Regional Organizing Director - Lansing, MI
2 days ago
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Position: Regional Organizing Director – Lansing Job Location: Lansing, MI Position Type: Full Time, Exempt Position Classification: Not Union Eligible Compensation: $54,000 - $60,000 Position Travel/Driving Percentage: 75% Reports to: Organizing DirectorABOUT FOR OUR FUTURE Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and racial and social justice. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people's lives.
CLASSIFICATION For Our Future recognizes a staff bargaining unit, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 494, a labor union. This position is NOT included in the For Our Future bargaining unit.
JOB SUMMARY For Our Future Michigan seeks a Regional Organizing Director for an organizing and paid canvassing program in Lansing, Michigan. The Regional Director will recruit, train, and manage teams on local and national causes, candidates, and campaigns that matter to them. The Regional Organizing Director will also be responsible for executing the statewide field plan, political organizing, coalition building, as well as constructing and supervising volunteer operations in their region. This position requires frequent travel throughout Lansing.
This position runs through at least November 2026.
Essential Functions
- Oversee daily operations, including maintaining office supplies and equipment, coordinating schedules and meetings, and ensuring a clean and organized workspace to support productivity and efficiency.
- Plan and execute a comprehensive organizing strategy within the region that includes public-facing events, communications, grassroots organization building, and grassroots community engagement.
- Lead a robust volunteer recruitment, training, and management campaign.
- Collaborate with in-state leadership to implement new communications and digital strategies within the region.
- Build crucial relationships with leaders of the progressive community and serve as the regional lead for our partnership program.
- Manage organizers and canvassers to educate constituents on progressive issues and with get-out-the-vote programs to boost progressives up and down the ballot.
- Represent the organization at community events and meetings when advised by the organization.
- Recruit, hire, train, and manage canvassers, volunteers, and/or organizers.
- Conduct extensive coaching and develop best practices for staff and volunteers in organizing, canvassing, recruitment, and retention. On-turf coaching, support, and accountability is required.
- Conduct daily training, including launching and debriefing at the beginning and end of daily shifts.
- Monitor metrics within each assigned region including, but not limited to, attempts per shifts, flake rate, conversation rate, and action conversion rate. Implement rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with these metrics as well as extensive quality control measures.
- Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
- Ensure that all required soft reporting is accurate and timely, and that all regional data is entered on time.
- Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 1-2 cycles of competitive campaign or advocacy experience.
- At least 2 years of experience managing a team and hitting competitive field goals.
- At least 2 years of experience working with volunteers.
- At least 2 years of relationship-based organizing and leadership development experience, including one-on-one meetings and team building.
- Must have access to reliable transportation, a valid driver's license/insurance/registration, and clean driving record for at least 1 year, per organization's drivers policy.
- Experience implementing a statewide field plan tailored to an assigned region.
- Strong knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN.
- Ability to make outreach to and build partnerships with other progressive organizations.
- Experience in managing programs that develop the capacity to meet metrics-based goals on data-driven campaigns.
- Experience in supporting media and communications programming, preferred.
- Ability to manage, coach and train staff proficiently.
- Must have basic computer literacy; and access to a reliable laptop is preferred.
- Ability to work long and irregular hours in a high-productivity, metrics-driven work environment.
The compensation for this position may be based on experience and comes with a comprehensive benefits package.
- Health Insurance Coverage - 95% Employer Paid and 5% Employee
- Paid parental leave.
- Retirement Savings Plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
- $150 Monthly Cell Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- 13 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
- Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends, holidays, and nights.
- Employees are required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle or other key deadlines, and generally not allowed to take off during blackout periods. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.
HEALTH AND SAFETY For Our Future Action Fund ("FOF") is fully committed to the health and safety of our colleagues, candidates, and the communities we serve. We encourage all employees to stay "up to date" with their COVID-19 vaccines and once eligible, to get COVID-19 boosters; however, this is not a requirement for employment at FOF.
All employees are required to adhere to the health and safety policies and procedures, when appropriate, as implemented by the organization. Upon request, reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Applicants may request a reasonable accommodation form by emailing FOF Human Resources at: [email protected].
Be advised that health and safety policies and procedures around COVID-19 may change in the future to stay in compliance with public health guidance and applicable laws.
EEO STATEMENT For Our Future is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Opportunities are provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), marital or parental status, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, ancestry, matriculation, political affiliation, arrest record, conviction record, ancestry, military service, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or ordinances. Equal opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.
We are also committed to the full inclusion of every qualified individual. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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