About the Position
Position Summary: Siembra NC seeks a creative Field Director who can lead our organization’s electoral field plan across multiple urban and rural counties in the state. The Field Director will be responsible for developing a multi-level canvass team that can effectively reach thousands of Latinxs voters in the state while developing leadership and engaging all of our gente, con y sin papeles in voter engagement work. The Field Director will report to the Executive Director.
Responsibilities Include:
Design field program goals, strategy, and implementation, including a statewide partisan door program
Conceptualize and construct plans for field operations including field budgets, work plans, and overall timelines
Set field targeting and direct voter contact goals to help win key races and build the power of our member organizations
Recruit, train, manage and develop a team of Regional Field Organizers and paid and volunteer canvassers
Manage door canvassing operation, including but not limited to: tracking hours, ensuring team members meet expectations, and coordinating logistics, including managing supplies
Track and analyze performance. Troubleshoot and problem solve. Adjust plans and strategies when necessary
Working to ensure alignment and coordination between the voter contact program and our year-round organizing programs
Skills and Qualifications:
5+ years of organizing experience in electoral, labor, or community organizing
2+ years of management experience, including at least two electoral cycles managing teams and/or directly supervising others, including holding them accountable to quantitative and qualitative goals. Ideally, this would include having previously managed one or more canvass teams or having served in a role as field director, regional field director, or the equivalent.
3+ years of experience designing political accountability, legislative, electoral, or issue-based campaigns
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Strong interpersonal skills and a deep understanding of building irresistible Latinxs team organizing cultures
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to be adaptable and flexible in a fast-paced environment
Experience with targeting, metrics, database management, and the VAN / Votebuilder.
Experience leading skills training, narrative training, or leadership development training in a field organizing context.
An excellent collaborator and team player
A willingness to work nights and weekends when needed and travel frequently within the Triangle, Triad, and Charlotte areas
Benefits and Compensation
This is a full-time, salaried temporary position at the equivalent of $80,000 – $90,000 a year, based on equity, experience, and qualifications. We offer employer-based health care for the family and a generous paid time off policy. This position runs through mid-January 2023, with the possibility of becoming a permanent position.
For additional questions, please email tparker@rikimahglymph.com
About Siembra NC
Siembra NC (and our c3 affiliate, Somos Siembra) is a grassroots organization focused on building power by organizing our Latinxs gente in North Carolina. We’re part of the movement to overturn the New Confederacy by electing candidates up and down the ballot who will back our campaigns to reclaim stolen wages, stop exploitative landlords and keep ICE, sheriffs, and police from separating, jailing, and abusing Black & Brown North Carolinians. In addition to successful campaigns to defend workers, stop evictions and free dozens from ICE jails, we’ve registered thousands of Latinos to vote each of the last three years and, with our partners at Mijente, led the largest Latino voter engagement door program in state history in 2020. We’re part of a movement ecosystem that successfully mobilized over 400,000 additional progressive voters in last year’s presidential election, in one of only six states to gain a congressional seat following the 2020 Census, and one of only two with a competitive US Senate race in 2022.
