Michigan Organizer

About Reproductive Freedom for All (Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)

For more than 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom —including access to abortion and contraception — for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it. For more information on Reproductive Freedom for All, please visit our website.

About the Role:

We seek a champion of reproductive freedom in the Central or Western Michigan area who will recruit and mobilize our members and volunteers to support legislation and candidates who support reproductive freedom. The Michigan Organizer will build and nurture relationships with community members and leaders through various community engagement and digital organizing tactics. They will coordinate different types of events (in-person and virtual) throughout Central and Western Michigan, recruit new members and volunteers to join Reproductive Freedom for All, and build member and volunteer leadership in key parts of the state. The ideal candidate must be deeply committed to centering and uplifting the voices of marginalized Michiganders and turning them into our next generation of leaders. They must understand that people who are closest to the problems have the best solutions and the job of the Organizer is to turn their passion into action.

Location: This position will be hybrid, located in the Central or Western Michigan area

Salary range: $55,000- $68,000

Reports to: Director of Michigan Campaigns

Details: Full Time, FLSA-Exempt, Union

Responsibilities (What You Do):

• Build and execute volunteer/member engagement programs to achieve legislative and electoral priorities through various organizing strategies and tactics;
• Drive campaigns to advance bills for reproductive freedom during the legislative session, and in particular, work to engage young and diverse volunteers in field and advocacy work around these bills;
• Support the planning and execution of our annual Lobby Day, including setting up meetings with legislators, coordinating volunteer travel, and managing day-of logistics with attention to detail and a commitment to excellence;
• Collaborate closely across the National Organizing and Digital Organizing teams to align outreach and training strategies, share and utilize tools and resources, and ensure seamless coordination of all advocacy efforts in-state;
• Represent Reproductive Freedom for All in local and statewide coalitions;
• Build power through volunteer recruitment and leadership development, weaving in our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Recruit new, diverse volunteers and potential volunteer leaders to get involved in our fight for reproductive rights via event planning and execution, lead individual one-one meetings with volunteers, identify new and potential volunteer audiences using a suite of digital and field organizing tactics, lead new and existing Reproductive Freedom for All members and volunteers and move them up our ladder of engagement.;
• Mentor, train, and support Reproductive Freedom for All volunteer leaders, including those directly affected by the fight for reproductive freedom, to establish self-sustaining “Action Councils” that represent the organization’s values (Action Councils are groups of all-volunteer leaders committed to working on Reproductive Freedom for All priority campaigns by planning and leading events, recruiting new members, recruiting for rallies, advocating for bills, or leading get-out-the-vote efforts plus other community-building events);
• Support Action Council leaders in creating and executing organizing plans to achieve campaign goals; Provide support to these leaders through individual meetings, training, regular calls, community development, online forums, and other methods as appropriate, ensuring a collaborative environment;
• Infuse Reproductive Freedom for All's vision, mission and theory of change in all-volunteer communications; provide background and campaign goals, and foster transparency by sharing regular campaign updates with volunteers;
• Sign up new Reproductive Freedom for All members and move them up a ladder of engagement into volunteer roles;
• Conduct weekly one-on-one’s with current and potential volunteers;
• Attend in-person events and travel, as needed;
• Manage Michigan intern(s);
• Maintain up-to-date data for volunteer engagement within our data system, VAN; Work closely with the Data team and state and national leadership to ensure the team is maintaining best practices and processes in data; track internal metrics and accomplishing daily and weekly organizer goals; and
• Additional duties may be assigned consistent with the responsibilities and qualifications in this job description.

Qualifications (What You Bring):

• Experience in community organizing or advocacy/electoral campaign work, including experience engaging, energizing, and delivering high community turnout. These skills may come from areas outside of traditionally paid campaign or organizing work;
• Demonstrated ability to develop organizing plans and meet hit goals;
• Skilled in organizing tactics like tabling, phone recruitment, canvassing, pitching leadership, meeting with members 1-1, and coaching volunteer leaders to make their own plans;
• Ability to train volunteers and activists in skill development, power-building, and strategic planning and campaigning;
• Data management experience and knowledge (in particular, the ability to use or learn tools like VAN, Scale to Win, and HubDialer);
• Demonstrated ability to connect with people from different backgrounds and different lived experiences;
• Strong time management and organizational skills;
• Ability to work with deadlines and under pressure;
• Self-driven and able to work independently with minimal supervision;
• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely orally and in writing;
• Demonstrated leadership ability, team building, and interpersonal skills;
• Demonstrated commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission, values, and goals;
• Expressed ability to perform responsibilities in line with Reproductive Freedom for All's values;
• Experience contributing to a workplace environment in which diversity is valued and supported;
• Eagerness and ability to take on work with a collaborative approach and with an eye toward the crucial role cross-departmental tasks play in the success of the organization;
• Commitment to ensuring anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of our work and our organization;
• Commitment to not only protecting and expanding reproductive freedom, but also supporting other fights for justice and civil rights, as connected to Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission;
• Computer proficiency in Google Suites (E-mail, Docs, Drives, etc), MS Office, Excel, Publisher, and/or other related software skills, and web-based research;
• Willing to work some nights and weekends;
• Must be able to lead and attend in-person events; access to a vehicle/valid driver's license required. Willingness to travel;

Nice-to-haves (or excited-to-learns):

• Experience organizing in and familiarity with Michigan’s political landscape;
• Bilingual in Spanish or Arabic;
• Relationships with Michigan student leaders.

Reproductive Freedom for All does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or political affiliation.

Candidates with backgrounds, identities, and experiences that are historically underrepresented in reproductive freedom non-profits are encouraged to apply.

Reproductive Freedom for All does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or political affiliation.

Candidates with backgrounds, identities, and experiences that are historically underrepresented in reproductive freedom non-profits are encouraged to apply.