Voter Contact Director
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Voter Contact Director leading electoral organizing strategies at Swing Left to help Democrats win elections remotely. Focused on coordinating outreach tactics and managing organizing teams.
Responsibilities:
- Own the delivery of Ground Truth voter contact tactics, including canvassing, phone banking, and volunteer-hosted grassroots fundraising events.
- Directly manage four full-time Ground Truth organizers.
- Partner with the head of program on voter contact program strategy and tactic development, including the development of voter contact script variants.
- Work directly with external partners to develop, maintain, and improve systems that support voter contact tactics.
- Lead implementation of the pilot fundraising house party program in collaboration with the head of program and senior organizing director; oversee volunteer intake, support, and follow-up processes managed by organizers.
- Build and manage systems and workflows to streamline cross-team coordination around voter contact programs; collaborate cross-functionally to align Ground Truth program execution with broader organizational priorities.
- Manage list creation for organization-led and volunteer-led Ground Truth phone banks.
- Help manage turf planning and tracking in coordination with the program team; adapt processes as new tools and systems are developed in collaboration with the technology team.
- Maintain and manage program tools, including Mobilize, EveryAction, the People App, Asana, and Lightdash.
- Track and report on program outcomes and progress against goals to internal and external stakeholders.
- Build and maintain a recruitment calendar to drive the recruitment planning process across all Ground Truth voter contact tactics — canvassing, phone banking, and grassroots fundraising events.
- Manage list prioritization and creation for volunteer recruitment phone calls and texts.
- Partner with political, marketing, program, and other teams to identify and orchestrate recruitment opportunities and ensure priorities are reflected in external communications.
- Monitor RSVP status and recruitment health across all tactics and direct organizer priorities accordingly.
Requirements:
- A strong interest in and alignment with Swing Left’s mission.
- 6+ years of experience, including at least 2 cycles of electoral organizing experience.
- At least one cycle of experience training, supporting, and supervising full-time organizers in an electoral capacity.
- Deep knowledge of electoral organizing and voter contact tactics, including canvassing, phone banking, and volunteer mobilization.
- Demonstrated success managing and coaching organizing staff, and holding them accountable to goals.
- Comfort managing up and across; ability to steer cross-team staff and external collaborators to align priorities and drive execution.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills – ability to hold a big-picture view of priorities while tracking the small details, and to build and maintain systems and workflows in a fast-moving environment.
- Deep familiarity with tools and technology used to support organizing (including Slack, VAN, Mobilize, phone banking tools, digital platforms, and project management tools).
- Experience managing list creation and targeting for voter contact and volunteer recruitment.
- Comfort working in a data-informed environment; ability to track, interpret, and report on program outcomes.
- A commitment to equity and belonging across all identities, and ability to learn and grow in this space.
- Flexibility to work outside of standard business hours to support volunteer engagement programming that occurs in the evenings and on weekends.
Benefits:
- Platinum medical, dental and vision insurance plans: 100% employer-paid for employees and 50% for dependents
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Health and dependent care FSA accounts
- Retirement plan
- Professional development and remote work stipends
- Our office is closed for approximately 25 business days each year, including federal holidays
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