Job Description
The Campaign Readiness Project is a paid train-to-hire bootcamp pipeline at the DNC with the goal of supporting states in their recruitment, training, and hiring of diverse, talented, and local staff for specific roles and skill sets on Coordinated Campaigns. Participation in these bootcamps will expand opportunities for consideration for campaign roles in targeted states with the aim of helping elect Democrats up and down the ballot. Ideal candidates for this Campaign Readiness Project Bootcamp are those who are looking to work as a Field Organizer for state parties and/or coordinated campaigns for the 2022 elections.
Our eighth bootcamp series will center around Field Organizer positions and people who meet the outlined qualifications are encouraged to apply. This bootcamp will be held virtually June 25. Participation in the bootcamp is a non-employment opportunity and does not guarantee future employment by a State Party/Coordinated Campaign.
Apply for the Campaign Readiness Project Organizing Bootcamp here. Applications close June 12.
Field Organizer Track Ideal Qualifications & Description
Ideal participants for the Field Organizer track of the Campaign Readiness Project might have any of the following: one cycle of field organizer experience, campaign volunteer experience, campaign organizing campus fellowship or intern experience, or are simply interested in working in politics and want to learn more about what organizing in 2022 will look like. Preference for admittance to bootcamp will be given to applicants willing to work in AZ, CO, FL, GA, KS, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, WI (Please note that field organizer roles are in-person and remote work will not usually be an option.)
What you'll do:
- Learn the best tactics for recruiting, engaging, and mobilizing Democrats in meaningful voter contact and community organizing;
- Empower volunteer leads to host their own events, build relationships and grow contact lists with in-state voters, and conduct voter contact;
- Learn about and develop skills Organizers use to build volunteer teams, including making high-quality asks and learning about and developing your story of self;
- Expand your existing knowledge of fostering a volunteer base through traditional and relational outreach methods, as well as leveraging relevant stakeholders;
- Go through the operational parts of what it means to conduct regular check-ins with volunteer organizing leadership to ensure programs are on track to goals across various priorities, and effectively communicate and report to relevant leadership within the Coordinated Campaign in state;
- Gain an understanding of necessary organizing resources for volunteer teams;
- Communicate closely with volunteer leadership and other relevant stakeholders to define and optimize programming;
- Learn how to coordinate with volunteer leadership to define short-term and long-term priorities;
- Identify mobilization moments and coordinate relevant programming with internal committee department stakeholders; and,
- Engage in a real life organizing simulation that includes telling your personal story, making phone calls to real voters, and recruiting volunteers.
- We’re looking for candidates interested in taking on Field Organizing roles in the coming cycle.
The ideal candidate for the Field Organizer track has one or more of the following:
- Has one cycle of field organizer experience
- Has been a campaign volunteer and understands the necessary respect for volunteers within a campaign structure
- Has been a campaign organizing campus fellowship or intern in the past
- Is interested in politics and learning more about what organizing in 2022 will look like
- Is enthusiastic, creative, scrappy, and inventive when coming up with ideas and scouting resources
- Has a deep commitment to their own community and genuinely wants to make it a better place
- Wants to learn about personal storytelling, hosting an effective 1:1, and what organizing looks like in 2022
- Is comfortable with call, text, or relational organizing tools and has an understanding of what we use them for
- Wants to learn or grow skills around how to collaborate and communicate with volunteers, community stakeholders, leadership, and fellow campaign staff
- Transportation or the ability to travel locally might be required