Deputy Campaign Manager (Battleground NY)

Overview

The Deputy Campaign Manager for Battleground NY will support key coordinated electoral work during our 2024 general election cycle. This includes regular check-in’s with campaigns, setting up volunteer data and tools infrastructure on campaigns, training and mentoring campaign staff, recruiting and building relationships with volunteers, managing and owning pieces of programmatic work, and developing the technical skills and leadership of our membership. This work takes place through the November 2024 general election, and the position will end November 15, 2024. The person in this role executes mobilizing strategies to achieve our goals this cycle – drive a minimum of 250,000 New Yorkers to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on the Working Families Party line, flip the US House through coordinated efforts in battleground districts in New York, protect our legislative supermajority in Albany and pick up seats to grow our Working Families Party coalition. As part of the campaigns team, the DCM coordinates with staff and other colleagues to connect our growing grassroots base with the day to day strategic goals of the New York WFP.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• • Build deep relationships with our priority campaigns and candidates and serve as a day-to-day operations contact
  • Provide mentorship and training to campaign staff as needed
  • Recruit, train and develop volunteers into field leaders; building campaign capacity and membership for the Party
  • Plan and host events including phone-banks, canvasses, and other voter contact events
  • Commute to priority congressional districts to work with WFP organizers and campaigns in person on a regular basis
  • Collaborate with senior staff and participate in regular team meetings to align on strategy
  • Lead deeper engagement with our members to include but not limited to trainings, canvasses/door knocks, phonebanks, text parties, house parties, and other tactics that gather supporters and members, help elect WFP candidates across New York State and support issue campaigns as directed by the team
  • Work with member leaders to ensure all gatherings and activities have strong attendance (benchmarks to be assigned)
  • Ensure all WFP events and activities display our WFP culture, grounded in creating welcoming and engaging spaces
  • Support field operations on the coordinated side to carry out the organizing program for candidates seeking elected office. This will include canvassing, phone & text banks, relational organizing and developing key relationships within the community.
  • Collaborate with staff across campaign organizations to develop clear messaging that connects with voters in support of endorsed candidates
  • Work with the communications team on written communications as necessary
  • Support team with administrative tasks as needed

Skills and Qualifications

• • 2-3 cycles of campaign experience as a Campaign Manager or Field Director
  • Must be a data and people person — able to spend some days in spreadsheets and voter files and other days calling and meeting with volunteers  
  • Familiarity with VAN, Votivate, Scale to Win, EveryAction, Mobilize, Action Network, Reach, Spoke, and other popular field tools
  • Deeply relational and can build trust with people from different backgrounds and with different work styles
  • Able to deliver critical feedback to a candidate and campaign staff with grace
  • Experience fundraising small dollar donations is a plus
  • A passion and demonstrated commitment to social, economic, and racial justice
  • Demonstrated ability to create and manage organizing campaigns
  • Ability to communicate compellingly about WFP’s work and inspire others to action, whether one-on-one or in a large group.
  • Willingness to learn and continually develop new skills 
  • Critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Drive and tenacity to advance our mission and values
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment
  • Attention to detail and the ability to manage the technical aspects of a project such as logistics, paperwork, deadlines, etc
  • Willingness to do some in-state travel
  • Maintain and develop relationships with key community members, organizations, elected officials and individuals
  • Familiarity with New York politics preferred
  • Fluency in languages other than English is a plus