Manager, Mobilization and Engagement

Description

The Manager, Mobilization and Engagement plays a critical role in advancing the League of Women Voters’ mission to empower voters and defend democracy by helping the organization live up to its equity commitments. While the League’s volunteer leadership has been shaped by dominant cultural norms common in civic spaces, our work is unapologetically focused on reaching communities that have been historically excluded from political power. This role ensures that organizing strategies center on diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), racial justice, and accessibility, while strengthening the League’s regional organizing model and translating national strategy into action that builds durable, inclusive civic power.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Mobilization and Engagement, the Manager leads a team of five Regional Organizers (ROs) covering the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Mountain, and Western regions. The Manager provides strong leadership, project coordination, and team accountability to ensure organizers effectively execute state League-level organizing plans aligned with League of Women Voters of the United States organizational priorities, timelines, and goals. This role also supports capacity-building among state and local League leaders through movement-building tactics, education-based training, and integrated mobilization strategies, including online-to-offline and relational organizing.

This position is central to advancing the League’s transformation toward an equitable, inclusive, and participatory democracy.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

People Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, supervise, and coach five Regional Organizers to ensure effective implementation of national organizing strategies across assigned regions.
• Provide regular check-ins, feedback, and professional development opportunities to cultivate a high-performing, inclusive team culture.
• Foster psychological safety and empower team members to innovate and lead

Strategic Execution & Initiative

• Oversee organizers’ state-level organizing plans, including work plans, milestones, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Director to coordinate priorities, flag risks, and support problem-solving.
• Manage team calendars and workflows to maintain momentum and accountability across regions.

Movement Building & Community Engagement

• Design and implement public engagement opportunities to recruit and mobilize members and volunteers through tactics such as text banks, friend banks, canvassing, phone banks, relational organizing, and other voter education and GOTV efforts.
• Support voter protection efforts, including rapid response organizing and coordination with state and local partners during election cycles.
• Promote coalition building by fostering relationships with local, state, and national partners, with a focus on supporting members in building effective relationships and partnerships with BIPOC-led organizations and grassroots coalitions.

Training & Capacity Building

• Collaborate with internal key partners to develop resources that deepen DEI work, grow leadership, and strengthen campaign effectiveness.
• Support League leaders in building organizing capacity and implementing inclusive practices.

Data-Driven Accountability

• Monitor, evaluate, and report on organizing efforts using data and performance metrics to assess progress and inform adjustments.
• Manage program budgets and monitor expenses to ensure alignment with goals and responsible resource use.
• Produce regular progress reports for internal stakeholders, including staff leadership and the Board of Directors.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Coordinate with internal teams such as Education and Training, Communications, and Data and Evaluation to ensure integrated strategies and consistent messaging.
• Represent the League in external coalition convenings, events, and conferences, and serve as a liaison to funders when needed.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in issue advocacy, campaigning, organizing, or digital organizing. Political campaign experience a plus.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and managing staff effectively through clear expectations, coaching, development, and accountability.
• Experience developing and implementing multi-faceted organizing programs, and ability to leverage relational, grassroots, and digital organizing using tools and systems.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of building people-powered movements that center racial justice and align with LWV’s mission and values.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead with empathy, foster inclusive team culture, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including public speaking and interpersonal skills.
• Experience monitoring and reporting on programmatic work using data and evaluation tools.
• Budget management and grant reporting experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Office 365 required; experience with VAN, Salesforce, Salsa Engage, Outreach Circle, League in Action, or similar tools is a plus.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Inclusive Leadership
• Strategic Thinking
• Project Management
• Relationship Building
• Data Analysis & Reporting

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/TRAVEL

The person in this position must occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets and office machinery. The person must also be available to travel for purposes of supporting movement-building activities and walking longer distances to offices and events. Constantly operates a laptop/computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment requires an individual who is comfortable with interpersonal interactions and competent in technology use. This role requires engaging in face-to-face interactions with League members and volunteers, as well as community members and partners. The successful candidate will navigate a variety of social spaces, including crowded or high-energy environments like town halls, regional and state training, marches, or conferences. This role requires a laptop, tablet, or phone for digital organizing (provided by employer) and includes activities such as typing or data entry for tracking metrics, reporting and communication, and presenting materials in meetings, sometimes requiring additional technology such as projectors or larger displays.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee should expect to spend up to 50% indoors and outdoors equally but will sometimes be outdoors more for events and may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be elevated during events.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

The League of Women Voters of the United States is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace based on equal opportunity. The League is committed to hiring staff that reflects this country's full range of racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic identity; a workplace where true diversity is fostered, and different perspectives are valued and freely exchanged. We encourage women, minorities, and individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities to apply.

This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.