Organizing Director - Michigan

For Our Future Action Fund•Michigan, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

For Our Future Action Fund (FOFAF) and For Our Future (FOF) run a year-round progressive field program across battleground states, focused on engaging voters on economic issues facing working families. Our mission is to elevate and advance economic justice by organizing voters around a union, economic agenda and to elect pro-worker candidates. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around socio-economic issues, encouraging them to take action on issues and in elections. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, pass progressive policies, drive local progress, make a community’s collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people’s lives. FOFAF recognizes a staff bargaining unit, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 494, a labor union. This position is NOT included in the FOFAF bargaining unit. FOFAF seeks an Organizing Director to manage organizing staff and organizing programs across the state of Michigan. You will work collaboratively with other department directors and key partners to implement campaign plans and develop and execute a strategic statewide issue advocacy and electoral program around core issue-areas: economic fairness, education, and racial justice. You will serve as a coach to develop regional directors and advance programs across regions. We are looking for someone with initiative, strong communication, and cross-collaboration skills to cut across silos to ensure information sharing between partners and allies, achieve program deliverables, and advance organizational interests, values, and priorities. This position runs through at least November 2026.

Requirements

3+ cycles of campaign experience, with at least 2 cycles of organizing and management experience.
An understanding of Michigan's legislative and political landscape, and the path to power in the state.
Ability to work and adapt to a changing political and policy landscape.
Experience with strategic planning including the ability to develop short and long-term statewide plans, set objectives and metrics, track progress toward achieving objectives, and align those strategies with other progressive efforts in-state.
Dedication to grassroots, local organizing and empowering state/local organizations to lead our work.
Understanding of local community-based organizations and respect for their leaders and programs.
Experience in recruiting, hiring and managing staff from all backgrounds as well as team building and developing talent within an organization.
Competency with and commitment to leading with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Must be able to manage staff remotely.
Experience with program management, including managing work across multiple internal departments for statewide issue advocacy or electoral campaigns.
Demonstrated knowledge of effective and successful electoral plans, including targeting, voter contact, GOTV and best practices.
Willingness to take initiative while juggling several priorities that may change quickly.
Multi-tasker with excellent time management skills and ability to hit deadlines.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to write compelling program reports.
Demonstrated ability to navigate conflict and work toward resolution required.
Willingness to travel, work long hours, and have access to reliable transportation.
Ability to maintain "Independent" firewall status, which may limit your ability to take outside employment or to volunteer with a candidate campaign or political party organization.

Responsibilities

Lead a results-driven statewide team of direct voter contact and organizing professionals.
Report qualitative and quantitative organizing metrics and accomplishments regularly to state leadership and in-state and national stakeholders.
Oversee implementation of all in-state organizing programs, work with state leadership to evaluate the impact of programs and innovate as necessary to ensure success.
Collaborate with Digital Program Manager and state and national leadership to set priorities and overall strategy for both traditional and digital organizing programs.
Monitor volunteer engagement within FOFAF’s online platforms and community hub.
Set, meet, and exceed benchmarks for voter contact, grassroots engagement, digital engagement, and GOTV.
Establish a vibrant culture that fosters diverse viewpoints and prioritizes equity among the team, while maintaining an accountable, innovative, purposeful, and goal-oriented team.
Innovate new approaches to engage diverse constituencies and execute those approaches effectively.
Create phone, door and SMS campaign scripts for direct voter contact programs.
Track and report staff time for compliance reporting.
Hire, coach, and train both organizing and direct voter contact staff on skills and best practices needed to achieve their objectives.
Maintain daily program check-ins and regular one-on-ones with regional directors.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the State Director.
Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.