Candidate Services Coordinator Job Hiring: Texas Democratic Party

[Rachael Marglous]

Candidate Services Coordinator (Tarrant County)

 

Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country, and Texas Democrats are poised to win. The polls are showing Donald Trump loses to a Democratic champion and we are in a dead heat for the United States Senate.

 

It is critical that the Texas Democratic Party support down-ballot candidates, provide valuable guidance and tools (i.e., a “campaign in a box”), render useful campaign services and deliverables, and build trust to secure candidate participation in a robust 2020 coordinated campaign. This is especially true in Tarrant County, which contains some of the most competitive state house, judicial, and countywide seats in the entire state.

 

The TDP is seeking top-tier, self-motivated, and an innovative Candidate Services Coordinator to help execute an ambitious, regional program providing extensive resources and services to candidates up and down the ballot. This person will work closely with the coordinated and data departments to execute 2020 programs.

 

The position will currently be remote with the expectation of moving into Tarrant County when it is safe to do so.

 

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Seeking opportunities and support efforts to increase diversity of campaign-related staff, and the campaigns team;

• Developing and maintaining political relationships with local progressive organizations supporting candidates running in competitive races;

• Managing services to a portfolio of campaigns, assisting directly with:

• Identifying and recruiting a professional campaign team, including managers, other staff, and consultants, where applicable;

• Setting up effective field, communications, digital, and fundraising teams and structures;

• Building, developing, and maintaining campaign plans and budgets;

• Crafting and workshopping individual and coordinated campaign communication;

• Managing or participating in regular conference calls for various campaigns in a structured and professional fashion to assist with earned and paid media plans, field operations and fundraising; and

• Liaising between campaign staff and the county/state coordinated campaign apparatus to ensure all parties are effectively communicating

• Maintaining a transparent coordinated events and communications calendar to facilitate integration

• Preparing reports on campaign activities for county and state coordinated staff

• Working with Voter Protection and Organizing staff to ensure scarce resources and effort are being used most effectively and efficiently

 

Requirements include:

• 1 cycle of candidate campaign experience, preferably in management, or 2+ cycles of candidate campaign experience in junior roles

• A holistic and data-informed understanding of campaigns

• Superior project management skills, including effective task delegation and tracking, and familiarity with collaborative task management tools

• Ability to communicate priorities, needs and expectations up and down the chain of command

• Strong lateral management skills

• Proficiency with organizing tools, including Votebuilder/VAN, MobilizeAmerica, and / or texting platforms

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively and clearly communicate with different types of stakeholders, from high level elected officials to grassroots activists

• An absolute commitment to complete the 2020 cycle at the Texas Democratic Party

 

Preferred background and experience:

• Experience organizing in communities of color and/or non-English-speaking communities

• Texas ties and / or battleground state experience

 

How to apply: txdem.co/csc-apply