Progressive Turnout Project: democracyFIRST PA Regional Organizing Directors

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Position Summary

democracyFIRST is seeking highly motivated and talented Regional Organizing Directors (ROD) who are passionate about expanding our work to elect pro-democracy candidates to local positions across Pennsylvania in the 2025 cycle. As a ROD, you will play a critical role in expanding our field program to help protect the administration of our elections for the future. This position requires a strong ability to recruit, train, and manage staff and support the overall organizing program across the county you are assigned to. Campaign offices are located in the following counties: Lehigh, Luzerne, Northampton. This position reports directly to the Field Director.

Position requires reliable access to transportation, with availability to work weekends and evenings as needed. This position is eligible for benefits, including employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, 401(k), paid time off, and paid holidays.

Field Organizer Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operations of a field team, managing Organizers and conducting weekly or biweekly 1:1s

• Help Field Organizers develop a pipeline to source, recruit, train, and manage volunteers

• Remain accountable to metric goals set by the Field Director and broader field plan

• Build a strong and supportive team culture

• Coach your team towards meeting weekly door knocking and phone call goals set by the Field Director

• Meet personal weekly door knocking and phone call goals set by the Field Director

• Must have reliable access to transportation

• Ability to work weekends and evenings as needed

• Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications (You will be a good fit if):

• At least 1 election cycle (or 1 year) of experience managing staff —whether on political campaigns, in local community organizations, or in a customer service role

• Working knowledge of Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Drive)

• Working knowledge of VAN/Votebuilder, Mobilize, and other campaign technology platforms

• Experience in recruiting, training, and managing volunteers

• Ability to work independently based on a strategic field plan.

• Exceptional organizational skills and an eye for detail - can juggle tasks without letting anything fall through the cracks

• Strong interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.

• Flexible, adaptable, and solutions-oriented mindset.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines under pressure.

• Available to work weekends and evenings as needed.

Preferred Qualifications (Not required):

• Experience promoting and attracting participants for events.

• Familiarity with using social media platforms to recruit volunteers and build for events.