Campaign Organizer

Role: Campaign Organizer 

Location: We are hiring a full time campaign organizer for this position. Organizers must be based in or around . Iowa's first congressional District. 

IA 1 - Davenport and/or Iowa City

Who We Are: The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the young-people vote movement. With an on-the-ground presence in communities all across the country, our world-class team runs successful civic engagement campaigns to build a future that’s fairer, healthier, safer, and more peaceful for everyone. We are excited to engage members of the community to advocate for climate action and a stronger democracy.

General Overview:

Organizers will be charged with recruiting, training, and working with a team of volunteers in their local communities to drive action for climate activism. Campaign Organizers will engage constituents around climate change, jobs, health care, and action opportunities in their communities. The Organizer will start by building and recruiting a team of supporters and volunteers around petitions. From there, Organizers will continue to engage volunteers through a series of campaign events and actions. At the end of the campaign, Organizers will debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information for how to stay involved with climate action in their communities.

What You’ll Do:

• Recruit and Train a Community of Volunteer Activists
  • Call and text supporters and recruit them into grassroots actions. 
  • Identify new volunteers by gathering petitions, non-partisan pledges to vote and on-campus recruitment efforts.
  • Run grassroots skills trainings to develop effective campaigners among volunteers.
  • Keep meticulous track of a volunteer list so that no potential volunteer falls through the cracks.
  • Represent the campaign through participation in community spaces and events, while engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
• Generate Campaign Actions
  • Gather over a thousand petitions on campus.
  • Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting President Trump and his administration, with a particular focus on social media posts, phone calls, postcards, and photo petitions.
  • Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
  • Recruit and engage with faculty and professors on campus to build meaningful relationships while generating professor/faculty sign-ons.
• Organize Events on Campus
  • Organize and execute in-person events demonstrating support for climate, jobs, and health care action and excitement around the upcoming election including educational events, trainings, rallies, and more.
  • Educate students, faculty and others on campus about the historic climate investments and the urgency of continued actions.
  • Nail 100% of all messaging and legal requirements and ensure that volunteers do the same.
• Manage Digital Campaign, Data Management, and Reporting Tools
  • Demonstrate public support by recruiting volunteers to post on their own social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
  • Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools to communicate with community members.
  • Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists to campaign activities.
  • Track every interaction with detailed notes in order to report numbers daily and write weekly reports on the results of the campaign.

Who You Are & Keys to Success (the must-haves):

To be successful in this job, you will excel in these areas:

• Relationship Building: You develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse group of local and statewide community members. You are attentive and empathetic to the communities we serve, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or ability, and can identify shared values across communities for collective growth. You can build authentic relationships through authenticity and reliability, continuously uplifting others and their goals. You are comfortable and experienced in public speaking to a group about environmental, jobs, health care issues and climate change.
• Inclusive and Collaborative Leadership: You approach leadership with a “power with” mindset that recognizes the impact power hierarchies have in different settings. You can learn from others, see and hear other perspectives, and step in or step back as necessary. You are reliable and accountable, always transparent about your abilities, capacities, and expectations. You honor the time and commitments of others while inspiring them to meet goals.
• Commitment to Equity and Inclusion: You have a proven ability to develop meaningful connections with diverse communities, including a wide range of community organizations, com