Regional Director - Seminole
Human Resources
Position Title: Regional Director – Seminole County
Level:
Job Location: Seminole County, FL
Position Type: Full Time, Exempt
Education Level: None
Salary Range: $54,000.00 Salary/year
Travel %: Up to 50%
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
Number of Openings: 1
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
For Our Future Florida seeks a full-time Regional Director for an aggressive organizing, communications, digital, and voter contact program. The Regional Director will be responsible for executing the statewide field plan, political organizing, regional communications, and supervising organizer and volunteer operation(s) within their assigned region. Regional Directors will report directly to their assigned Deputy Field Director and the Field Director. Candidates should have familiarity with the Seminole and Volusia county FL area, experience working in political campaigns, experience managing staff or volunteers, comfort working long hours, basic digital skills, and access to a car and a working laptop or tablet.
This is a full-time position through at least November 6, 2020.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
● Managing & training regional staff and volunteers to execute a comprehensive field and digital organizing program.
● Building positive long-term relationships with progressive-minded civic, activist, and faith leaders and organizations in the region.
● Training and assisting local and regional partners and volunteers to build stronger long-term progressive strength in the region.
● Facilitating and overseeing daily in-person canvass and voter contact launches
● Working with our communications team to plan, coordinate, and implement regional media events including op-eds, letters to the editor, press conferences and other events as required.
● Working with our digital team to plan, coordinate, and implement regional digital organizing outreach and events.
● Monitoring metrics at regularly assigned intervals. These metrics include, but are not limited to: volunteers recruited, voter contact attempts per shift, flake rate, completion rate, confirmation rate, hiring metrics, etc.
● Implementing systems to ensure regionally assigned metrics are met or exceeded.
● Responsible for timely and accurate reporting utilizing VAN & Google Suite.
● Working with state leadership to implement the state plan in the region and giving feedback to improve the quality of our operations in the region.
● Positively representing our organization at virtual and in-person community events and meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
● At least two cycles of electoral or issue based organizing experience required
● Proven experience managing a team including resolving conflicts and holding team members accountable; strong coaching skills and abilities
● Access to reliable transportation with a valid driver's license required
● Availability to work long and irregular hours in a fast-paced, metrics driven environment
● Adaptable to changing conditions requiring critical thinking skills
● Good judgement and sound decision-making skills
● Proven experience building community relationships through individual and group based meetings
● Ability to work independently and in team settings
● Commitment to For Our Future’s mission to build long-term progressive infrastructure
● Record of organizational skills that demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines while working on multiple projects.
● Communications experience preferred
● Basic computer literacy, database skills, and access to a reliable portable computer
● Experience utilizing campaign tools such as Votebuilder/VAN
● Basic knowledge of G-Suite and Microsoft Office Suite; strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a plus
● Possess a winning mentality
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
■ This position may supervise members of the field staff.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS
■ Because of COVID-19, state and local government stay at home orders, phased reopening orders, and other factors limit For Our Future’s canvassing program. When these limits apply, your work environment will likely be your domicile (teleworking) or a socially-distanced office. Overseeing door-to-door canvassing is considered an essential function of this job. When it is possible to safely and appropriately resume door-to-door canvassing, it will be a high priority for this role to stage, launch, and manage canvass programs. Employees may occasionally be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. 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.
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 during blackout periods. Emergencies will not be 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.
■ Paid parental leave.
■ Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%.
■ $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, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, arrest record, conviction record, ancestry, military service, or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or ordinances. 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 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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