Lehigh Valley Organizer
Job Location:
Harrisburg, PA - USA
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Job Summary
PA Working Families Party is hiring a Temporary full-time WFP Lehigh Valley Organizer. This person would focus on a few key races in the Lehigh Valley for 2026 as well as support PA WFPs legislative efforts - both in the Lehigh Valley and statewide as necessary.
This role includes organizing aspects of multiple projects across the Lehigh Valley and will mean working in collaboration with WFP members elected officials and partner organizations.
We are seeking a WFP Lehigh Valley Organizer with 3-5 years of campaign (electoral OR issue) experience. Candidates based in or with ties to the Lehigh Valley are preferred but all candidates are encouraged to apply. The race will run through December 15th 2026.
Coordinated Campaign
- Manage an Internship Program of 2-3 interns focusing on developing new skills and talents for youth in the Valley. Internships are meant to be tailored to each interns interests skills and gaps in the campaign team.
- Lead Intern meetings
- Organize weekly volunteer canvass launches paid field canvass launches and Election Day Programming.
- Manage tabling and community outreach efforts
- Manage text banking efforts
Legislative Organizing
- Work closely with the WFP Legislative Director to execute local issue campaigns particularly around the Lehigh County Wealth Tax and other fall ballot referendums.
- Help lead turnout to various county/council meetings as needed run trainings and meetings as needed with partner organizations
- Support the Tax Billionaires Fund PA campaign
- Campaign (electoral or issue) experience is a must with at least one cycle in a leadership role
- Experience managing teams and investing in their development
- Demonstrates the ability to set clear expectations and hold team members accountable to meeting them
- Commitment to practicing patience and discernment solving problems and maintaining an optimistic mindset is essential
- Must have availability to work an average of 40-45 hours per week and the flexibility to work long hours including evenings weekends and holidays.
- Preferred: experience using traditional campaign software including but not limited to google sheets VAN Spoke Mobilize Scale to Win etc.
- Movement experience and connections to grassroots leaders are important this race is deeply rooted in community.
This is full-time temporary through December 15 2026. Employee must be based in Lehigh -person work required.
Compensation will be based on experience.
Working Families Party is a unionized workplace. This is a bargaining unit position. WFPs union employees are represented by Workers United affiliated with SEIU and the affiliated Local 1115 Workers United.
About Company
WFP is building a political home for all of us who see bigotry, bailouts, and business as usual in our political system and ask, "Is that the best we can do?"
