THE ROLE:

NextGen America is currently seeking a creative, self-starting Distributed Organizing Associate to join our Distributed Organizing team. The distributed organizing team will work to build and grow strong digital communities to help engage with young voters, expand ballot access, and elect progressives up and down the ballot. We are looking for organizers to spread the #YouthVote across digital networks, recruit folks online into strong volunteer networks, and lead volunteer teams in direct voter contact using peer-to-peer (P2P) texting, phone banks/predictive dialers and other distributed tools. 

The ideal candidate has a passion for politics and a belief that young people will make the difference in politics. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We value and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an organization--in theory and in practice, and our culture reflects that value and commitment. We are committed to furthering issues like climate change, health care, and immigration from a progressive perspective, and we seek to engage the public in these areas as well as others. We also recognize the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system and strive to make positive changes within our system as a result.

This role will report to the Distributed Organizing Manager. 

This is a fully remote position with no location requirement. We encourage candidates from all locations within the United States to apply. 

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Remote Position: Yes

Union Position: No

Travel Requirements: 10-20%

End Date: 11/15/2024

WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE:

• Execute a values-driven and data-informed distributed organizing program with a team that will recruit, train, and organize remote volunteers to hit voter contact and mobilization goals in key 2024 races and states. 
• Run regular voter contact campaigns including data request, drafting, QA process, campaign launch, debrief, and clean up. 
• Draft and edit training guides, memos, templates, and toolkits to support volunteers’ direct voter contact over email, phone, text, Slack, and other platforms.
• Lead trainings or workshops and coach our volunteers before, during, or after their shifts
• Recruit, train, and engage a team of volunteer leaders 
• Pull regular data metrics and write regular progress qualitative and quantitative reports on impact of direct voter contact. 
• Be a digital community manager and administrator.
• Perform other duties as assigned

ABOUT YOU:

• Experience in either field or digital positions on political campaigns, training volunteers, OR have managed and grown active online communities.
• Exceptional writing, copyediting, and proofreading skills.
• The candidate must have excellent organizational skills, and demonstrate a clear ability to adapt rapidly to evolving priorities and deadlines.
• They must have a strong work ethic and demonstrate consistent attention to detail.
• Love working in a dynamic team environment.
• Be a positive team player that sets the tone for everyone to do their best work.

BONUS POINTS FOR:

• Experience growing and managing digital volunteer teams.
• Experience and comfortability with leading digital trainings and/or events
• Proficiency with advocacy CRM tools such as Blue State Digital, NGPVAN, Convio or Salsa.
• Familiarity administering and managing peer-to-peer texting or phonebanking campaigns on platforms such as Hustle, ThruText (formerly Relay), Spoke, ThruTalk, VPBConnect, or other. 
• Familiarity with graphics and editing tools like Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.

SALARY INFORMATION:

The salary for this role is $62,000.00.

BENEFITS:

Our comprehensive benefits package plays an essential part in how we recognize you for your critical contribution toward our organization’s mission. 

Taking Care of Your Future: 

• Medical, dental and vision insurance: 100% coverage for you and for your dependents
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plan - we’ll match 100% up to 4% of your salary

Prioritizing Your Work/Life Balance:

• Generous PTO and leave policies 
• 18 paid organization-wide holidays

Setting You Up for Success:

• Up to $150 per month to use toward your cell phone and internet costs 
• $100 per month to use toward your personal health and wellness goals
• Flexible spending account for dependent care
• Professional development opportunities to help you achieve your best self

ABOUT NEXTGEN AMERICA:

NextGen America is the leading national organization for engaging young people through voter education, registration and mobilization. We invite 18-to-35 year olds — the largest and most diverse generation in American history — into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our society and the world. Since 2013, NextGen America has registered more than 1.5 million young voters and educated many millions more.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We value and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an organization--in theory and in practice, and our culture reflects that value and commitment. We are committed to furthering issues like climate change, health care, and immigration from a progressive perspective, and we seek to engage the public in these areas as well as others. We also recognize the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system and strive to make positive changes within our system as a result.