Phoenix Community Organizer

Organized Power In Numbers (OPIN) works at the intersection of worker power and modern digital and data-driven organizing to help our movements reach millions of people, invite them into movement, and level up campaigns that win for workers, their families, and their communities. We utilize online and offline base building and organizing strategies, comprehensive campaigns that involve strategic litigation and communications, and policy advocacy to win concrete demands that improve the conditions of workers’ lives and promote civic engagement at the local, state, and national levels. In addition to running our own campaigns, we act as a public utility to power the campaigns and outreach efforts of others, supporting partners with lead generation, campaign strategy, and the implementation of outreach and organizing.

OPIN is a national organization and travel is required for all employees including for remote and regional positions.

The Phoenix Community Organizer will be based in the Phoenix Metro Area. This position works directly with the Arizona Campaign Manager to advance economic justice and worker power through direct field organizing and base building. This position requires a commitment to work with members and organizers of the community from diverse backgrounds. A successful organizer will demonstrate the ability to cultivate an intergenerational, ethnically and racially diverse committee of community leaders and support in building networks who desire to win economic justice for Arizonans. This work will be performed in a fast-paced and dynamic campaign environment. The Community Organizer will work with a team that seeks to serve and uplift the most impacted by economic and social challenges.

Reports to: AZ Campaign Manager

Key Relationships: AZ Campaign Manager, Phoenix Field Organizer

, Deputy Campaign Director, Campaign Director, Various Departments, Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Salary: $70,000-75,000

Tenure: This is a temporary position that will run from time of hire to December 2026 with possibility of extension.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct direct community outreach including door-to-door canvassing, tabling, home visits, and phone banking.
• Support organizing through conducting regular 1:1 meetings to develop leaders and deepen commitment.
• Support the growth and sustainability of the member organizing committee.
• Train and mentor volunteers in organizing fundamentals (i.e. 1:1s, recruitment, phonebanking, mobilization).
• Coordinate with the Digital Team to convert online supporters into in-person engagement.
• Build and manage digital-to-field organizing systems that strengthen base growth.
• Mobilize community members to actions, press conferences, public events, and campaign priorities.
• Support in community programming such as Know Your Rights training, organizing training, public forums, and special actions.
• Support national campaigns as needed (remote or in-person).
• Assess and align existing partnerships with campaign goals.
• Assist in coordinating stakeholder engagement efforts, including scheduling meetings, recording key discussion points, and preparing follow-up communications.
• Support coordination and facilitation in stakeholder meetings and coalition convenings.
• Support and execute on digital recruitment activities such as P2P, Email, SMS Blasts and internal CRM.
• Help maintain a comprehensive partnership database and tracking system.
• Execute collaboration and tasks as needed across departments, including legal, communications, digital; such as content creation, narrative crafting among others.
• Stay informed on issues related to housing justice, workers’ rights, economic justice, and the green/clean economy.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum 3 years experience in grassroots, labor and/or community organizing
• Proven track record of managing volunteers
• Proven commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Strong writing skills across a variety of platforms and mediums (i.e., social media, email, petitions, blog, op-ed, etc.)
• Proven ability to handle projects set priorities, manage details, and follow through independently
• Flexibility and a willingness to take on an array of competing tasks.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (not required, but a plus)

Strong consideration will be given to applicants who have passion for social justice, building power in multi-racial working-class communities, empowering grassroots leaders, and enacting impactful socio-economic policies towards long-term systemic changes.

This position is represented by Workers United and is covered under the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Campaign recruits, hires, trains, transfers, and promotes qualified candidates based on

individual merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish (not required, but a plus)