Human Resources
Field Director (WI)
Position Title: Field Director – WI
Level: Experienced
Job Location: Madison, WI
Position Type: Full Time / Exempt
Education Level: None
Salary Range: $70,000-85,000 Salary/year
Travel %: Some
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
About For Our Future
Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and civil rights. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community’s collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people’s lives.
In 2018, we made over 10 million door knocks and held 1.5 million face-to-face conversations with voters in 7 states. Our turnout operation and innovative program helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians, expand Medicaid coverage to 400,000 in Virginia, and resulted in sizable electoral progress at the state and federal level, including the pickup of 3 Governor’s mansion, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.
FOF will continue to grow and win through 2020, building power across issue fights and elections. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our current state programs include Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
JOB SUMMARY
For Our Future Wisconsin is a statewide coalition organization that builds progressive power through voter engagement and organizing within communities around key issues and candidates. We uplift the voices of the community and work to strengthen public education, advance social and racial justice, preserve our environment, and fight for working families. Our commitment to advancing progressive causes extends to the ballot box, and we work hard every election to elect candidates who share our values.
For Our Future WI seeks a Field Director for an aggressive organizing and voter contact program in the state. The Field Director is responsible for managing and developing staff across the state, managing day-to-day operations of all programs, and assisting the leadership team in developing and executing a strategic statewide issue advocacy and electoral program. The Field Director collaborates with other department heads to lead a training program, facilitate coordination and information sharing between partners and allies, achieve program deliverables, and advance organizational interests and priorities. The Field Director reports directly to the State Director, coordinates closely with statewide and national staff, as well as key stakeholders.
This position is based in Madison, WI. This is a full-time position that lasts at least through November 6, 2020.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
● Lead a results-driven statewide team of field and organizing professionals.
● Innovate new approaches to engage diverse constituencies and execute those approaches effectively.
● Report qualitative and quantitative field metrics and accomplishments regularly to state leadership and in-state and national stakeholders.
● Oversee implementation of all in-state field programs, work with state leadership to evaluate the impact of programs and innovate as necessary to ensure success.
● Set, meet, and exceed benchmarks for voter contact, grassroots engagement, and GOTV.
● Establish a vibrant culture that fosters diverse viewpoints and prioritizes equity among the field while maintaining an accountable, innovative, purposeful, and goal-oriented team.
● Hire, coach, and train field staff to achieve their objectives.
● Perform other duties and responsibilities as designated by the State Director.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
● An understanding of Wisconsin's legislative and political landscape, and the path to power in the state. Ability to work and adapt to a changing political and policy landscape.
● Ability to develop short and long-term statewide plans, set objectives and metrics, track progress toward achieving objectives, and align those strategies with other progressive efforts in the state.
● Dedication to grassroots, local organizing and empowering state/local organizations to lead our work. Understanding of local community-based organizations and respect for their leaders and programs.
● Demonstrated ability to lead via organizing rather than by decree. Experience in building meaningful and valuable coalitions and gaining buy-in from organizations or individuals with a wide variety of goals and interests.
● Broad experience in team building, staff management, and developing talent within an organization. Must be able to manage staff remotely.
● Experience managing work across multiple internal departments for statewide issue advocacy or electoral campaigns. Demonstrated knowledge of effective and successful electoral plans, including targeting, voter contact, GOTV and best practices with each.
● Willingness to take initiative, while juggling several priorities that may change quickly. Multi-tasker with excellent time management skills and ability to hit deadlines.
● Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to write compelling program reports. Demonstrated ability to navigate conflict and work toward resolution required.
● Must have worked in progressive political campaigns or organizations for 3-4 cycles with at least 2 cycles of management and some state-wide or national experience.
● Must have access to reliable transportation.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
● The Field Director will directly supervise the Wisconsin field staff, including multiple levels of management staff.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
● At Least 5+ cycles of campaign experience, with at least 3 cycles of field experience
● Expertise in best practices for carrying out effective voter contact programs.
● Experience managing a multi-layered statewide organizing program -- whether in an electoral or issue setting -- preferred.
● Ability to manage a multi-layered staff structure and ability to manage and support program remotely.
● Willingness to travel and work long hours
WORK ENVIRONMENT
● During telework period: Work is typically performed in an office environment.
● During fieldwork period: Work may be performed outdoors, and employees may be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rainy, hot, and cold temperatures. This position is expected to interact regularly with community partners face-to-face or in a group setting and may also be expected to interact face-to-face with volunteers or voters.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
● The physical demands of the job include bending and sitting and walking for extended periods when fieldwork begins.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
● Normal hours of business are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday, however employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends, holidays and nights.
● Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.
For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
● Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid and 5% employee paid
● Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
● Paid parental leave
● $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement
● 13 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays
This
job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of
activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other
duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time
with or without notice.
For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
At-Will Employment
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as “employment at will.” This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing “employment at will” relationship. By signing below, you hereby affirm your that your employment is “at will”, and that you acknowledge that no oral or written statements or representations regarding your employment can alter your “at will” status, except for a written statement signed by you and our Chief Executive Officer or duly authorized representative as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors of For Our Future Action Fund.
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