2026 Community Organizers

Empower Project•, (Multiple States)

33d•$4,748 - $4,750•Remote

About The Position

Empower Project is seeking Community Organizers for its 2026 paid relational organizing programs in states including Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. These programs involve recruiting individuals to engage their friends and family about elections and issues, and paying them for their time and effort. The organization utilizes a proprietary software, Empower, which has been proven effective in increasing voter turnout through relational organizing, surpassing traditional methods like phone-banking and text-banking. The company is experiencing rapid growth and is expanding its team to support this growth and enhance its technology.

Requirements

Strong time management skills to balance onboarding, training, and managing a large group of program participants.
Ability to conduct large-scale trainings.
Ability to hold CMs accountable for accurate and timely reporting.
Flexibility as the campaign changes.
Creativity in achieving the biggest possible scale of outreach.

Nice To Haves

Existing relationships in one of our key states (Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin).
Fluency in a second language, including Spanish.

Responsibilities

Onboard, train, and manage a large group of paid Community Mobilizers (CMs) for statewide paid relational organizing programs.
Help paid Community Mobilizers conduct relational calls to action and numerous social media calls to action.
Conduct large-scale trainings and hold CMs accountable for accurate and timely reporting.
Create a positive and safe work environment, be flexible as the campaign changes, and be creative in achieving the biggest possible scale of outreach.
Maximize program referrals from the friends and family of original participants to increase the number of applicants.
Complete phone, text, and other recruitment methods to ensure daily trainings meet benchmark attendance.
Conduct onboarding trainings covering app functionality, program objectives, and performance requirements for payment and bonuses.
Host regular onboarding sessions at intervals that support program objectives.
Support CM success through group and one-on-one trainings.
Deliver the appropriate mix of automated, hand-generated, and person-to-person communications to increase program completion.
Hit daily phone bank benchmarks to follow up with CMs, ensuring task completion by payment deadlines and scheduling for future events.
Ensure all participant data is entered in a timely fashion, meeting campaign-wide standards.
Use incentives and other tools to achieve maximum data entry and program completion within campaign-directed limits.
Triage program participants for appropriate times to directly communicate for accountability.
Verify that names submitted for compensation have met program requirements for base pay and bonuses.
Ensure all program requirements are well-communicated by reviewing published materials and informing management of any errors.
Collect critical feedback on training materials from participants and deliver it to management for improvement.
Implement campaign-wide feedback mechanisms for participants to communicate their experience to leadership.
Collect samples, anecdotes, video, photos, and survey data to showcase program success for future recruitment and reporting.