Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Organizer

About the Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot - and run them to win.

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We're a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise - unrealized in our history - of freedom and equality for all.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Organizer will build our grassroots base and organizing operation in Southeastern, WI. They will work with both organizations and individuals to identify and develop leaders and volunteers that participate in electoral tactics (ex - canvassing, phone calling, texting, our relational postcard program) as well as all year round to build the working families party including participating in candidate recruitment, endorsement processes, and other tactics.

The Organizer will build a program to recruit and support organizers across movement organizations, build our political education program, and strengthen partnerships with member organizations to build the WI WFP into a more serious electoral and political force.

The position will also be responsible for recruiting to and holding our training programs - our Wolf Pack volunteer and grassroots organizing training program, and our grassroots candidate training. In addition to these responsibilities, the role will hold key get out the vote efforts for our local endorsed candidates, including hosting canvassing launches, building election day programs, and other related efforts.

This position provides leadership along with a supervisor in developing and implementing campaigns, and organizing processes that build grassroots power. Demonstrates ability to conceive, design, execute creative initiatives to build the party. This position is supervised by the Wisconsin State Director and includes local and national professional development opportunities in organizing, communications, electoral campaigns, issue campaigns, and fundraising.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the Wolf Pack volunteer program, with a goal of recruiting hundreds of volunteers in WFP and partnering with other organizations to further scale the program
• Work to train our Wolf Pack volunteers and build grassroots leadership
• Build a recruitment pipeline of the right people by embedding deeply in community around our issues and candidates - build relationships with everyone, from small business owners to faith leaders, to artists and PTA parents
• Organizes and recruits volunteers to get involved in campaigns directly with candidate campaigns or run by PACs, c4s, or c3s
• Design and manage member development and political education opportunities
• Build and maintain cross-organization political relationships with members and leaders
• Build durable relationships with key leaders of allied organizations to ensure alignment around campaign goals and tactics
• Work with partners to manage joint volunteer activities and actions
• Manage contact lists and maintain up to date records in our database
• Be a leader on get out the vote field efforts for our priority races, including launching canvasses, building election day poll site visibility operations and other field needs
• Supporting and building our relational voter work including our relational postcard program
• Manages and monitors strategies, priorities, and all aspects of campaign vision, strategy, timeline, communication, community outreach, politics, timetables, and organizing strategies
• Organizes and recruits volunteers to help with text banking, and or phone banking
• Organizes and recruits volunteers to get involved in campaigns

Skills and Qualifications

What Else Should You Know

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Working Families Party is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at [email protected] with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.