Election Protection Organizer
Phoenix, AZ - USA
Job Summary
MF Professional Services Inc. (MFPS) is an employee leasing and professional services organization that provides human resources payroll benefits administration and operational support services to mission-driven organizations.
This position supports MFPS clients including Mi Familia Vota (MFV) and Mi Familia en Acción (MFA) in furtherance of their operational programmatic and organizational goals.
Mi Familia Vota and Mi Familia en Acción are national Latino-led civic engagement organizations dedicated to building political power strengthening civic engagement and advancing policies that support Latino communities.
MFA a 501(c)(3) organization conducts nonpartisan programs focused on citizenship voter registration voter education leadership development and issues including immigration education healthcare voting rights workers rights reproductive rights and the environment.
MFV a 501(c)(4) organization builds Latino political power through advocacy organizing and mobilization to help ensure that Latino voices shape the policies affecting their health safety and prosperity.
The Election Protection Organizer supports nonpartisan efforts to safeguard voting rights promote equitable access to the ballot and provide Arizona communities with accurate election information. The position focuses on community outreach base building leadership development volunteer coordination election-protection education coalition engagement poll-monitoring support and election-related rapid response.
Working primarily in Maricopa County and other assigned areas of Arizona the Organizer recruits and trains community leaders and volunteers facilitates election-protection workshops supports polling-place monitoring programs and represents the organization in approved election-protection coalitions.
The Organizer must remain nonpartisan when conducting voter education voter assistance poll monitoring or election-protection activities. The employee may provide only approved general information and must refer legal questions or reports of potential election violations to authorized election-protection counsel coalition partners or organizational leadership.
This is a temporary full-time position anticipated to run from August 3 2026 through December 3 2026 with travel throughout Arizona up to approximately 50% of the time.
- Build a base of community members committed to protecting voting rights and democratic participation.
- Conduct outreach through canvassing phone and text banking digital communications community events and one-on-one meetings.
- Recruit train coach schedule and support community leaders and election-protection volunteers.
- Coordinate and facilitate nonpartisan election-protection workshops and community trainings.
- Provide accurate approved information concerning voter access voting options polling-place procedures election deadlines and available assistance.
- Develop and distribute approved election-protection toolkits presentations scripts handouts and digital content in English and Spanish.
- Support the recruitment training scheduling and assignment of approved poll-monitoring volunteers.
- Coordinate polling-place assignments with authorized coalition partners and organizational staff.
- Confirm that volunteers complete all required training credentials and acknowledgments before beginning assigned activities.
- Monitor approved sources for reports of voter intimidation misinformation polling-place barriers accessibility concerns and other threats to voter access.
- Document reported concerns and refer potential legal violations to authorized election-protection counsel or coalition partners.
- Follow approved rapid-response and safety protocols.
- Refrain from independently investigating suspected crimes confronting alleged offenders interfering with election officials or physically intervening in incidents.
- Build relationships with community organizations voting-rights groups election officials service providers coalitions and other stakeholders.
- Represent the organization in the Election Protection Arizona coalition and related meetings when authorized.
- Organize and support town halls public forums workshops advocacy events and community meetings.
- Collaborate with Communications and program staff to share accurate election-protection information through approved print and digital channels.
- Maintain accurate records of outreach volunteers trainings events polling-place assignments reported incidents referrals and program results.
- Use EveryAction VAN spreadsheets incident-reporting systems and other approved tools.
- Protect confidential voter volunteer coalition incident and organizational information.
- Follow all applicable nonpartisanship election polling-place voter-contact privacy data-security accessibility safety and organizational requirements.
- Work regular evenings and weekends and extended or irregular hours when election-related operations require.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- At least two years of experience in community organizing advocacy civic engagement voting-rights work or related movement work.
- Experience facilitating workshops trainings public meetings or community events.
- Fluency in English and Spanish both written and spoken.
- Strong interpersonal relationship-building facilitation and public-speaking skills.
- Ability to communicate election information accurately and in accessible language.
- Ability to learn and apply election-related procedures policies and escalation protocols.
- Ability to remain calm and exercise sound judgment during rapidly changing or high-pressure situations.
- Strong outreach volunteer-management relational-organizing and project-management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive voter and incident information.
- Proficiency with Google Workspace Microsoft Office databases social media and mobile communication tools.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to work evenings weekends extended hours and election-style schedules.
- Ability to travel throughout Arizona up to approximately 50% of the time.
- Reliable transportation to assigned meetings trainings polling locations events and community activities.
- College coursework or a degree in political science public policy law community development nonprofit management or a related field.
- Experience recruiting training coordinating or developing volunteers and community leaders.
- Experience supporting election protection voter education voter registration poll monitoring or voter-assistance programs.
- Experience working with Latino immigrant low-income working-class or other historically underrepresented communities.
- Experience working in coalitions or coordinating with multiple community partners.
- Experience with EveryAction VAN or comparable civic-engagement platforms.
The employee must complete and maintain all training credentials appointments or certifications required for assigned election-protection or poll-monitoring activities.
The employee may not perform duties reserved for attorneys election officials credentialed poll observers or other specifically authorized individuals unless appropriately qualified and authorized.
If driving is assigned the employee must maintain a valid drivers license legally required automobile insurance an acceptable driving record and access to a safe and reliable vehicle unless an organizational vehicle is provided.
The physical requirements described below are representative of those necessary to perform the positions essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation:
- Ability to travel frequently throughout Arizona.
- Ability to drive or ride in a vehicle for extended periods when required.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods during outreach trainings events and election activities.
- Ability to move throughout offices meeting venues polling-location exteriors event sites and community locations.
- Ability to operate a computer mobile devices and standard office equipment.
- Ability to lift carry or move program and event materials weighing up to 25 pounds occasionally.
This position operates in office remote field coalition event and community settings throughout Arizona with a particular emphasis in Maricopa County.
Regular evening and weekend work is required. Extended or irregular hours may also be required during voter-registration deadlines early voting Election Day ballot-curing periods rapid-response situations and major public events.
Field work may involve exposure to heat sun traffic crowds demonstrations law-enforcement activity emotionally charged interactions and other conditions associated with election-protection and community-outreach work.
The salary range is $1923.08$2307.69 per biweekly pay period depending on experience. This is equivalent to an annualized salary range of $50000$60000.
This exempt temporary full-time position is anticipated to run from August 3 2026 through December 3 2026. The assignment may end earlier or be extended based on funding operational needs election-related developments or applicable law. The anticipated dates do not guarantee employment for any specific duration or continued employment after the assignment concludes.
MFPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications merit business needs and job requirements without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.