive, have a valid drivers license, and meet our driver authorization standards

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
• Transparency
• Task management
• Organized and efficient
• Acute attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly
• Coach and learning mentality
• 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

The Outreach Team offers a monthly cell phone stipend of $50. The salary for this position is $55,000 to $67,000 for full-time at 50 hours per week. Pay within this range is determined through an equity calculator. As part of The Outreach Team’s commitment to compensation equity and transparency, we have a no-negotiation policy. Salary negotiations can introduce bias and perpetuate wage inequality. At the end of the campaign, there may be opportunities for advancement.

What Else You Should Know

Equity and Inclusion is our North Star: At The Outreach Team we believe deeply that equity and inclusion in our organization makes us better at our work and helps to build a stronger progressive movement. We are an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community and people who identify with other underrepresented groups to apply.

Please note: We want to hire people of all gender identities. This hiring platform (JazzHR) does not allow us to add in specific options for gender identities outside of the binary, but we are currently working with them to find a solution.

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