Job Description
Roving Field Director
About The Outreach Team: The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the progressive movement. We help groups raise awareness and impact critical issues. We want to change the world to make it fairer, greener, safer, and more peaceful. Our top priority is delivering the highest quality work for our client groups. We do that by having the best staff team around. This is a people-powered enterprise, and our work is only as good as our team members. We pay our team well, we treat each other with care and respect, and we empower everyone to bring their abilities and creativity to their work.
The Outreach Team prioritizes equity and inclusion in all facets of our operations. We are focused on making sure our staff team, client roster, and outreach efforts are rooted in and shaped by the values of equity and inclusion.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Roving Field Director to ensure the success of our campaigns by providing short-term, hands-on support to under-staffed and/or underperforming offices across the country. In this role, you will parachute into various offices as needed to stabilize operations, improve local management, and drive goals to ensure offices stay on track to exceed their targets.
This is a full-time position for an experienced campaign director, and significant travel is required. You will train and manage diverse teams of field directors and canvass staff, lead from the front by canvassing yourself, and serve as the bottom-line person responsible for making voter registration drives and voter contact drives successful. The Roving Field Director will collaborate closely with Project Directors overseeing an array of programs and successfully embed with local management in a variety of contexts.
The position is primarily on the road, with assignments lasting four to seven days on average, and downtime to work remotely from home in between in-office assignments. You should expect to work 40-60 hours per week, including evenings and weekends, depending on how close to elections or other deadlines your project is. We cover the cost of travel and housing when you are out on assignments.
Responsibilities
Staff Management & Leadership
- Manage teams ranging from 3-30 staff members, including Deputy Directors, field directors, and hourly canvass staff
- Set goals and hold staff accountable to performance expectations
- Train directors and campaign staff on canvassing techniques, campaign strategy, and operational procedures
- Canvass yourself several days a week to train staff, model best practices, and help drive office goals
- Identify, promote, and train a leadership team within each office
- Provide ongoing motivation and support to staff while maintaining high standards
- Build diverse teams where staff feel respected while fostering a culture of equity and justice
- Maintain a healthy and safe working environment for all staff
- Continue and improve operational norms for campaigns, including training plans, staff schedules, transportation, and safety plans
Strategic Planning & Operations
- Develop strategic plans to reach target voters and constituencies in assigned locations
- Implement and manage quality control measures to ensure integrity of the work
- Bottom line on verifying the quality of all voter registration forms and voter contact shifts within the required turnaround time
- Analyze data and report back to Project Directors to flag trends and problems
- Ensure company policies are upheld, including holding staff accountable to performance, integrity, health, safety, and professionalism standards
Administration
- Manage administrative duties, including reporting data, record-keeping, processing payroll, and distributing materials
- Ensure your team adheres to HR requirements and recommendations as related to onboarding, offboarding, and disciplinary actions
- Maintain extreme attention to detail and instill that quality in others
Mission & Values
- Speak compellingly about campaign issues and strategy
- Ensure our staff, team, and outreach efforts are rooted in and shaped by the values of equity and justice
- Work directly at various locations, providing hands-on support and guidance to director teams and canvassing teams
- Adapt quickly to varying field environments and embed successfully with local teams
Qualifications
Must Have
- At least two years of staff management experience, especially in campaigns, canvass operations, or field organizing
- Strong management skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire a team while also holding staff accountable to goals and expectations
- Commitment to canvassing daily to train, coach, model best practices, and drive office goals
- Eagerness to lead from the front and canvass several days a week
- Extreme attention to detail and a proven ability to instill that quality in others
- Self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills; willing and able to listen to staff and solve problems
- Can speak compellingly about campaign issues and strategy
- Strong passion for community organizing and fostering civic engagement
- Committed to equity and inclusion with a track record of building diverse teams
- Strong work ethic; able to persevere in the face of challenges and setbacks
- Flexible; ready for the unexpected and willing to adapt to last-minute changes
- Eager to learn and open to feedback
- Ability to work long hours, including evenings and weekends
- Ability to travel extensively and adapt to varying field environments
- Able to quickly learn new systems
- Basic tech competency (G-suite or Microsoft Office, smartphone or computer)
- Car and valid driver’s license
Nice to Have
- The Outreach Team alumni
- Experience running paid canvasses or managing paid employees
- Community or issue-based campaign experience
- A track record of success meeting or exceeding goals
- Team building ability
- Experience working in underserved or marginalized communities
- Facilitation experience
- Familiarity with PDI
- Local knowledge/experience in multiple regions
Salary & Benefits
This is a salaried position with a range of $1,250–$1,575 per week, depending on experience, plus an additional performance-based bonus at the end of every project.
Benefits include:
- Fully paid health care
- Sick leave and vacation days
- Travel allowances (all travel and housing costs covered during assignments)
- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities to enhance your skills and career trajectory
- Opportunities for advancement
- The opportunity to play a pivotal role in high-impact campaigns that can shape the future of our country
- A dynamic, supportive, and fast-paced work environment with passionate professionals dedicated to making a difference
Equal Opportunity Employer
At The Outreach Team, we prioritize equity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strongly encourage Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, people with previous felony convictions, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and others who identify with underrepresented groups to apply.
How to Apply
Apply here:https://www.theoutreachteam.net/jobs
