Arena Careers

Hours: Full Time

Status: Temporary exempt employee

Location: Anywhere in the US, with priority for candidates in North Carolina, Maine, Texas, Georgia, and Michigan.

Start date: ASAP

End date: December 11, 2026

Reports to: Field Director

Eligibility: This position is not eligible to participate in Sunrise’s CWA Labor Union.

Teams: Electoral Team

Compensation: $2,519.23-$2,839.12 bi-weekly before taxes, which is equivalent to a yearly salary of $65,500-$73,817.

Benefits: Time off benefits will follow our standard time off policy for temporary employees.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage Sunrise’s electoral interns in swing districts/states to execute our strategy of direct action, narrative intervention, and voter contact. (70%)

  • Manage a group of 8-12 interns by providing coaching, feedback, and leadership development.

  • Support interns in setting and achieving ambitious goals related to voter contact, team growth/recruitment, and metrics to track and grow media attention/narrative impact.

  • Coach and develop interns on planning creative direct actions, training and coaching other students, and building teams.

  • Travel to campuses in swing states to support trainings and actions.

  • Partner with the Field Director to design and implement Sunrise’s swing state campus strategy.

• Train and coach Sunrise members to mobilize against threats to democracy (30%)

  • Coach Sunrise volunteers through scenario planning and strategic decision making to prepare for interference in elections.

  • Train hubs in developing and executing action plans that strengthen their ability for rapid response organizing

Experience:

• Experience organizing college students on campus in pressure or electoral campaigns.

• Two years of experience managing, supervising, coaching, or developing organizers, interns, volunteers, or staff.

• Experience planning and executing direct actions that make strong narrative interventions.

• Experience organizing in a membership organization building leadership and a base.

• Experience building and/or leading a multiracial and cross-class team.

• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple projects, teams, etc at the same time.

• Commitment to the vision of the Green New Deal.

• Be creative and committed to electoral organizing with a desire to inspire and excite others to volunteer.

Nice to have:

• Experience in a leadership role in a Sunrise Movement hub

• Experience with electoral organizing in swing states or districts

• Experience with leading teams to use voter contact, and distributed and relational organizing tools (i.e. Votebuilder, EveryAction, Reach, Empower)

• Experience managing projects and teams that span different geographies