Aurora & Denver Regional Lead Organizer Job Description

New Era Colorados office is closed for the holidays starting Monday December 22nd. Applicants can expect to hear back from us beginning the week of January 5th 2026.

New Eras Regional Lead Organizers will lead New Eras organizing campaigns and local partnerships in key regions across the state.

To apply:Please submit a Resume. A cover letter is optional. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. If the job is still posted we encourage you to apply! Priority Deadline is January 15. Ideal start date is February 15!

About New Era Colorado:

New Era aims to build a youth movement that fights for a common vision of the world: one that centers equality prosperity love and joy. A vision where everyone is treated fairly has their basic needs met and can thrive. Young people are the most impacted by the challenges and issues we face today and have the capacity to dream bigger designing the solutions towards this future. And yet young people are often shut out from the halls of power and ignored by elected officials. Thats why at New Era we organize young people to participate in the political process develop as leaders and find a political home. Since our founding in 2006 weve registered more than 250000 young people to vote and consistently turn out those registrants at one of the highest rates in the country. Weve won critical protections for student loan borrowers played a key role in ballot measure campaigns to protect abortion rights and climate enacted voter preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds advocated for key improvements to our voting systems and more. Get to know us: Website Facebook Instagram

Job responsibilities:

The Regional Lead Organizers report to the Senior Organizing Manager and are responsible for:

• Organizing mobilizing and growing New Eras base Integrate into the regional political landscape to develop strategies for engaging young people; directly organize recruit and mobilize young people.

  • As an RLO become intimately familiar with the regional political landscape and develop direct strategies for organizing folks prioritizing young folks of color in your region

  • RLOs will work in their assigned region to sustain and grow a diverse base of progressive young people to take action on New Eras evolving issue and electoral priorities with particular attention to local issue campaigns.

  • Overarching RLO organizing goals will span electoral campaigns (statewide and local elections) local issue campaigns/ activations and legislative session campaigns.

  • RLOs will execute a range of evolving on-the-ground organizing tactics ranging from (but not limited to) campus and community tabling phonebanking canvassing volunteer engagement relational organizing hosting trainings and events etc.

• Regional hub management and coalition building Grow build and sustain a strong youth-driven coalition of young people stakeholders and partners

  • RLOs will build partnerships with local organizations student organizations/ governments and other community stakeholders in order to identify plan and execute collaborative organizing and campaign initiatives for instance our Brazen Project and abortion rights work.

  • RLOs will identify opportunities to meet young people where theyre at in the community and on campus and will cultivate partnerships with businesses festivals campus departments and others to secure effective sites; RLOs will prioritize sites and partnerships that enable us to reach young people most impacted by our issues prioritizing young people of color.

  • RLOs will cultivate and sustain centralized hubs (consisting of engaged students organizations and community partners) in their assigned region which serve as New Eras centralized political home base from which new campaigns and initiatives are identified tested and launched.

  • RLOs will work to continually recruit and support volunteers in their assigned region and where applicable will use New Era regional chapters to identify and develop leadership opportunities for young people in New Eras organizing work.

  • RLOs will work alongside the Policy and Research department to identify the local campaign landscape in priority regions.

  • RLOs will serve as a liaison between their regional hub and other programmatic initiatives (e.g. comms fundraising etc.) and lend their regional expertise to our programmatic strategy.

  • RLOs will build community partnerships and foster relationships with local businesses elected officials and organizations in collaboration with Development and Political departments.

• Managing campus relationships and access Sustaining New Eras access to critical campuses in the assigned region:

  • Maintain strong relationships with campus admin and stakeholders in the assigned region. Attend campus engagement/ stakeholder meetings to represent New Era and hold frequent check-in meetings with campus partners to continue uplifting New Eras impact and importance on campus.

  • Develop and execute strategies for maintaining reliable access to campus tabling and events creating student groups where necessary and ensuring their continued success.

  • Supporting campus partners in the assigned region to submit ALL IN Challenge Action Plans and fulfill their commitments laid out in their Action Plans with New Eras campus work deeply embedded throughout. Uplift and celebrate campus civic engagement efforts ALL IN Challenge wins especially student voter turnout.

• Other duties as assigned

Position Details Compensation and Benefits

Preferred Skills: Spanish language proficiency

This position is based out of the Aurora/Denver Metro Area with an expectation of traveling across the state as needed. This is a full-time position.

This is a permanent full-time non-exempt position that is part of a bargaining unit exclusively represented by the Denver Newspaper Guild. Salary will start at $62550 and will increase to $63801 starting March 1st 2026 in accordance with our Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Benefits include healthcare (medical dental and vision; employer pays 85% of the premium) $400 annual professional development funds SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match $720 annual tech stipend annual wellness stipend RTD Ecopass generous holiday and time off paid sabbatical eligibility after four years of employment and paid parental and family leave benefits.

This role will include in-person work. New Era Colorado is committed to the safety of our employees and requires proof of full vaccination status for all employees unless a religious or medical accommodation is granted. If you have any questions about our safety protocols please contact us at

New Era Colorado Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all and strongly encourage women people of color people with disabilities immigrants refugees and members of the LGBTQ community to apply. We do not require formal education. We encourage you to submit your application if this job excites you!