National Democratic Training Committee: Community Engagement Manager

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The National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced political campaign veteran to join our team as our Community Engagement Manager. This role is crucial in building deeper relationships with candidates, campaign staff, and others who engage with NDTC trainings. The ideal candidate will be an outgoing, friendly campaign expert with a passion for helping Democratic candidates succeed. You will work closely with our marketing, live training, and political teams and report directly to the Director of Marketing.

This is a full-time, temporary position through December 2024 with the potential for permanent hire in the new year.

Primary Responsibilities

• Engagement Strategy: Develop and implement comprehensive learner engagement plans using social media, text messaging, email, and phone, as well as develop and implement a tracking system for the program.

• Support Learners: Provide support to learners across all modes of NDTC, including online courses, live training, and other resources.

• Community Leadership: Serve as the moderator and leader of the NDTC Candidate Facebook community, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment for all members.

• Lead Staff VLT Programming: Serve as host for our Virtual Live Training (VLT) programs, ensuring they are engaging, informative, and meet the needs of our community in the moment and in follow-up.

• Collaboration: Work closely with the marketing, live training, and political teams to ensure a cohesive approach to community development and engagement.

• Data-Driven Insights: Utilize data to assess the effectiveness of engagement strategies and make adjustments as needed to maximize impact.

Disclaimer: The job description is not designed to include a comprehensive listing of responsibilities that are required to be executed by the employee. In order to best serve NDTC’s mission, responsibilities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with reasonable notice provided.

The Ideal Candidate Will have:

• Campaign Experience: Minimum of 2 campaign cycles experience, with a proven track record in community engagement, organizing, or related roles. Experience in multiple campaign roles (management, digital, fundraising, field, etc) is highly preferred.

• Passion for Democratic Values: Strong commitment to Democratic values and a deep understanding of the political landscape.

• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences.

• Outgoing Personality: Friendly, approachable, and able to build relationships easily.

• Organizational Skills: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Tech Savvy: Comfortable with using digital tools and platforms for community engagement, including social media, email marketing, and CRM systems.

• Leadership: Proven leadership skills, with experience in moderating and managing online communities.

Location

This is a remote position open to candidates located in the United States. NDTC is a fully remote workplace. We have staff all across the country, with large groups centralized in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

NDTC requires all staff to be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Travel and Availability Requirements

This role requires staffing training events for NDTC, both virtually and in-person, which may include some evening or weekend commitments. NDTC provides reasonable notice for scheduling, PTO, and flexible working arrangements when evening or weekend events occur.

Candidates must be willing to fly and live near (or be willing to relocate to) a major metropolitan area with reasonable access to a major airport. NDTC does not provide relocation funding in these circumstances. Examples of reasonable access to a major airport include being located in or near cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, San Diego etc. that have airports that are easily traveled to for frequent air travel.

• Ability to travel, on average, approximately 10 - 20% of time to event sites across the U.S. This historically has included Alaska and Hawaii and could grow to include US territories. International travel is not anticipated.

• Weekend travel with overnight stays required. The usual pattern of travel will include flying to a location on a Friday, staffing an all day event on Saturday or Sunday, and traveling home the evening after the training or the next day based on available travel logistics.

• Ability to travel to event sites across the U.S. via plane as primary travel method. Occasionally driving, train, or bus travel may be available for travel to off site locations as determined based on project location.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement: NDTC requires all full-time, exempt employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination per CDC guidelines, unless a medical or religious accommodation is requested and approved. Reasonable time frames for compliance will be provided for candidates who need to complete a full vaccination cycle under this policy. Please reach out if you have further questions or concerns about this policy and how it may apply to your candidacy at NDTC.

About NDTC as an Employer

NDTC believes that our differences enhance our strength as a political party—and as a nation—and we as an organization benefit from staff of diverse races, ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, ages, economic backgrounds, abilities, and other facets of our identities.

Compensation + Benefits:

• Pay: Salary is commensurate with experience, with a range of $70,000 - $80,000 for the duration of this position

• Healthcare: 100% employer-paid health, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance available at the start of the first full month of employment

• Retirement Option: 150% employer match on the first 6% of contributions to 401(k)

• Flexible paid time off + all Federal holidays off + NDTC’s offices close for one week for Thanksgiving and a two-week winter break at the end of December.

• Equipment: Laptop, keyboard, mouse, monitor

• Professional Development: At NDTC, we value professional development and career growth. We provide $700 per calendar year for each staff member’s professional development.