Massachusetts Organizing Director

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.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The MA Organizing Director will lead the growth of our grassroots base and organizing operation in Massachusetts in support of our electoral goals. Our Massachusetts organizing objectives are to:

1. Develop strong local teams that can repeatedly win and defend seats

2. Enable volunteers to drive substantial aspects of Working Families Party and Working Families Power work through intentional recruitment, training, and distributed leadership

3. Build a base of voters who identify with WFP and support our candidates

4. Grow our multiracial working class membership base

5. Deepen members’ involvement with Working Families Party and Working Families Power

The Organizing Director will be responsible for assembling and supporting long-term local and statewide volunteer teams, including leadership identification, recruitment, and active coaching and oversight. This role will also engage coalitions of leaders and partner organizations in working class cities to build effective structure, make decisions, and set strategy and tactics for elections and issue campaigns.

This position is supervised by the Massachusetts State Director. The role includes local and national professional development opportunities in areas such as volunteer management and recruitment, organizing, communications, electoral campaigns, and fundraising.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and support local leadership coalitions in working class cities

  • Support the continued development of existing leadership groups throughout the state, including in Worcester, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, and Lynn

  • Develop new leadership groups in additional priority working class cities

  • Build relationships with individual activists, members, and leaders

  • Manage contact lists and maintain up to date records in our database

  • Run relational, membership, and coalition events, including but not limited to welcome gatherings for new members, election and legislative debriefs and trainings, and local coalition meetings

• Establish and grow “Wolf Packs” — local, election-oriented volunteer leadership teams across the state

  • Work closely with statewide team of volunteer leaders, and support them to recruit, coordinate, and coach local Wolf Packs

  • Develop Wolf Pack goals, training, and program of activities, in coordination with state team and national staff

  • Evaluate, test, and adjust Wolf Packs program to support state power plan and cultivate positive and meaningful volunteer experiences

• Drive identification, recruitment, and development of member leaders

  • Develop member roles with meaningful responsibility for expanding reach and capacity

  • Seek out and recruit members into roles that fit their backgrounds, interests, skills, and expertise

  • Supervise and coach member volunteers to grow their capacities and effectively execute significant projects independently

  • Cultivate an exciting, fun, and meaningful experience in all volunteer roles and opportunities

  • Coach and train volunteers into recruiting, training, and supporting other volunteers

  • Train volunteers in organizing and electoral work

• Directly lead and support activities that advance MA WFP’s electoral program and build the state party

  • Plan and execute member and community engagement events, kick-offs, gatherings, parties

  • Plan and execute voter contact operations including running door-to-door canvasses, phone banks, and peer texting

  • Strategically design universes, cut turf, and assign lists for voter contact operations

  • Oversee member and volunteer turnout for events and voter contact shifts

• Represent MA Working Families Party and Working Families Power at events, meetings, and 1:1s

• Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• At least 4 years of relevant professional experience (organizing, political, electoral or non-profit)

• Demonstrated track record of commitment to social, economic, and racial justice

• Demonstrated ability to engage activists around a cause

• Experience with electoral campaigns, including canvassing or phone-banking

• Experience developing long-term volunteer leaders who organize other volunteers

• Ability to communicate compellingly about WFP’s work and inspire others to action

• Drive and tenacity to advance our mission and values

• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite & Google Suite

• Experience in designing compelling social media campaigns to drive members to action

• Ability to work independently

• Driver’s license, reliable transportation, and willingness for regular in-state travel

• Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends

Preferred

• Experience running an electoral organizing operation

• Fluency in Spanish

• Experience with campaign tools like Mobilize, EveryAction, ActBlue, etc.

• Experience working with labor or grassroots organizations in Massachusetts

LOCATION

Remote work, with a significant number of regular in-person meetings and events around the state.

SCHEDULE

Full-time

UNION AFFILIATION

WFP is a unionized workplace. This role is eligible to join WFP’s staff bargaining unit after 6 months. WFP’s union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.

$69,400 - $109,000 a year

The final salary offer will fall into one of the following ranges depending on where you live:

Base Market B: (e.g., Worcester) $69,400 - $91,800

High Market (e.g., Attleboro): $79,500 - $100,400

Very High Market: (e.g., Boston) $82,400 - $109,000

The locations listed above are just examples and not an exhaustive list.

We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan options; professional development funding; and remote work support.

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.