JOB: Community Organizer--help flip states blue with Sister District

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Description: The Sister District Project (SDP) is seeking to hire an experienced organizer with the skills to grow, train, and support teams of volunteers in targeted areas across the country. The goal is to build enduring, year-round teams that provide meaningful grassroots field and fundraising support to strategic state legislative campaigns. Previous experience with 2+ years/cycles as an organizer required, previous experience working on campaigns strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Grow Existing and New Volunteer Teams

• Under the supervision of the Director of Engagement and Partnerships, develop and implement a 12-month national recruitment and retention plan that will include team recruitment goals, geographic targets, and strategies for recruitment; conduct onboarding of new teams; and ensure continued volunteer engagement.

• Develop new volunteer teams in targeted areas across the country using SDP volunteer list.

• Coach and support existing “non-anchor” teams to transition them into “anchor” teams in targeted areas. Anchor teams are teams that exhibit the highest tier of capacity and sustainability in the Sister District community.

• Conduct outreach to existing grassroots groups in targeted areas to recruit Sister District affiliates. Affiliates are existing grassroots groups that take on Sister District action items.

• Travel, as needed, to target areas to achieve recruitment goals.

• Manage SDP Training Program

• Manage SDP Training Program for volunteers, including organizing/team-building topics (e.g., 1:1s, digital recruitment for local teams, team onboarding), as well as field and fundraising topics.

• Develop and publish training programming and materials, both in-house and through our selected partner organizations.

• Develop and implement additional trainings as necessary.

• Perform additional duties as needed.

What We’re Looking For

• Passion for electing Democrats to critical seats across the country.

• Demonstrated success in volunteer recruitment and retention.

• Demonstrated ability to organize volunteers to achieve excellent results and meet goals.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication and customer service skills.

• Excellent planning skills.

• Self-starter and team player who is willing to sometimes work long, irregular hours, travel, and is energized by a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Ability to work independently in a remote setting.

• Previous experience with 2+ years/cycles as an organizer required, previous experience working on campaigns strongly preferred.

Start Date

We are looking to fill this position immediately.

Pay

Commensurate with experience and location. This is an independent contractor position with no benefits. The position runs through December 2018 with the possibility of extension or employment thereafter.

To Apply

Please send an email to info [@] sisterdistrict.com with the subject line: “Organizing Manager” and attach the following:

• Resume

• Cover letter

• The names of three references with accurate contact information

The Organization

The Sister District Project is a grassroots political startup. We were formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. We organize volunteers across the country to build progressive power and capacity in order to win strategic state elections for Democrats. We “sister” our volunteer teams with candidates who receive field and fundraising support. To date,15 of the 16 candidates we supported won. We currently have about 27,000 volunteers and are growing. We have an ambitious plan for 2018, 2019, and 2020 to maximize our electoral impact. Our organization is small, agile, and bursting with energy and hope for the future. We hope you’ll consider joining our team!