Human Resources
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Position Title |
National Field Director |
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Level |
Senior |
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Job Location |
DC National Headquarters |
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Position Type |
Full Time |
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Education level |
- |
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$91,000 - $110,000 |
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Travel % |
Up to 25% |
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Job Shift |
Any |
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Job Categories |
Non-profit – 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 racial and social justice. 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 mansions, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.
For Our Future 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
The Field Director will be the primary staff member responsible for tracking state-by-state programmatic priorities. The Field Director will be the key link between state leadership staff and Headquarters departments tracking and communicating support or information needs both from states and from DC team members, ensuring our HQ team is delivering support to state teams in a timely and comprehensive manner. The Field Director will work alongside regional counterparts in other For Our Future departments to shepherd processes: scripts, capacity projections and goals, targeting literature and materials, contracts, state field department hiring, quantitative and qualitative reporting and more.
The Field Director will report directly to the Campaigns Director. This is a full-time position through at least November 6, 2020.
Essential Functions
● Manage multiple projects connecting For Our Future states and HQ departments, facilitating excellent communication to enable speedy and thorough support.
● Work with Data and Analytics Director and states to support and execute the process of setting quantitative and qualitative goals and regularly measuring progress towards these goals, including internal and partner programs.
● Work with state staff, national campaigns team, and For Our Future’s human resources team to support state field staff hiring process.
● Manage HQ approval process for scripts and other field-related materials for all state programs.
● In conjunction with For Our Future’s’s national teams (data, legal, voter contact, digital, communications, operations, fundraising, partnerships), assist or manage targeting and universe formation, turfing, QC reporting on individual state field programs, hourly and other soft reporting, hiring, literature, and other needs driven by state programs.
● Promote a strong and inclusive culture and a team that is mission-driven, well-trained, and set up for success in states.
● Support and execute the flow of information via emails, and other modes to, from, and among state staff.
● Coordinate with other national staff in compiling information for fundraising materials and other external facing documents as needed.
● Collaborate with the legal department to ensure all voter contact efforts are compliant with the FEC or appropriate state agencies.
● Perform other duties and responsibilities as designated by the Campaigns Director.
Supervisory Responsibilities
● The Field Director will directly supervise the national deputy field staff.
Skills and Qualifications
● At least 5+ years 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
● Office environments vary, but a National Field Director should expect to work in an open office setting, among colleagues and direct reports.
Physical Demands
● Primary physical demands for the job include regular sitting, standing/walking and lifting up to 25 pounds.
Expected Hours of work
● 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 unless it’s an emergency.
Benefits
For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
▪ Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid, and 5% employee paid.
▪ Paid maternity leave.
▪ Paid paternity leave.
▪ Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%.
▪ $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement.
▪ 10 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 reasonable accommodation in the application process, he or she 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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