Job Description
The Ocasio-Cortez team is looking for people who are passionate about organizing and uplifting the NY-14 communities in the Bronx and Queens, and are excited and resolute about ensuring Alexandria remains in office.
The ideal applicant is someone who is comfortable working in an office that will often go against the grain of traditional electoral political thought, who centers community, who is comfortable voicing creative ideas in a group environment, who is interested in supporting the entity as a whole, who likes to look at data before making a key decision,and who is excited to be a part of an office that will take significant risks (and make mistakes!) as it pursues unconventional approaches. We are building a team that believes in each other and gives each other the benefit of the doubt as all of us chart new territory together.
We believe in talented people over roles. So while we have listed some positions we are hiring for below, please don’t hesitate to apply if you think you can contribute in another way! Note that we may not hire for all these positions. If you are the right person for the team, we will find a role for you.
Field Organizing Director
Purpose/Summary:
The Field Organizing Director will advance the organizational goals for Ocasio 2020, primarily ensuring the campaign gets its message out through direct voter contact. This role will be ideal for someone who has experience in high intensity environments, able to translate data into performance, and who enjoys setting and accomplishing lofty goals.
Duties: The Field Organizing Director’s role is to develop and execute a comprehensive, high-touch voter/community engagement plan that includes door knocking, street canvassing, and text/phone campaigns. This role will also participate in supporting the organizing culture in the district areas of the Bronx and Queens. As with all facets of this campaign, the field organizer will play a key role in educating the public on the issues Alexandria stands on and why they are important to the district. This role is also tasked with identifying as many IDs in the district and in mobilizing their support for a vote and involvement in the campaign.
Efforts this role will be responsible for in a team-based environment include petitions, voter registration, census education, collaborative issues-based canvassing, an extended phone banking operation, GOTV, petitioning, and organizing community events.
Competencies:
Ability to adhere to tight deadlines and rapidly shifting factors
Problem solving, ability to creatively think on their feet
Thrive in a collaborative and heavily team-based environment
Be highly organized and structured
Ability to communicate effectively and lead with compassion
Be data driven
Capable of motivating and managing staff and volunteers
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Deputy Field Organizing Director
Purpose/Summary:
The Deputy Field Organizing Director will advance the organizational goals for Ocasio 2020, ensuring the campaign gets its message out through direct voter contact. There will be two deputy roles, one will concentrate in Queens and the other will concentrate in the Bronx. This role is ideal for someone who is either expanding on to or would like to develop their electoral political experience and who enjoys executing and direct performance.
Duties: The Deputy Field Organizing Director’s role is to support the field organizing operation to develop and execute a comprehensive, high-touch voter/community engagement plan that includes door knocking, street canvassing, and text/phone campaigns. This role will also participate in supporting the organizing culture in the district areas of the Bronx and Queens. As with all facets of this campaign, the deputy field organizer will play a key role in educating the public on the issues Alexandria stands on and why they are important to the district. This role is also tasked with identifying as many IDs in the district and in mobilizing their support for a vote and involvement in the campaign. The deputy roles will work closely with the operations and communications divisions of the campaign, identifying data based decisions that come from the reporting and feedback from local community organizers.
Efforts this role will be responsible for may include voter registration, census education, collaborative issues-based canvassing, an extended phone banking operation, GOTV, petitioning, and organizing community events.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Field Lead Organizer
Purpose/Summary: A field organizer is the hyper-localized extension of the campaign in the community. It is a role focused on the grassroots, where the heart of this campaign is. We are encouraging local residents to apply for field lead roles in their neighborhoods.
Duties: Electoral experience not needed. We will train you. This role will recruit and manage volunteers, assist with putting together events, and participate in meeting the electoral goals for a specific geographic area (petition signature goals, voter registrations, vote goals). We are looking for field leads for areas such as Corona, East Elmhurst, Woodside, College Point, Jackson Heights, Morris Park, and Pelham Parkway, among others. Field Lead Organizers will work to fulfill petition signatures and voter positive ID goals for a designated area. They will also participate in strategic planning for their designated areas.
Engaging the community is a vital component to electoral organizing, but also community organizing. Our field leads will identify for us strategy/community priorities for their designated area, and will attend events on behalf of the Campaign.
Competencies:
Thrive in a collaborative and heavily team-based environment
Be organized and structured
A go-getter attitude - this role is very community facing
Be data driven
Capable of motivating and managing staff and volunteers
Salary: Commensurate with experience.