Neighborhood Captain, Columbus

About the role

Building on a successful 2025 pilot, this role focuses on long-term relationship building with disengaged neighbors who did not vote in the 2024 election. Community Rising is an initiative that aims to mobilize disengaged voters through relationship-based outreach led by local leaders. The program combines traditional organizing tactics with digital tools to build durable community power and generate evidence for what works in long-term organizing.

Responsibilities

• Voter Outreach and Relationship Building: Develop relationships with, and manage a target list of approximately 1,000 high-potential voters within your community. You will conduct high-quality outreach through door-to-door visits, phone calls, and peer-to-peer texting, aiming for at least 3+ meaningful interactions with each voter. This will also include prioritizing outreach to folks that you may already know or have relationships with.
• Neighborhood Gathering and Community Event Planning: Organize and execute local gatherings or community events to provide low-pressure opportunities for neighbors to connect and engage.
• Detailed Data Entry: Utilize outreach tracking platforms to document interaction and engagement details, and make note of community concerns (e.g., specific neighborhood issues, personal interests) to ensure every follow-up feels like a continuation of a single, long-term friendship. Make note of voter feedback and insights on key issues and resources needed by each voter reached.
• Reporting & Quality Control: Collaborate with Organizers for outreach reviews, feedback sessions, and verification of engagement standards

Requirements

• Community Trust & Charisma: You should be a "grasstops" or "grassroots" leader—someone with deep roots in your neighborhood, and the ability to engage easily with strangers.
• Emotional Intelligence: High empathy and "radical listening" skills, with the ability to listen 80% of the time and speak 20%
• Experience: Prior experience in community organizing, door-knocking, or census work (e.g., enumerator) is preferred but not required. We're also looking for folks that may have more informal or unconventional community outreach and organizing experience.
• Tech Savvy: Comfortable using mobile apps and relational databases for tracking engagement and data entry
• Reliability: A commitment to the full duration of the program and a track record of following through on community support

Benefits

• Proven Impact: Work with a program that has measured the largest turnout effects in one of the most impactful and innovative programs in our 6+ years of testing
• Professional Development: Receive specialized training in relational organizing, boundary management, and data-driven campaigning
• Community Investment: Get paid to identify and help meet the actual needs of your neighbors while strengthening local social capital
• Stipends: In addition to hourly pay, Captains receive small stipends included in their regular paychecks
• Flexible Hours: Most of the work of this program can be done at a time that works best with your existing schedule

Compensation And Benefits

• Temporary, hourly part time position, $25/hour, with accrued sick time
• In addition to hourly pay, Captains receive small stipends included in their regular paychecks
• This position includes occasional weekend work and possible on-call requirements
• This is a temporary cycle role and runs through November 15, 2026
• This position is not eligible for the collective bargaining unit

Application Process

• The application process includes a screening call, an exercise, and an interview with the team
• The process is moving quickly, and we hope candidates will start by August 3

About Movement Labs

Movement Labs is a political innovation incubator that uses technology, data, and experimentation to stop fascism and build progressive power. We help progressives win and defeat MAGA extremists through year-round work grounded in research and real-world testing. Our team partners with leading advocacy groups, grassroots organizers, and electoral campaigns to develop innovative tactics, win elections, and shift power for the long term.