Organizing Manager
Company: Techandciviclife
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 8, 2025
Job Description:
- Start date: June 2025
- Location: Remote in the U.S. with Heavy Travel (-3-4 trips per
month)
- Type: Full-time, Exempt
- Salary: $79,991.74 - $96,705.42
- Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous paid time off including 2 weeks in December
- Flexible work schedule
- Annual employee allowance and professional development
stipend
- Employer 401k contributionPosition DescriptionWhen you think
about elections, you might think about popular candidates, "I
voted" stickers, and all sorts of paperwork and deadlines. But
behind the scenes are thousands of people in state and local
governments who are working hard to make sure accurate election
information is published, ballots are counted, and voices are
heard. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced community
organizer and advocate to help foster valuable and lasting
relationships with local elections offices across the country. As
CTCL's Organizing Manager, you will implement CTCL's nonpartisan
advocacy strategy to support elections officials in administering
inclusive and secure elections.The ideal candidate thrives in
social environments and is eager to get out from behind a screen
and into the field. You will visit small towns and major cities
across the country to connect with local election administrators
and their staff at association meetings, recruit and cultivate
partnerships with state and national nonprofit organizations, and
build relationships with government agencies to better understand
how to connect elections offices with helpful information and
public resources. You will also supervise an Organizing Associate
and ensure that they have the support to grow and thrive.You'll
report to the Advocacy Director and work in collaboration with
other members of the CTCL team. This is an expanded role in a
growing department that is focused on the resiliency of election
infrastructure and securing public funding for local election
offices.ResponsibilitiesCommunity Engagement and Relationship
Building
- Spend over half of your time on the ground networking with
election administrators and their teams, spending time to better
understand their needs, and engaging them in advocacy to expand the
public funding of elections.
- Serve as an ambassador for CTCL at election-related events and
conferences, providing short presentations on our work, tabling at
election tradeshows, and cultivating joy in the election
space.
- Grow our list of state and national partners that are eager to
support the expansion and deployment of reliable and sustainable
federal funding for election administration at the local
level.
- Use conference opportunities to promote our initiatives,
campaigns, and projects. Leverage the conference platform to gain
support and visibility.Agency Engagement and Grassroots Advocacy
- Serve as a liaison and helpful connector between agencies that
can help elections offices and the officials that need support.
Proactively learn bureaucratic processes such as grant
applications, programmatic requests, and distill guidance into
turnkey guides for our network.
- Engage thousands of election officials in campaigns to promote
public funding by training them on tactics, guiding them through
the appropriations process, and facilitating connections with
lawmakers.
- Work with partners to raise the profile of election
infrastructure needs by encouraging public communications
campaigns, circulating sign-on letters at key inflection points,
and brokering strategic partnerships.
- Utilize organizing skills to continue to broaden our umbrella
by regularly holding 1:1s with potential partners and developing
lasting strategic relationships.Program Stewardship
- Manage the budget allocated for conference engagement, ensuring
that resources are used efficiently and effectively.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements during conference
activities.
- Lead the team's return on investment (ROI) of conference
engagement activities by measuring outcomes such as increased brand
visibility, new partnerships formed, and funding opportunities
secured.
- Create a repository of best practices, templates, and resources
for conference engagement to streamline future efforts and
facilitate knowledge sharing within the organization.Strategic
Initiative
- Work with the advocacy team & allies to adapt plans, generate
new tactics, and regularly evolve campaigns to respond to
ever-changing landscapes.
- Prioritize victory and values, and stay flexible in an often
extremely fast-paced campaign environment.
- Regularly deliver results on high-stakes advocacy
campaigns.People Management
- Supervise at least one Organizing Associate who will be
actively deployed to the field. Ensure that they have the support,
materials, and training to succeed. Track their progress to goal,
regularly provide bilateral feedback, and ensure that their
workload is appropriately achievable and ambitious.
