Campaign Organizer- Maquoketa

The Outreach Team•Maquoketa, IA

2d•$55,000 - $67,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Outreach Team is seeking a full-time Campaign Organizer to work in key counties in Iowa, focusing on recruiting, training, and managing volunteers for a campaign centered on corporate polluter accountability. The role involves engaging constituents on issues such as corporate accountability, healthcare, big agriculture, affordability, and other action opportunities. Organizers will build and recruit supporter and volunteer teams for canvassing and petitioning, engage volunteers through campaign events and actions, drive sign-ups for electoral work in the fall, and conduct debriefs with volunteers to encourage continued involvement in community action.

Requirements

Must be able to drive, have a valid driver's license, and meet driver authorization standards.
Commitment to equity and justice, with agreement to the organization's North Star.
Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all interactions with colleagues and community members.
Passion for the role of work in creating change.
Kindness and consideration for others.
Drive to work collaboratively: learning from others; stepping-in or stepping-back when needed.
Transparency: comfort admitting what you do and don't know, your capacity, and abilities.
Task management: Able to adapt to the evolving needs of a project. Able to tackle big-picture projects and break them down into smaller pieces.
Organized and efficient: Experience or demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects or goals at once in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Acute attention to detail: Track interactions and tasks with detailed notes. Plans ahead for roadblocks and bounces back quickly when problems arise.
Effective communication skills (written or spoken) that are clear, concise and honest.
Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly.
Coach and learning mentality: successful experience or willingness to learn new things and pick up new skills on the job. Able to learn from mistakes and try again.
Understanding of how words and actions affect others, including an awareness of power language and communication accessibility.
Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings, occasional holidays.

Nice To Haves

Organizing experience within or around Iowa.
Experience working for nonprofits and issue campaigns.
Data Management and Evaluation Experience: Experience working with various data management systems and tools, mainly Google Suite.
Experience with Relevant Campaign Tools and Technologies: VAN, Action Network, ThruText, MailChimp, eCRMs like EveryAction, or social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
Event or Project Planning & Management, Implementation or Evaluation.
Knowledge or previous experience working on this issue is a plus.

Responsibilities

Recruit and train a community of volunteer activists by calling and texting supporters, identifying new supporters through door knocking, petition gathering, flyering, and in-field recruitment.
Run grassroots skills trainings for volunteers.
Maintain a meticulous volunteer list.
Represent the campaign in community spaces and events, engaging with coalition and partner organizations.
Gather over a thousand petitions in support of key campaign issues.
Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting Members of Congress via social media, phone calls, postcards, and photo petitions.
Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
Recruit and engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build relationships and generate new supporters, volunteers, and event attendees.
Register voters in key Iowa districts, generating hundreds of new voter registrations and maintaining QC systems for compliance with VR laws.
Organize and execute high-visibility in-person events demonstrating support for climate, jobs, and justice.
Educate community members about climate investments and the urgency of continued actions.
Ensure 100% compliance with all messaging and legal requirements for self and volunteers.
Recruit volunteers to post on their own social media platforms.
Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools to communicate with community members.
Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists.
Track all interactions with detailed notes for daily reporting and weekly reports on campaign results.