Voter Outreach Manager - ORA

Resilient Strategies•Oakland, CA

21h•$0 - $48•Onsite

About The Position

Oakland Rising Action (ORA), a fiscally sponsored project of the Center for Empowered Politics, is a community-led political organization with a long-term vision for winning a community-based political infrastructure and governing majority in Oakland that centers racial, economic, and environmental justice. Over the past sixteen years, ORA's political operation has grown into one of the largest, longest-lasting, and most sophisticated programs in the area. We have built a voter base in Oakland's working-class, immigrant, and communities of color neighborhoods that make up more than 25% of the city's electorate. ORA has helped to craft and win ballot measures for racial, economic, and environmental justice while promoting a vision for transformational governance in Oakland and beyond. This position is shared with our sister entity Oakland Rising, a separate 501(c)3 organization. In order to advance the work of OR and ORA, we are looking for someone who will bring to the Outreach Manager role a personal connection to the communities in which we organize as well as a commitment to the advancement of racial, economic, and environmental justice. The successful candidate will confidently support the cultivation and building of the relationships necessary to sustain and grow the OR and ORA projects and understand the importance of aligning and building the power of movement organizations. The Outreach Manager will work in partnership with the OR staff team to oversee OR/A’s 2026 General Election resident and voter outreach operations and strategy. The position requires the implementation of an integrated civic engagement strategy to engage working-class people of color and immigrants in Oakland and beyond to build and flex people power in the 2026 general election. The position requires the development and management of a multi-pronged organizing and political strategy to advance our mission and build our movement. The ideal candidate will be a self-starting, enterprising thinker with manager level experience working on political campaigns, with advocacy organizations, and in complex coalition spaces. They will have deep grounding in the social justice movement; sharp racial, economic, and environmental justice analysis; and a demonstrated commitment to movement building and transformational, values-based leadership. They will bring strong supervisory and management experience; and a proven commitment to coaching and developing the leadership of others. This position is shared with our sister entity, Oakland Rising Action, a separate 501(c)4.

Requirements

Three or more years of previous campaign, union, or community organizing experience in the social justice sector, with a focus on Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and working-class community leadership and power-building.
Prior knowledge of, participation in, and development of electoral strategies.
Mid-level management experience (minimum of 2 years) preferred.
Personal experience and deep roots in the Black and Brown flatlands communities of Oakland.

Nice To Haves

A critical understanding of racial, economic, and environmental justice, as well as a commitment to and practice of it.
Excellent intellectual, analytical, and strategic thinking skills.
An adaptive leadership style with the ability to problem-solve, navigate complex situations and relationships, take advantage of strategic opportunities, and handle the ups and downs of electoral organizing.
Political smarts and a sophisticated intersectional analysis, which includes a local to global perspective.
Openness to experimentation and new ways of doing things.
A high level of emotional intelligence. Capacity for self-reflection and self-improvement.
Familiarity with the political terrain and existing relationships with key stakeholders.
A track record of accountability and reliability.
Bilingual Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

Manage, track, and analyze voter file data and OR/A supporter data to inform campaign planning and overall field strategy design
Work with OR/A Director and staff to design electoral campaign field strategy
Manage implementation of electoral campaigns field strategy through a paid outreach team and volunteers
Develop strategic and technical electoral organizing and campaign trainings for OR/A staff, outreach team, and volunteers
Manage daily tracking of field strategy implementation including universe creation, log-ins management and precinct completion
Manage campaign evaluation including post-campaign reports that track campaign outcomes, organization member and ally developments, and the political impact.
Provide content for grant proposals and reports
Work with OR/A staff to build an outreach team of paid canvassers by recruiting within the local community, interviewing prospective canvassers, and making hiring decisions and administration of HR protocols
Supervise and manage the schedules and workplans of the Outreach Team Lead and paid canvassers
Train Outreach Team Lead to supervise and manage an outreach team of at least 10-16 people
Work with Outreach Team Lead to conduct daily training, coaching and trouble shooting with outreach team members to improve field results
Work with Outreach Team Lead to quality control phone, text and canvassing conversations
Work with Operations Manager to execute logistics for successful execution of canvassing team campaign field operations
Conduct follow-up calls and texts to opt-ins weekly to recruit as volunteers to OR/A
Work with OR/A staff to track opt-ins engagement into OR/A organizing framework
Work with OR/A staff to coordinate volunteers engagement into electoral field strategy
Support OR/A staff with community engagement events such as voter mobilization events, actions and coordination with other electoral campaigns
Support with management of and production of PDI data requests from member organizations
Represent OR/A at partner events, broader community events, campaign events, and other spaces as needed to support short-term campaign goals
Build and sustain relationships with ballot measure and candidate campaigns including but not limited to electeds, city staff, labor, community leaders by representing OR/A in key meetings when necessary and strategic
Participate in the staff meetings to support overall organizational coordination of systems, planning, budgeting, fundraising, and organizational culture
Partner with the OR/A Director to evaluate the impact of the campaign field towards OR/A overall strategic direction and key organizational priorities, and to support healthy growth of the organization, the collaborative and coalition partnerships, and the movement.
Support grant proposals and reports by providing timely and accurate information and analysis about our programmatic, collaborative, and coalition work.