Position Title: Deputy Field Director - Michigan
Level: Mid-Level Officials/Professionals
Position Type: Full Time/Non-Exempt
Education Level: None
Salary Range: $70,000 Salary/year
Travel Percentage: 0%-25-%
Job Shift: Any
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
Openings: 1
About For Our Future
Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and racial and social justice. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people's lives.
In 2018, we made over 10 million door knocks and held 1.5 million face-to-face conversations with voters in 7 states. Our turnout operation and innovative program helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians, expand Medicaid coverage to 400,000 in Virginia, and resulted in sizable electoral progress at the state and federal level, including the pickup of 3 Governor mansions, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.
For Our Future will continue to grow and win through 2020, building power across issue fights and elections. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our current state programs include Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Job Summary
For Our Future Michigan seeks a Deputy Field Director to execute the statewide field plan, chiefly by supervising the day-to-day operations of the voter contact team and program and supervising the Regional Field Directors and Organizers. The Deputy Field Director reports directly to the Field Director. Candidates should have familiarity with Michigan, experience working on field campaigns, experience managing staff, comfort working long hours, basic digital skills, and access to a car and a working laptop or tablet.
This is a full-time position through at least November 6, 2020.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
● Assist with management of a statewide team of Regional Directors, Organizers, and Canvassers/Phonebankers.
● Set daily priorities and assign goals, metrics, and tasks.
● Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
● Ensure that accurate and timely reports are submitted for each region.
● Monitor metrics within each assigned region, including knocks/calls per shifts, flake rate, completion rate, and confirmation rate.
● Implement rigorous systems to meet assigned goals associated with field metrics.
● Champion relationship-based and paid canvass approaches to organizing.
● Coach field staff through the challenges of implementing a voter contact program, and other programmatic priorities.
● Work with organizational leadership to recruit, hire, and onboard new staff.
● Assist with training and staff development.
● Perform other field-related duties, as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
● At least three cycles of competitive field experience
● Canvass management experience required
● Strong knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN
● Basic computer literacy and database skills, including strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel
● Some familiarity with relationship-based organizing, leadership development, and team building
● Ability to work long and irregular hours in a fast paced, metrics-driven work environment
● Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects
● Strong coaching skills and abilities
● Strong problem solving with action-oriented decision-making skills
● Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to successfully relate to voters and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds
● Commitment to the mission, advancing progressive power, and a winning mentality
● Access to reliable transportation
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
● This position will supervise members of the field staff.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
● Because of COVID-19, state and local government stay at home orders, phased reopening orders, and other factors limit For Our Future's canvassing program. When these limits apply, your work environment will likely be your domicile (teleworking) or a socially-distanced office. Overseeing door-to-door canvassing is considered an essential function of this job. When it is possible to safely and appropriately resume door-to-door canvassing, it will be a high priority for this role to stage, launch, and manage canvass programs. Employees may occasionally be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. This position is expected to interact regularly with community partners face-to-face or in a group setting and may also be expected to interact face-to-face with volunteers or voters.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
● Normal hours of business are from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday thru Friday, however employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends and nights.
● Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively during blackout periods. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.
For Our Future Action Fund offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
● Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid and 5% employee paid
● Paid parental leave
● Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
● $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement
● 13 days paid time off every new calendar year, as well as all paid holidays
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as "employment at will." This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing "employment at will" relationship. By signing below, you hereby affirm your that your employment is "at will", and that you acknowledge that no oral or written statements or representations regarding your employment can alter your "at will" status, except for a written statement signed by you and our Chief Executive Officer or duly authorized representative as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors of For Our Future Action Fund.
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