Community Campaigns Organizer - Western New York

Nexus Management • Buffalo, NY

46d • Hybrid

About The Position

Citizen Action is seeking a Community Campaigns Organizer for Western New York to join their team. This role involves working directly with community members to build the organization's membership and expand its reach through issue-based campaigns. The position reports to the Co-Director of Campaigns Organizing.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of organizing experience, with at least 2 of the 3 years experience in a paid, professional role.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience planning and utilizing basebuilding tactics such as phone banking, door canvassing, tabling, facilitation of workshops and meetings, and other such skill areas.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience planning and utilizing issue campaign tactics such event planning, lobby meetings, and other such skill areas.
• Willingness to learn and effectively use the organization’s training methodology - demonstrating the skill, doing shoulder-to-shoulder work with member leaders, tracking/analyzing results, and providing effective feedback.
• Commitment to track the progress of basebuilding and outreach work through the use of organizational data systems in order to assess success.
• Familiar with Google Drive and Zoom.
• Displays cultural competency and has a proven ability to connect and relate to people from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to be flexible with work planning and priority setting in order to meet the needs of the organization and the local community.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends.
• Ability to travel for work commitments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on issue campaigns and/or electoral campaigns.
• Preferred experience with VAN, Scale to Win, Mobilize, and Action Network, and a willingness to learn outreach tools.
• Able to speak Spanish fluently.

Responsibilities

• Recruit organizational members using campaign issues and electoral campaigns to grow the organization through outreach strategies that grow the dedicated base of volunteers.
• Develop and employ strategic campaigns at the local level that connect to the statewide priorities of the organization.
• Create and implement an outreach and recruitment plan to grow the membership base for chapter meetings, committee meetings, mobilization efforts, and campaign tactics.
• Use organizing tactics such as 1:1s, phone banking, text banking, tabling, and door canvassing to grow chapter members.
• Lead outreach events with members, focusing on outreach to directly impacted individuals who can share stories that amplify the need for change in issue campaigns.
• Train volunteers and members in strategic education and leadership skills such as strategy development, event planning, media interaction, storytelling, and other areas that build capacity for basebuilding and absorption of new membership in regions.
• Ensure that leaders in the community have a role and develop their skills in organizing for social change.
• Manage data requirements, such as entering 1:1’s, volunteer activities, turnout, volunteer profiles, and other information into organizational systems.
• Work with the Canvass and Mobilization Director to create recruitment phone banks, canvass lists, outreach and recruitment scripts, and other such needs.
• Create outreach strategies based on legislative campaigns that demonstrate an understanding of the political profiles of elected officials in regions.
• As appropriate, work with staff and members to identify, plan, and execute local campaigns that connect to and benefit the statewide and Federal issue campaign work.
• Recruit members and leaders to be a part of organizational leadership structures and help identify members to run for political office.
• Create content and collect stories for weekly emails, social media, and other communications opportunities, and work with Communications staff to implement campaigns strategies such as letters to the editor, op-eds, and other communications tactics.
• Perform other duties assigned by your supervisor.

Benefits

• Working collaboratively in an organization at the forefront of building power across NYS
• Competitive salary
• 100% paid employee monthly medical and vision premiums
• Access to mental health and dental plans
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Generous paid holidays, vacation time, and paid sick leave
• Organization shutdown weeks in July and December
• Summer Fridays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed