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    Working Families Party

    Politics

    Northeast Ohio Organizer

    Cleveland, United StatesRemoteContract$50.4k – $64.4k / yearPosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    About EpicWorks

    EpicWorks provides movement organizations with the values-aligned infrastructure and services they need to fulfill their missions with confidence. We help strengthen the core of their operations by providing essential, dependable services related to people practices, financial management, legal compliance and organizational health. EpicWorks sets up organizations to achieve greater impact. 
    EpicWorks team members specialize in finance, human resources, compliance, legal services, organizational culture and labor relations. Each team member brings years—often decades—of experience supporting organizations fighting for justice. 
    This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.

    ABOUT THIS ROLE

    The Northeast Ohio (NEO) Organizer will help build our grassroots base and organizing operation in NEO in support of our legislative, policy, and electoral campaigns. The Organizer will help drive a program to recruit, develop, and support members and volunteer leaders to advance the values of the multiracial working class. The Organizer also identifies and builds alliances with other organizations which can influence decision-makers.

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

      Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

    • Build relationships with individual activists, members, and leaders

    • Organize opportunities for grassroots engagement on issue campaigns and in movement-building work

    • Organize phone banking, text banking, canvassing, and postcarding events for 2026 election cycle

    • Identify volunteer team needs and work with them to recruit members and activists to do that work

    • Suggest engagement strategies to reach out to potential supporters and current volunteers, move them up the WFP ladder of engagement, and deepen their leadership.

    • Manage contact lists and maintain up-to-date records in our database

    • Uses skills to contribute to development of party objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.  takes initiative to meet assigned deliverables and priorities on time?

    • Evaluates changing conditions and suggestions modifications to plans

    • Performs other related duties as assigned

    SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

    • Experience doing field organizing (including as a volunteer) at a community organization, at a union and/or on an electoral campaign

    • Ability to train and develop skills of volunteer leaders

    • Belief in leadership development and that growth relies on an individual’s ability to have ownership of important projects and achieve success for themselves

    • Excellent communication, listening, and executive skills

    • Ability to work independently

    • Very detail-oriented and ability to multi-task

    • Experience working with a diverse group of volunteers and supporters across all demographics and backgrounds– especially race, gender, and class

    • Experience with organizing tools: Spoke, Slack, Mobilize, and Action Network

    • Familiarity working with VAN

    Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    EpicWorks is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at [email protected] with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.
    This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Working Families Party

    The Working Families Party is a political party in the United States.

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