Legion: Field Organizer, NYC-Wide Democratic Primary Campaign

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Field Organizer, NYC-Wide Democratic Primary Campaign

Posted 4/14/25

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Top-tier, New York City-wide Democratic Primary campaign is now hiring FIELD ORGANIZERS (FOs) to execute an ambitious five-borough operation.

The Field Organizers will report to their respective Borough Leads (BLs), each of whom manages a particular territory of New York City.  The BLs and FOs will be responsible for recruiting, cultivating, managing, troubleshooting on behalf of and leading by example for a large team of of campaign fellows and a very large pool of volunteers covering all five boroughs for their assigned neighborhoods, in a highly-competitive Democratic Primary race, starting immediately and ending Primary Day 2025.

The FOs will report directly to their respective Borough Lead, with frequent interactions with the Field Director, Candidate, Treasurer, interns, volunteers, endorsing organizations, community leaders, and any others as necessary.  The FO will be expected to:

• Reverse-timeline, plan and execute a winning, numbers-based, local Field strategy, with targeted outreach to specific communities being of paramount importance, and targeted to achieve goals given to them as executors of the broader Borough- and City-Wide Field plans;

• Build a local organization and immerse themselves in the trenches of that organization;

• Delegate and train appropriately, ensuring both full role empowerment for Fellows and Volunteer Leads and QA/QC;

• Empower and energize volunteers;

• Help target multiple overlapping outreach strategies;

• Oversee Field logistical operations such as office rentals, stationery supplies, literature management, technology, etc at local offices and staging locations, as delegated by their respective BLs;

• Troubleshoot early and effectively, such that the organization is refined every day until Primary Day; and

• Ultimately deliver the number of votes necessary to win a highly-competitive Primary on a short timetable.

The FO will be responsible for instituting a culture of discipline, energy, camaraderie and meaning, wherein volunteers and Fellows can see the real-world impact of the possibilities offered by this race, and are motivated by contextualization, building success and reliable support to return as often and work as hard as possible toward the team’s ultimate success.

REQUIREMENTS:

For this role, demonstrated success mobilizing volunteers is a must (if not electoral success, demonstrable and clearly-outlined explanation of how your work ethic, attitude, and knowledge of volunteer psychology proved decisive in the growth of a sizable volunteer organization).

3-5 professional references are required that can speak to your passion for organizing and to your ability to empower staff and volunteers to feel bought-in and markedly improve their performance.

PREFERRED:

Given the short timetable of the race, familiarity with VoteBuilder and other common Democratic tech tools is STRONGLY preferred.

Familiarity with NYC’s recent electoral history, with all its many complexities, will be important for best performance of this job.  Because this is a full-time-plus position of great responsibility over a short timeframe, the ability to work with all different kinds of people and to keep a cool head under intense pressure is critical.

Familiarity with blast email and text platforms, and the ability to both quickly deploy them under tight deadlines and pre-load them in advance, in order to avoid emergencies, is a plus.

Comfort with and strength in Google Sheets, including basic text and number formulas, will help your acclimation process greatly.

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

Extremely competitive.

We are an equal-opportunity employer.  Women, LGBTQ+ folks, Disabled folks and People of Color are strongly encouraged to apply.