Coordinated Organizers
Empower Project
This job is no longer accepting applications
See open jobs at Empower Project.See open jobs similar to "Coordinated Organizers" All-hands.About Empower Project
Empower Project is the national leader in both paid and volunteer relational organizing.
Empower Project organizes to improve people’s lives using the power of relational organizing. Together with our partners, we’ve helped boost voter turnout, especially for BIPOC communities, through our approach of tapping into personal networks of friends and family. We provide the software and expertise to help communities, progressive organizations, and nonprofits leverage their personal relationships to build power and dramatically expand the electorate. Our cutting-edge technology, Empower, stands at the forefront of the industry and is trusted by over 1,500 organizations nationwide.
Program Overview
Empower Innovations Group is running a statewide paid relational organizing program that aims to recruit and hire paid Community Mobilizers in local communities to bring more people into the electoral arena.
Job Description
The Coordinated Organizing Directors will lead a team of Coordinated Deputy Organizing Directors and Organizers for a paid relational organizing program.
The Coordinated Organizing Directors will hire, onboard, train, lead and monitor metrics for, and coach up to Coordinated Deputy Organizing Directors. Additionally, the Coordinated Organizing Directors will onboard, train, monitor metrics for a team of Community Organizers (COs,) as well as conduct related administrative tasks. Critically, they will also facilitate large-scale trainings alongside their organizing team, ensuring the smooth flow of operations and maximum impact of each event. The Coordinated Organizing Directors in each region will be responsible for building a universe of paid Community Mobilizers (CMs) to conduct calls to action before the election in November.
The Coordinated Organizing Directors will be responsible for the combined output of each of their direct reports during each of these cycles of outreach. The Coordinated Organizing Directors will also be expected to create a positive and safe work environment, and to address the daily tasks of the campaign with flexibility and creativity.
The Coordinated Organizing Directors will be leading members of the strategic team and be encouraged to offer input into program design. This position is an opportunity to play a senior role in a groundbreaking program that will scale in 2024.
Core Responsibilities
- Supervise and delegate responsibilities to members of the organizing team.
- The Coordinated Organizing Directors will work with Empower Project to evaluate and hire Coordinated Deputy Organizing Director and Organizer applicants
- The Coordinated Organizing Directors will manage and lead a team of Coordinated Deputy Organizing Directors and Organizers, fostering a supportive team culture of excellence and accountability
- Ensure all data is entered in a timely fashion, meeting campaign-wide standards
- The Coordinated Organizing Directors will direct organizing staff during large-scale trainings, managing key elements of technology, presentation and team coordination
- Following the onboarding of each wave of Coordinated Deputy Organizing Directors and Organizers, maintain a regular 1:1 meeting schedule with direct reports as well as plan and lead weekly organizing team meetings
- Ensure that all program requirements are well-communicated by reviewing and contributing to published materials
- Monitor the results of various accountability and organizing approaches and and share best practices with their colleagues and Empower Project leadership
- Collect critical feedback on training materials from Coordinated Deputy Organizing Directors, Organizers and Community Mobilizers and deliver to Empower Project leadership in order to improve support materials
- Support Empower Project leadership in monitoring and identifying trends in the CM recruitment pipeline
- Other tasks as assigned by Empower Project leadership
Additional consideration will be given to candidates who have existing relationships in one of the ten states or are fluent in a second language, including Spanish.
Compensation
This is a full-time, remote, salaried position available immediately and lasting through November 15, 2024.
The work schedule is six days per week with Sundays or Fridays off. Coordinated Organizing Directors will generally work either Sunday - Thursdays or Monday - Saturdays, 9:30am - 8pm Eastern or 9:30am - 8pm Eastern time, depending on their state assignment.
We will also work the full week before the November election.
The salary for this position is $8,500/month plus healthcare benefits and 2 paid sick days.
Empower Project is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate based on age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference. Women, persons of color, and individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community are strongly encouraged to apply.
This job is no longer accepting applications
See open jobs at Empower Project.See open jobs similar to "Coordinated Organizers" All-hands.