Field Manager
The Georgia Conservation Voters family of organizations includes the Georgia Conservation Voters, Inc., the Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund, and the Georgia Conservation Voters Action Fund. The Georgia Conservation Voters' (GCV) mission is to advocate for public policies that advance a more just and sustainable future, campaign for candidates prioritizing climate and environmental justice, and hold elected officials accountable for their actions and votes. The Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund (GCVEF) mobilizes Georgians to advance climate and environmental justice through education, advocacy, and other forms of civic engagement. The Georgia Conservation Voters Action Fund (GCVAF) campaigns for climate champions. These complementary organizations hold Georgia legislators and policymakers accountable for their actions on climate and environmental justice.
The Field Manager role is a manager-level leadership role responsible for developing and managing GCVEF’s field mobilization program across all campaigns. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in advocacy or political campaigns, base building, civic engagement, and organizational leadership. This person must develop field programs that engage supporters and volunteers to take action at critical campaign moments. This person must have the ability to be responsive to shifts in organizing goals, strategies, and tactics as new challenges and opportunities arise within our work. An ideal candidate is highly organized and collaborative and can manage multiple campaign timelines and internal processes, effectively supervise canvassers, and work closely with the Organizing Director, Campaign Managers, Field Organizers, other GCV staff, and coalition partners to maximize outcomes. The qualified candidate can track and analyze data and execute strategic outcomes while measuring progress.
Field Leadership & Management
Lead organizational base-building strategy and develop field mobilization infrastructure to meet the engagement demands of all GCVEF campaigns in collaboration with Campaign Managers and Field Organizers.
Oversee recruitment, intake, training, and management of volunteers and canvassers, including developing plans, managing contract staff, coordinating materials, and scheduling.
Provide canvassers with clear, quantitative goals and consistently track progress with input from Campaign Managers, Field Organizers, and the Organizing Director.
Supervise and coordinate paid canvassers and volunteers to achieve campaign goals, including providing training, technical support, troubleshooting, and coaching to staff and volunteers leading and participating in GCVEF’s field campaigns.
Create a respectful and fun environment that encourages volunteer retention, including executing relationship-building activities among volunteers and staff.
Canvassing Operations
Plan and execute all canvassing operations, including cutting turf and managing field logistics.
Quality control canvasser data and ensure accurate reporting
Utilize internal tracking systems (VAN, Asana, other tools) to monitor and improve workflow
Civic Engagement & Coalition Building
Design and implement civic engagement field mobilization programs
Ability to set and meet or exceed benchmarks for voter contact, volunteer recruitment, grassroots engagement, and GOTV
Meet or exceed benchmarks for voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and GOTV efforts
Cultivate relationships with coalition partners and community leaders
Data Management & Analysis
Analyze field program results to track progress and evaluate the effectiveness of scripts and methodology.
Design and standardize best practices for data management in VAN
Generate regular reports on field progress and activities in collaboration with the Organizing Director
Organizational Leadership
As a manager, help set strategic direction for mobilizing the field program and develop and execute relationship-building activities among volunteers and staff.
Develop and execute relationship-building activities among volunteers, canvassers, and phone bankers.
Support organization-wide activities, including fundraising and campaign events.
Increase GCVEF's brand presence by creating and managing a general events calendar.
Ability to quickly learn GCVEF’s programs, campaigns, and priority issues to manage and communicate about our organizing efforts effectively
Work Experience: 5-7 years of experience working on community or labor organizing movement-building efforts, including at least 2 years in a direct supervisory role with staff and volunteer leadership training. The ideal candidate has experience in issue-organizing campaigns with communities of color and working with coalition partners.
People management skills: Although this position will not immediately manage staff, we want someone who demonstrates exceptional supervision and coaching skills, including managing organizers, canvassers, volunteers, and staff. The ideal candidate has experience working with a team to determine and prioritize projects and tasks, establish expectations for their delivery and performance, and effectively delegate rather than micro-manage tasks.
Highly collaborative: Demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams and build productive relationships. We want someone who has**** successfully led cross-functional projects or campaigns requiring coordination between multiple departments, such as joint field/communications initiatives or coalition campaigns. Our ideal candidate has experience developing shared workflows that improved efficiency and navigated competing priorities amongst teams to achieve common goals.
Communication skills: Excellent verbal, reading, and writing skills are critical for this position. A high volume of written materials will flow to this position, and the Field Manager will frequently have to work with the Organizing Director and organizing team to review and analyze information to determine our organizing goals, strategies, objectives, and tactics. The qualified candidate can also establish communication systems that enhance teamwork across audiences and media.
Industry knowledge: Qualified candidates have experience developing and overseeing issue campaigns driven by community organizing, including campaign planning, accountability measures, and tracking progress. Demonstrated knowledge of political dynamics and movement building, and the ability to write and implement training curricula, are a plus. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience organizing around clean energy and environmental justice issues. Familiarity with the IRS rules regarding 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations is a strong plus.
Cultural Competencies: Demonstrated awareness of one’s cultural identity, views about differences, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. A complex understanding of racial justice and the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity in climate and environmental work is a strong plus. The ideal candidate will commit to equity and inclusion as an organizational practice and culture. A proven track record of successfully working across lines of race, immigration status, ethnicity, language, class, gender, and other identities and experiences is required. Familiarity with Georgia and in-state communities is preferred.
Technical skills: Must have extensive experience with EveryAction (our constituent resource management system, a.k.a. people database), Voter Action Network (VAN), and Asana (project management system). The candidate must demonstrate a high proficiency with Google Workspace applications (ex., Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Groups, etc.) and Zoom.
Ability to travel: Must be willing to travel extensively for events, staff retreats, other meetings, and professional development opportunities; expect frequent local travel (2-3 times per week), in-state at least 1-3 times a month, and out of state every 4-6 months.
The salary range for this position is posted at the top of this job description. The salary is commensurate with similarly situated nonprofit advocacy organizations, and the final amount will depend on experience and qualifications.
Georgia Conservation Voters provides paid vacation and sick leave, health, vision, and dental insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan. GCV also supports a healthy work-life balance by offering flexible working practices, including flexible working locations and hours, extensive time off, professional development support, and support for holistic health, including therapy reimbursement.