Campaign Organizer- Davenport, IA

The Outreach Team•Davenport, IA

7d•$55,000 - $67,000•Hybrid

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 recruiting, training, and managing volunteers in key counties across Iowa to drive basebuilding efforts focused on corporate polluter accountability. The position involves engaging constituents on issues such as corporate accountability, healthcare, big agriculture, affordability, and identifying action opportunities. The campaign runs from the start date through the end of the year, with locations including Davenport, Iowa City, Waukee, West Des Moines, Bettendorf, Clinton, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role emphasizes building a team of supporters and volunteers for canvassing and petitions, engaging them through campaign events and actions, and driving sign-ups for electoral work in the fall. Post-campaign, organizers will debrief with volunteers to ensure continued involvement in community accountability actions.

Requirements

Commitment to equity and justice.
Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all interactions.
Passion for creating change in the world.
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 evolving project needs and break down big-picture projects.
Organized and efficient: Experience or demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/goals in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Acute attention to detail: Track interactions and tasks with detailed notes.
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.
Understanding of how words and actions affect others, including 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.

Responsibilities

Recruit, train, and manage a team of volunteers in key counties to drive basebuilding for corporate polluter accountability.
Engage constituents on issues such as corporate accountability, healthcare, big agriculture, and affordability.
Build and recruit a team of supporters and volunteers for canvassing and petitions.
Engage volunteers through campaign events and actions.
Drive sign-ups for electoral work in the fall.
Debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information for continued involvement in community accountability actions.
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 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 (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 voter registration 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 for self and volunteers.
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 all interactions with detailed notes for daily reporting and weekly reports.