Empower Project: Regional Organizing Director

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About Empower Project

Empower Project is the national leader in both paid and volunteer relational organizing.

Empower Project organizes to improve people’s lives using the power of relational organizing. Together with our partners, we’ve helped boost voter turnout, especially for BIPOC communities, through our approach of tapping into personal networks of friends and family. We provide the software and expertise to help communities, progressive organizations, and nonprofits leverage their personal relationships to build power and dramatically expand the electorate. Our cutting-edge technology, Empower, stands at the forefront of the industry and is trusted by over 1,500 organizations nationwide.

Program Overview

Our ground-breaking 2024 Paid Relational Organizing Hub program will touch up to 8 million people and generate 15 million conversations across 10 states: AZ, GA, NV, MI, MT, MN, NV, NC, OH and PA.

These statewide programs will:

• Initiate relational conversations with hundreds of thousands of people.

• Build a rapid-response network of trusted messengers to fight back against disinformation

• Aim to generate thousands of new voters in each state for the upcoming election.

Job Description

[REMOTE] - The Regional Organizing Directors will lead a team of Community Organizers for statewide paid relational organizing programs.

The RODs will onboard, train, monitor metrics for, and coach Organizers, as well as conduct related administrative tasks. Critically, they will also facilitate large-scale trainings alongside the organizing staff, ensuring the smooth flow of operations and maximum impact of each event. The Organizers in each region will be responsible for building a universe of paid Community Mobilizers (CMs) to conduct 4-6 calls to action before the 2024 General Election in November. RODs will be responsible for the combined outputs of each of their direct reports during each of these cycles of outreach. RODs will also be expected to create a positive and safe work environment, and to address the daily tasks of the campaign with flexibility and creativity.

Core Responsibilities

• Recruitment and screening to evaluate and hire Community Organizers applicants

• Each ROD will manage and lead a team of up to 10 Organizers and foster a supportive team culture of excellence and accountability

• Ensure all Organizers and CM data is entered in a timely fashion, meeting program-wide standards

• RODs will direct organizing staff during large-scale trainings, managing key elements of technology, presentation and team coordination

• Following the onboarding of each wave of Organizers, maintain a regular 1:1 meeting schedule with direct reports

• Ensure that all program requirements are well-communicated by reviewing and contributing to published materials

• Monitor the results of various accountability and organizing approaches and and share best practices with peers and Empower Project leadership

• Collect critical feedback on training materials from Organizers and CMs and deliver to Empower Project leadership in order to improve support materials

• Support Empower Project leadership in monitoring and identifying trends in the CM recruitment pipeline

• Other tasks as assigned by Empower Project leadership

Additional consideration will be given to candidates who have existing relationships in one of the ten states or are fluent in a second language, including Spanish.

Compensation

This is a full-time, remote, salaried position available in August and lasting through November 15, 2024.

The work schedule is six days per week with Fridays off. RODs will work either Sunday - Thursdays 11am - 8:45pm Eastern or 11am - 8:45pm Mountain time, depending on their state assignment. Saturdays are a shortened schedule, ending at either 5:45pm Eastern or 5:45pm Mountain time, depending on state assignment.

We will also work the full week before the November election.

The salary for this position is $7,000/month plus healthcare benefits and 2 paid sick days.

Empower Project is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate based on age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference. Women, persons of color, and individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community are strongly encouraged to apply.