- Commitment to professional growth
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and desire to grow within the
organization, to seize leadership opportunities, and to absorb new
learnings and skills.Commitment to priority audiencesEnsure CTCL
programs for election departments prioritize voters with limited
access to the election system. This includes voters who are newly
eligible, have limited English proficiency, live with disabilities,
or are from communities that are impacted by the digital divide or
historical disenfranchisement due to race.
Desired QualificationsA successful candidate for the Organizing
Manager position is someone who thrives in social and dynamic
environments and who is relentless in their pursuit of campaign
victory. Previous personnel management experience is not required,
but personal project management and advocacy skills will be
important for success. In addition, while no candidate will possess
every quality, the successful candidate will possess many of the
following qualifications and personal attributes:Organizing Skills
- You love to travel and see the country, and are eager to build
relationships with individuals with diverse backgrounds and
perspectives. You thrive in high-volume networking
environments.
- You are an effective communicator and active listener, able to
deliver our message clearly and persuasively.
- You are great at building relationships with individuals,
groups, and organizations that share our goals or can be brought
onto our campaign by building trust.
- You know that you do not own the legislative calendar and can
adapt to changing circumstances and adjust your strategy as needed
on a short timeline.Campaign Skills
- You are enthusiastic about making elections more secure and
inclusive. You believe in democracy and care about voting.
- You are hungry for victory. You don't just focus on inputs, but
instead work relentlessly to deliver results because you want your
work to make a difference.
- You have the skills and experience to build campaigns with a
team, including setting campaign goals, developing messaging, and
coordinating various activities to achieve those goals.Management
Skills
- You build diverse tables. You seek out allies who can work with
us on discrete issue campaigns, knowing that their perspectives may
differ on other things. You thrive in fostering strategic
relationships among others and building a team dynamic.
- You value the people, not just the work, and approach work with
kindness, patience, and an encouraging attitude. You see the
potential in others and help cultivate them into their best
selves.Professional Skills
- You are a detail-oriented task-tracker who can manage a
personal to-do list and is adamant about accomplishing goals. You
are incredibly responsive and enjoy connecting via various digital
channels.
- You are comfortable in a virtual professional setting. You can
manage your workload in a fully remote setting where you are at
times away from your home desk, and are participating in calls
while on work travel. You are accountable and self-motivated
without an office environment.
- You know that feedback loops can help you create the best work.
You create opportunities to get input from colleagues and
partners.GrowthCTCL uses organizational systems to keep staff
connected and accountable to each other and the work. These systems
include goal-setting, evaluations, and staff retreats every 6
months, as well as staff meetings and 1:1 calls each week. While we
maintain structures, it's also important that CTCL be adaptive to
respond to the changing needs of the world around us. This might
look like setting goals, evaluating our tactics, and deciding to
shift priorities over time. This means the people who work with
CTCL are thoughtful in both making plans and also adjusting them
based on emerging information.We stay curious and persistent as the
landscape of U.S. election administration shifts. To adapt to new
challenges and invest in the excellence of our team, all positions
at CTCL provide opportunities for increased responsibility. We
focus on professional growth opportunities related to the scope and
complexity of your work, specialized knowledge, independence, and
leadership.To ApplyComplete a short application form and upload
your resume and a writing sample.
- Your writing sample need only be 1-2 pages, and should
demonstrate your advocacy voice and communication style - academic
writing is discouraged. Examples of writing samples include a or
testimony from a previous legislative campaign.
- Only applications submitted through this form will be accepted;
materials submitted via email will not be considered.Based on your
application and writing sample, two video interviews and reference
check will be conducted to determine if you are the best fit for
the position. The initial interview will take approximately 30
minutes and the follow-up will take approximately 45 minutes.The
Center for Tech and Civic Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunity
Employer. We encourage people of all races, colors, religions,
national origins, sexual orientations, genders, sexes, ages,
abilities, branches of military service, and political party
affiliations to apply.
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