Driftless Wisconsin Regional Organizer
Driftless Wisconsin Regional Organizer
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03-08-2025
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About the Working Families Party
We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive not just survive and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.
The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. Were a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise unrealized in our history of freedom and equality for all.
The Driftless Wisconsin Regional Organizer will build our grassroots base and organizing operation in the Driftless Region of WI. They will work with both organizations and individuals to identify and develop leaders and volunteers that participate in electoral tactics (ex - canvassing phone calling texting our relational postcard program) as well as all year round to build the working families party including participating in candidate recruitment endorsement processes and other tactics.
The Organizer will build a program to recruit and support organizers across movement organizations build our political education program and strengthen partnerships with member organizations to build the WI WFP into a more serious electoral and political force.
The position will also be responsible for recruiting to and holding our training programs - our Wolf Pack volunteer and grassroots organizing training program and our grassroots candidate addition to these responsibilities the role will hold key get out the vote efforts for our local endorsed candidates including hosting canvassing launches building election day programs and other related efforts.
This position provides leadership along with a supervisor in developing and implementing campaigns and organizing processes that build grassroots power. Demonstrates ability to conceive design execute creative initiatives to build the position is supervised by the Wisconsin State Director and includes local and national professional development opportunities in organizing communications electoral campaigns issue campaigns and fundraising.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the Wolf Pack volunteer program with a goal of recruiting hundreds of volunteers in WFP and partnering with other organizations to further scale the program
- Work to train our Wolf Pack volunteers and build grassroots leadership
- Build a recruitment pipeline of the right people by embedding deeply in community around our issues and candidates - build relationships with everyone from small business owners to faith leaders to artists and PTA parents
- Organizes and recruits volunteers to get involved in campaigns directly with candidate campaigns or run by PACs c4s or c3s
- Design and manage member development and political education opportunities
- Build and maintain cross-organization political relationships with members and leaders
- Build durable relationships with key leaders of allied organizations to ensure alignment around campaign goals and tactics
- Work with partners to manage joint volunteer activities and actions
- Manage contact lists and maintain up to date records in our database
- Be a leader on get out the vote field efforts for our priority races including launching canvasses building election day poll site visibility operations and other field needs
- Supporting and building our relational voter work including our relational postcard program
- Manages and monitors strategies priorities and all aspects of campaign vision strategy timeline communication community outreach politics timetables and organizing strategies
- Organizes and recruits volunteers to help with text banking and or phone banking
- Organizes and recruits volunteers to get involved in campaigns
Skills and Qualifications
- At least 2 years of organizing experience
- Candidates should have at least 3 cycles of campaign experience
- A passion for grassroots and grasstops organizing
- A passion and commitment to social economic and racial justice
- Demonstrated ability to create and manage organizing campaigns
- Ability to communicate compellingly about WFPs work and inspire others to action
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Drive and tenacity to advance our mission and values
- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail and the ability to manage the technical aspects of a project such as logistics paperwork deadlines etc.
- Ability to work effectively with strong personalities peers public officials and allies
- Using tools to send emails text messages do phone banking
- Drivers license reliable transportation and willingness for regular in-state travel
- Familiarity with Southeastern politics preferred
- WI Driftless Region Organizer must be based out of LaCrosse or Eau Claire - Pierce Pepin Dunn Eau Claire Buffalo Trempealeau Jackson La Crosse Monroe Juneau Vernon Richland Sauk Crawford Iowa Green Grant and Lafayette counties.
What Else Should You Know
- Compensation: The salary range for this role is $60000-$75000. The final salary for this role will be determined based on our Pay Scale which takes into consideration years of experience geographic location and final job description.
- We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health dental vision and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan options; professional development funding; and remote work support.
- Location and Travel: Candidates may often work remotely from home. Candidates must live in The Driftless Region of Wisconsin (ideally in LaCrosse or Eau Claire.) All candidates will be expected to work from LaCrosse or EauClaire. Candidates will be required to travel to Milwaukee WI in order to attend in-person meetings and events on a monthly basis. Candidates will be expected to do in person work with volunteers in their region multiple days each You may need to travel for major events and all staff meetings a few times a month.
- Schedule: This is a temporary position. This contract will end November 15 2026. Successful employees in temporary position may ultimately be offered a permanent position at Working Families Party
- Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a short term temporary role that is not eligible for inclusion in WFPs staff bargaining unit. WFPs union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board Workers United union.
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
Working Families Party 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 with the subject line Application Accommodation to request such an accommodation.
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