GOTV Regional Organizing Director - San Antonio
Battleground Texas
GOTV REGIONAL ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
Position: GOTV REGIONAL ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
Reports To: Organizing Director
About Battleground Texas:
Battleground Texas is a political action committee dedicated to civic engagement and voter registration as tools to build stronger communities. We believe that regular people like us can significantly impact elections, and we’re expanding the electorate by registering voters and mobilizing Texans to engage in the civic process.
Job Description:
The primary responsibility of a GOTV Regional Organizing Director is to manage a GOTV team of part-time Deputy Field Organizers. Their responsibilities include implementing strong daily reporting structures, training and coaching DFOs on voter turnout and canvassing best practices, cutting turf, keeping a precinct priority tracker, and entering data into the Votebuilder database and ensuring data integrity. The Regional Organizing Director will support their team with the following responsibilities:
- executing voter turnout events inside and outside for several hours
- block walking/canvassing in neighborhoods
- management of volunteers
- building relationships with community leaders
- entering data into miniVAN, Mobilize & EveryAction database and ensuring data integrity
This job traditionally requires the ability to carry folding tables weighing approximately 35lbs, set up canopy tents, occasionally crowd canvass at events for several hours at a time, and participate in neighborhood canvases with an average 3-6 hours of near-constant walking. Time in this position will be split between phone banking, text banking, clipboarding at community events and canvassing door-to-door in neighborhoods to turn out registered voters.
In-person local event attendance is required. We strongly encourage all applicants to be vaccinated to protect themselves and others from COVID-19.
Essential Duties:
- Recruit, train and manage a small team Deputy Field Organizers
- Shadow door-to-door canvasses with staff when needed
- Complete between 1-3 field shifts per day
- Organize canvasses in specific precincts for the purpose of voter turnout
- Provide detailed daily reports to the Deputy Organizing Director
- Check in with leadership at beginning of canvassing shift and check out when shift is complete
- Regularly assist in entering and reviewing data in Votebuilder database
- Implement quality control measures to ensure integrity of the work and data integrity
- Meet metrics-based goals as set by organization leadership
- Other duties as assigned.
- Regular local travel required.
Skills & Qualifications
- There are no formal education requirements for this position
- Authenticity in your commitment to organizing as a means for building power for communities of color and young people in Texas
- Commitment to Battleground Texas’ mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
- Experience growing up or working in diverse communities and a demonstrated commitment to diversity and empowerment
- Experience using databases to track and review data
- Experience planning, setting up, and staffing events
- Volunteer management
- Access to reliable transportation and drivers license.
- Familiarity with EveryAction, Mobilize, Google suite, and other campaign databases
- Attention to detail when reviewing documents and organizing personal workspace
You’re a great fit if, in addition to the above, you:
- Have previous experience canvassing or knocking on doors
- Have management experience. Campaign experience is a plus.
- Love to meet and exceed personal goals you set for yourself
- Use checklists in your personal life and/or enjoy color coding
- Have a preferred, tried and true method for organizing large stacks of paper or literature
- Can register voters in multiple languages
- Have spent many years in the community you’re applying to work in
Compensation: All GOTV Regional Organizing Directors will be paid $4,400/Month
Time Commitment: Due to the nature of the role, the ability to work evenings and weekends is required. This position will end on November 15, 2024.
Travel: Regular local travel to regional community events, neighborhoods, BGTX offices and launch locations will be required.
Hiring Timeline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: To apply, please complete this application, submit a resume & provide contact information for 3 professional references.
Commitment to Diversity:
Battleground Texas is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring, in programming, and in all other aspects of the work we do. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are deeply connected to our mission, our success, and to serving Texans. Some organizational priorities include:
- Building policies, procedures and services that uplift and protect everyone and do not lead to inequalities;
- Creating teams and relationships among staff, volunteers, and supporters that are reflective of the populations we serve;
- Increasing engagement of communities of color, women, those with disabilities, and all people historically shut out of electoral processes;
- Prioritizing the inclusion of diverse communities in internal leadership;
- Fostering a culture of open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusiveness
Equal Opportunity:
We recognize that continued success requires the highest commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse staff who will provide the best services to supporters and constituents. Battleground Texas is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions on the basis of merit and without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and any other legally protected basis.