Campaign Organizer- Muscatine

The Outreach Team•Muscatine, IA

2d•$55,000 - $67,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Outreach Team is seeking a full-time Campaign Organizer to join their team. This role is crucial for powering the progressive movement by running successful civic engagement campaigns. Organizers will be responsible for building a future that is fairer, healthier, safer, and more peaceful. The position is based in various locations across Iowa and is expected to run from June 30th through the end of the year.

Requirements

Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse group of local and statewide community members.
Be attentive and empathetic to the communities served, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or ability.
Identify shared values across communities for collective growth.
Build authentic relationships through authenticity and reliability.
Be comfortable and experienced in public speaking to a group about environmental, jobs, health care issues and climate change.
Approach leadership with a “power with” mindset.
Be able to learn from others, see and hear other perspectives, and step in or step back as necessary.
Be reliable and accountable, always transparent about abilities, capacities, and expectations.
Honor the time and commitments of others while inspiring them to meet goals.
Proven ability to develop meaningful connections with diverse communities, including a wide range of community organizations, community leaders, and community members.
Work with the community and within the workplace to identify areas of improvement for a more equitable environment.
Take continued action and efforts to improve REI knowledge, skills, and tools.
Experience accomplishing ambitious goals and getting results, even when there are obstacles.
Experience or ability to plan backwards to meet multiple goals timely and effectively.
Bounce back and adjust quickly to unexpected changes, learning and improving from mistakes.
Commitment to equity and justice.
Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all interactions.
Passion for the role that work plays in creating change.
Kindness and consideration for others.
Drive to work collaboratively.
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, train, and work with a team of volunteers in key counties in Iowa to drive basebuilding for corporate polluter accountability.
Engage constituents around corporate accountability, health care, big ag, affordability, and action opportunities.
Build and recruit a team of supporters and volunteers for canvassing and petitions.
Continue to engage volunteers through campaign events and actions.
Drive signees to electoral work and results in the fall.
Debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information for staying involved with corporate accountability action.
Recruit and train volunteer activists.
Call and text supporters to recruit them into grassroots actions.
Identify new supporters and volunteers by knocking doors, gathering petitions, flyering, and conducting in-field recruitment efforts.
Run grassroots skills trainings for volunteers.
Maintain a meticulous volunteer list.
Represent the campaign in community spaces and events, engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
Gather over a thousand petitions from the community.
Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting Members of Congress (social media posts, phone calls, postcards, 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.
Register voters in key Iowa districts, generating hundreds of new voter registrations.
Maintain strong QC systems for VR compliance.
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.
Recruit volunteers to post on their own social media platforms.
Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools.
Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists.
Track every interaction with detailed notes for daily reporting and weekly reports.