National Democratic Training Committee: Community Engagement Manager

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Are you energized by building relationships that create lasting impact? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where attention to detail and strong organizational skills make all the difference? Are you passionate about supporting the infrastructure that helps Democratic candidates and leaders succeed?

Then this is your opportunity to be at the center of NDTC's mission, forging the partnerships and connections with Democratic campaigns and organizations nationwide while building your career in political development and strategic relationship management.

Job Description

The National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced political campaign veteran to join our team as our Community Engagement Manager (CEM). This role is crucial in building deeper relationships with candidates, campaign staff, and others who engage with NDTC trainings. The CEM will serve as a high-level liaison for these audiences, planning and executing our community engagement strategy. The CEM will also provide proactive outreach to thousands of Democrats who step up to serve and run for office every day, so they can leverage NDTC’s free trainings and become engaged learners.

As we approach the critical 2026 mid-terms and prepare for 2028, this position plays a vital role in scaling our democratic capacity-building efforts – it directly impacts our ability to reach and train the next generation of Democratic leaders, making this an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to preserving and strengthening our democracy.

This is a full-time, remote position reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communication. We're looking to fill this role ASAP, with applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Primary Responsibilities

• Strategy: Set overall organizational strategy for growing NDTC’s learner community, and deepening our engagement with them. Strategy will be set in cross-team collaboration so that NDTC learners have the support and encouragement they need to take the next step in their political journey. This includes setting and managing engagement paths for learners, no matter where they are in their journey with NDTC.

• Engagement and Outreach: Identify, develop, and implement multiple engagement and outreach paths and journeys so that learners continue to discover their options with NDTC, are supported as needed, and are encouraged to take their next steps towards launching campaigns or working on a race.

• Lead Staff: 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. This would account for up to 10 hours a month.

• Deepen Learner Relationships: Take the lead on post-event follow up with learners, especially those coming through partnerships and special projects.

• Community Leadership: Collaborate with the Marketing & Communication, Live Training, and Political teams to serve as the leader of NDTC’s community spaces, with a focus on growing the community and cultivating relationships. Serve as moderator of these spaces, including but not limited to a Facebook community and emerging Slack and Discord spaces, or similar.

• Collaboration: Work closely across teams to ensure a cohesive approach to community development and engagement.

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/Be:

• Campaign Experience: 4 to 6 years of work experience, including front-facing customer service and experience, with a minimum of 2 cycles of campaign 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 desirable.

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

• Outgoing Personality: Enjoyment of public-facing, interactive roles is desirable as the job requires significant relationship-building and interaction with NDTC’s learner community.

• 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. (NDTC uses Monday.com and Mailchimp, and experience with them is highly desirable.)

• Leadership: Proven leadership, facilitation, and moderating skills in 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.

Shared Responsibilities for All Staff at NDTC

To scale NDTC’s programming, we need all staff to contribute to executing key moments of our training program. Staff are provided advance notice for evening and weekend work commitments. These duties are shared across all staff and may include the following as assigned:

• Staffing virtual live training events for NDTC, which may include some evening or weekend commitments with reasonable notice for scheduling. You will be scheduled for 5-10 events per year.

• Staffing large training events most often virtually, but may include in-person events in 2025 and beyond. These commitments typically are multi-day trainings over weekends and happen 2-4 times per year.

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 per year

• 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.