GOTV Distributed Organizer

Texas Democratic Party•Waco, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Texas Democratic Party is seeking Distributed Organizers to join their Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign, supporting Talarico for Texas and Democratic candidates. The distributed organizing department is building a statewide volunteer program that allows Texans to take meaningful action for Democratic candidates regardless of where they live. Through virtual voter contact, volunteer recruitment, relational organizing, and other distributed tactics, the department turns enthusiasm across the state into sustained volunteer activity and voter turnout, while building the lasting infrastructure Texas Democrats need to win now and in the cycles ahead. There are three distinct roles: Distributed Canvass Manager, Call & Text Manager, and Volunteer Engagement Manager. Applicants may be considered for one or multiple roles based on their experience and interests. This position will begin before Labor Day and end November 15, 2026.

Requirements

Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
Direct experience cutting turf and running canvass launches.
Administrative experience in Votebuilder, including turf cutting, list pulls, and MiniVAN setup.
Task and time management skills
Experience planning and staffing events
Volunteer management or team-building acumen
Access to a phone and laptop computer
Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers
Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases
Experience with Scale to Win or a comparable dialer or peer-to-peer texting platform.
Direct experience running phone banks, including recruiting volunteers into shifts and hosting shifts yourself.
Experience planning volunteer events, house parties, or comparable community gatherings.
Clear, warm written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns.
Familiarity with Texas geography and regional political landscapes
Spanish language proficiency.
Experience building a national or out-of-state volunteer program.
Experience growing an online community from a small base.
Experience with relational organizing programs.
Graphic design or content creation skills.

Responsibilities

Build and manage the campaign's canvassing operations in volunteer-led areas across the state.
Develop the strategy, systems, and leadership structures that allow volunteers to lead canvassing efforts in their own communities.
Cut turf, set targets, and maintain MiniVAN assignments across a large and geographically dispersed territory.
Establish and run canvass programs across counties and communities, and develop volunteer leaders who can independently handle turf cutting, packet logistics, launch site identification, and materials distribution.
Serve as a primary campaign contact to activists, supporters, volunteers, and voters, to maintain strong presence across geographic boundaries.
Ensure voter contact activities are created and uploaded in Mobilize, accurately reflected in VAN, easy for volunteers to find and join, and appropriately tracked.
Ensure timely and accurate data entry across voter contact events.
Manage high-volume distributed voter-contact programs and volunteer teams, rapidly troubleshoot volunteer and technology issues, and ensure daily voter-contact programs remain on pace to meet campaign goals.
Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and program performance, with increased reporting frequency during GOTV.
Develop your own skills, cross-pollinate ideas, and grow into a stronger organizer than you were before you started.
Develop and execute the campaign's virtual phone banking and volunteer recruitment texting programs.
Design and manage large-scale voter contact and recruitment efforts that engage volunteers across Texas and beyond.
Own the statewide calendar of virtual phone banks, including scheduling, list requests, dialer setup, Zoom logistics, and quality control on data entry.
Build and send recruitment texts at scale, including audience selection, message drafting and testing, send scheduling, and response handling.
Track conversion from text to signup to completed shift, and iterate on what actually turns a reply into a volunteer on a shift.
Identify volunteers ready to lead, train them to host their own DVCs, and coach them through their first few until they can run independently.
Recruit, onboard, and retain volunteers outside Texas, developing a distinct pitch and engagement ladder for supporters with no local stake in the race.
Partner with leadership to draft, test, and load scripts, iterating based on volunteer feedback and contact rates.
Set and hit weekly attempt, contact, and volunteer shift goals; adjust program tactics when numbers fall short.
Manage and engage the campaign's volunteer community across online platforms, and coordinate house parties and relational events in volunteer-led areas.
Cultivate the spaces — digital and in person — where volunteers connect with the campaign and with one another.
Build, run, and moderate the volunteer Slack, Facebook groups, and other volunteer-facing online spaces.
Keep conversation active, and answer questions quickly.
Post opportunities, celebrate results, and turn online energy into signups on the calendar.
Identify prospects, develop them into leaders, and support them in developing their own outreach tactics.
Build and manage the community of supporters outside Texas, developing a distinct engagement path for volunteers who cannot attend in-person events or canvass.
Recruit volunteers to host house parties and relational events, help them plan and fill their events, and provide materials, agendas, and follow-up support.