Student Organizer

Background

Mission: We are building a grassroots movement of everyday people to transform New York so it works for all of us. For too long, greedy corporations, billionaires, and political elites have rigged our country to work against us. We are coming together across race and age to fight for laws and win elections that put the power back in our hands and create lasting change.

Location: The position will be based in the Hudson Valley (Dutchess, Orange, or Ulster County). We may be able to offer a stipend to cover relocation expenses.

Reports to: Student Organizing Manager

Job Responsibilities:

• Organize students across local colleges and high schools as a part of our issue and electoral campaigns.
• Coordinate and facilitate events on college and high school campuses.
• Help manage our intern program, including recruiting, training, scheduling, and supervising students.
• Build and maintain relationships with student groups, faculty, and administrators.
• Play a major role in our grassroots fundraising program by recruiting and managing volunteers.
• Participate in a range of work as needed, including but not limited to voter registration, door-knocking, and phone-banking.
• Develop project plans to meet daily, weekly, monthly internal goals.
• Continuously update and maintain data.
• Meet with the supervisor on a regular basis.

Other duties & responsibilities

• Participate in weekly staff and coordination meetings
• Participate in other organizational activities, including recruiting volunteers and soliciting donors from your existing social networks, supporting organizing efforts through phonebanking, canvassing, and facilitation, attending staff retreats, and engaging with staff culture building

Work requirements

• In-person work. We expect the Student Organizer to spend time on local college campuses conducting outreach activities and meetings.
• Evening & weekend hours. Depending on the needs of the work, this position will be expected to work evenings, and some weekends and holidays. We provide flexible scheduling and comp time to ensure sustainability in the position.
• Ability to drive. Must have a driver's license, and daily access to a working car with current car insurance, and be willing to travel across the Hudson Valley regularly.
• Comfortable walking multiple miles per day. We expect this organizer to spend multiple hours per week canvassing, which will include being on your feet for multiple hours at a time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Politically clear. Understands why building power through elections, issue campaigns, and organizing is essential. Committed to building a multi-racial movement to transform our state and country to work for all.
• Strong relationship builder. Meets people where they are at, and brings curiosity and warmth to bring them into the organization. Shares from their own experience to build connection. Committed to developing the leadership of members through feedback, support, and accountability.
• Effective verbal and written communicator. Effectively communicates about our work and beliefs, whether it’s at a meeting, one-on-one conversation, or Google Doc.
• Highly motivated. Inspires and motivates others to take action and meet ambitious goals. Adjusts and problem-solves on the fly when things don’t go according to plan. Brings creativity to shifting challenges.
• Technologically savvy. Needs to be a quick learner or have experience with organizing tools such as VAN, EveryAction, Airtable, Google Sheets, Scale to Win, Mobilize, Spoke, etc.
• Consistent, reliable, and detail-oriented. Doesn’t let tasks fall through the cracks, shows up on time, and communicates when they are not able to. Notices errors that others might overlook.
• Committed to building a powerful organizational culture, grounded in emotional awareness, proactive and direct communication, generative feedback and debate, and support and accountability.

Pluses:

• Bilingual in Spanish/English
• Knowledge and understanding of local and statewide politics in the Hudson Valley and/or New York State and key issues important to working people.

Excellent benefits, including:

• Comprehensive insurance: 100% Employer-paid premium for health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
• Generous vacation package: 20 vacation and floating days in year one, plus a 2 week organizational shut-down in the winter and 4 day work weeks during July and August
• Union Affiliation: For the Many is a unionized workplace. Union employees are represented by United For the Many, with Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board. This position is a bargaining unit position.
• And more, including 401k matching contributions, supportive parental leave policies, etc