Oakland/Alameda County Campaign Manager

The Black Organizing Project is reviving the spirit of Oakland’s Black community through relationship building, leadership development, political education, and policy-change.

Oakland/Alameda County Campaign Manager Job Description

About the Black Organizing Project

The Black Organizing Project (BOP) is a Black member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community-building in Oakland, California and across the Bay Area. In addition to caring for our community, BOP has adopted a more sustainable philosophy for our staff. BOP takes pride in caring for its staff by providing competitive salaries, 4-day work weeks, three paid company-wide seasonal rest periods each year, as well as other perks that promote a healthy work-life balance. While BOP currently observes a hybrid work model, we require all program staff to live within a one-hour driving distance from Oakland, CA.

Our vision is to build a strong bottom-up organization of Black people that will:

• Craft alternative models and institutions that will advance our vision of racial and economic justice
• Rebuild the spirit and foundation of our community
• Exercise political and economic power
• Act to win real systematic change
• Transform the lives of Black people
• Embody the spirit that has sustained the Black community

Organizational Culture

BOP is building toward a free and just world for Black people. Some of the expectations for staff conduct include active participation in building and sustaining a culture of radical care, equity for all members of the BOP team, joyful connection to Black Liberation, and thoughtful understanding of our political and historical experiences.

In service of this goal, staff are expected to:

• Participate in an organizational culture of resolving conflict through transformative justice strategies, as appropriate.
• Engage in generative and compassionate communication.
• Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining a joyful, healthy, and positive work environment.

About the Campaign

The Alameda County Living Wage for All coalition (members listed below) is putting a $30 minimum wage with no exceptions on the November 2026 ballot in response to the current affordability crisis. The MIT Living Wage Calculator says that a single person, even if two adults are working with two children, needs at least $41.31 to cover basic necessities; this ballot measure would phase the minimum wage up to $30 by 2030 for large corporations and by not later than 2035 for small businesses. Current polling shows 71% of Alameda County voters support a $30 minimum wage. The coalition has funding for a worker-led signature gathering program and is looking for community partners to endorse. The Alameda County effort is led by the BOP, Trabajadores Unidos/Workers United and One Fair Wage and is part of a national Living Wage for All coalition and campaign spearheaded by One Fair Wage, National Education Association, Popular Democracy, Policy Link, NAACP and 100 other labor and community organizations nationwide.

Within this coalition, the BOP aims to center Black demands to ensure not only Black participation and leadership to secure a Living Wage for All but also that the victory sets us up to ensure that businesses across the region ‘Hire Black.’ We see this as an opportunity to organize Black residents, Black community and labor leaders, and Black business owners toward that end.

About Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is someone who is already well-known, deeply networked, and highly respected in Oakland politics and advocacy. They should be deeply familiar with political campaigns and electoral work. Our ideal candidate is committed to the liberation of Black people generally and specifically knowledgeable about Black folks in Oakland and the East Bay. They should be a self-starter and understand the necessity of being able to take on tasks of different sizes and types to move the campaign forward.

Position Description and Functions

BOP’s Oakland/Alameda County Campaign Manager will serve as a senior strategist and campaign leader for the Living Wage for All efforts and BOP’s strategic role within this larger campaign.

The Campaign Manager will manage BOP’s LW4A campaign efforts day to day, including field operations and will focus on high-level political leadership, coalition building, and resource development, leveraging their relationships and reputation to strengthen and guide the campaign. This role reports to Co-Organizing Director Malcolm Harris, and works in collaboration with the Oakland/Alameda County Living Wage for All Campaign.

Day-to-Day Management

• Manage all day to day aspects of the campaign including operations, supply ordering, etc.
• Manage BOP campaign participation

Manage Field Operations

• Manage internal paid & volunteer field program ensuring that all goals & metrics are met
• Work with the ballot initiative director on field strategy
• Co-lead a paid field program in Oakland/Alameda County
• Develop materials to support the field program; including but not limited to hiring, partner materials and community engagement materials
• Help train managers and canvassers when necessary
• Track metrics to ensure we are on track to hit goals and allocate resources as necessary
• Keep the field office staffed during work hours if necessary
• Hold canvassing staff accountable to individual goals
• Develop the skills and leadership of staff
• In partnership with the Living Wage for All Coalition leadership, develop and implement an aggressive voter persuasion and GOTV plan

Coalition & Stakeholder Engagement

• Leverage existing relationships with Black and other elected officials, unions leaders, advocacy groups, and community leaders, and Black Business owners
• Expand and strengthen the campaign’s coalition
• In collaboration with the BOP LW4ALL Co-Director, represent the campaign in public forums, stakeholder meetings, partner events, and press opportunities
• Facilitate coalition meetings as necessary
• With the support of the BOP LW4ALL Co-Director prepare agendas and reminders for all BOP meetings related to the campaign
• With the support of the BOP LW4ALL Co-Director maintain updated contact lists and coalition data
• Set up and lead 1:1’s and group presentations with partners/stakeholders

Resource Development

• Assist with fundraising by cultivating donors and institutional supporters
• Help bring financial, political, and organizational resources into the campaign

Advisory & Support Role

• Provide strategic advice to field, communications, and organizing staff
• Act as a senior advisor to the Living Wage for All Campaign on efforts in neighborhoods and networks where BOP is targeting its efforts

Other duties as assigned

• Work collaboratively with the Organizing team to ensure that there are leadership development opportunities for BOP members and staff embedded into campaign work
• Ensure that contacts made through field work are appropriately recorded

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• A respected and well-connected leader
• At least two cycles of campaign experience
• Residence in Oakland for several years
• Strong organizational and communication skills, attention to detail, responsiveness, and a passion for the work
• Energetic and innovative
• Proficiency with voter mobilization tools is required
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work long, irregular hours; including weekends
• A commitment to fighting for workers and people on a subminimum wage including: youth, people on disability, tipped, and incarcerated workers
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, and familiar using a database
• Ability to adapt to different personalities and changing situations
• Ability to be solution-oriented
• Self motivated with the ability to work and think independently
• Strong time management and multitasking skills
• Willingness to travel as necessary
• Having deep roots in Oakland, graduating from an Oakland Unified School District, or having a child enrolled in Oakland Unified Schools District is a PLUS
• Valid driver's license, insurance, and reliable transportation required
• All positions at BOP are expected to contribute to our campaign work as needed and as directed by staff supervisors and/or Executive Director

Conditions and Compensation

This is a temporary full-time, exempt, at-will position for the term of May 15 to November 15, 2026. Background check is required for all positions at BOP. For positions working directly with children fingerprinting will be required as well upon job offer.

Compensation: $85,000 on an annualized basis, plus a 32-hour FTE work week, incredible co-workers, inspiring work, and more.

While the salary will be based on competence and experience at the conclusion of the interview process, the compensation is non-negotiable, aligning with our internal equity principles and compensation philosophy.

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