Voter Outreach Team Lead - ORA

Resilient Strategies•Oakland, CA

17h•$0 - $35•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 IVE Daily Team Lead 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.

Requirements

2-3 years of relevant work experience
excellent listening, verbal, and writing communication skills
experience working effectively with working-class African-American, Latinx, Chinese, and Filipino immigrants
knowledge of issues affecting working-class and working-class immigrants in Oakland and in Alameda County

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.

Responsibilities

Work with OR/A Director and Voter Outreach Manager to implement Outreach Team Hiring process
Follow-up with hired outreach workers to confirm campaign training attendance, completion of proper hiring documentation and any other onboarding logistics as needed
Supervise and coordinate outreach team of at least 10-15 people to complete door-to-door canvassing, text-banking and phone-banking daily, including: Preparation of daily materials, supplies and logistics for conducting door-to-door canvassing, text-banking and phone-banking for the canvass team
Lead daily outreach team check-ins including ice breakers, training, charting daily numbers, performance goals and challenges, etc.
Lead door-to-door contact efforts during the “Get Out the Vote” (GOTV) phase.
Ensure accurate completion of daily report forms by outreach team
Maintain an accurate account of outreach team attendance timesheets.
Conduct quality control on the phones and doors, and offer coaching and training support to team members
Manage team members’ performance and conflicts as determined by the Daily Team Operations Manual
Fill all seats on the phones and doors each day, bringing in alternates as needed in a timely manner.
Track the daily progress of every outreach team member to sustain quality control of phoning, text and canvassing outcomes
Review outreach team canvassing, phone and text data to determine training, coaching, and troubleshooting with team members to improve results
Enter debrief data into a computer on a nightly basis
Work with voter Outreach Manager to produce daily reports to outreach team on progress
Conduct phone banking, text banking and canvassing as needed to achieve field daily outcomes
Share opt-In Info with Voter Outreach Manager weekly/end of the day.
Hold shared ownership and accountability to voter outreach process and field work plan
Hold shared coordination in program team, staff, and partners’ meetings and retreats
Report to Voter Outreach Manager during staff meetings and 1:1’s