Field Organizer Needed for Brooklyn Campaign

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BrownMillerGroup is a direct contact firm whose goal is to win campaigns by engaging people in politics and empowering them with the tools they need to change their community one person at a time.

BrownMillerGroup is hiring Field Organizers to build and manage a field program for several races throughout the Northeast, beginning immediately.

A successful candidate will be a dynamic individual possessing a breadth of organizing experience and demonstrating a range of professional skills. S/he will be passionate about building people-powered, community driven campaigns.

Responsibilities Will Include:

·         Voter contact including door-to-door and phone canvass

·         Data system maintenance

·         Drafting neighborhood-level field plans

·         Building relationships with grasstops leaders and activists

·         Recruiting, training and managing interns and volunteers

·         Tracking and reporting progress to goal in real time

·         Self-assessing progress-to-goal and next steps

 

Required Skills and Qualities:

·         Minimum one cycle organizing experience

·         The ability to develop volunteers and interns and create a team environment

·         Use of voter contact programs including VAN, Nationbuilder and the like

·         Use of personnel contact relationship manager programs

·         Mastery of basic office programs including the Microsoft Office suite, Excel and, in particular, file share programs

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills

·         Excellent time management and task organizing skills

·         The ability to solve problems

·         The ability to self-assess

·         The ability to lead and to develop team members

·         Self-motivation and the commitment to see a task through regardless

 

Job Requirements:

·         Willingness to relocate

·         The ability to travel independently

·         The ability to work extended hours

 

Salary based upon experience. BrownMillerGroup is an equal opportunity employer.