About the Working Families Party
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Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.
We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.
The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.
Bet on Us:
Bet on Us is an invitation to Black womxn who seek to disrupt every part of our political system that does not serve us, does not see us, and does not include us. Black womxn are the backbone of our democracy, but our political labor is often exploited. Bet on Us invests in the leadership of people who have consistently done the work to save our democracy and centers those who don’t traditionally have access to power.
Ambassador Job Description:
The Bet On Us Ambassadors are Bet on Us organizers and trusted messengers who will mobilize Black women during the 2024 election cycle and help manage the volunteer program. They will be responsible for hosting direct voter contact events such as text banks, phone banks, canvasses and relational postcard events with Black women in their communities. Each Ambassador will spend a significant amount of time on volunteer recruitment and building for in-person and virtual voter contact events.
Commitments & Requirements
- Commit to 3 day Ambassador onboarding training
- Build and recruit for voter contact events, plan in-person activations that allow Black women to build relationships while outreaching voters and run a relational organizing postcard program
- Run weekly voter contact events (phone, text and canvas events)
- Able to walk and stand long hours
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Texting Banking
- Manage GA WFP texting platform working in partnership with the GA WFP text team
- Recruit 10 volunteers to join weekly text bank hosted by Bet on Us / GA Working Families Party
- Run weekly text bank training volunteers on WFP texting systems and processes
- Assist in volunteer tracking within texting systems
Postcard Events
- Host 4 postcard parties
- Recruit volunteers to participate in the postcard program, follow-up to ensure they have uploaded their lists and average 25 uploaded contacts per volunteer
- Track overall progress to goal as related to postcard collection
- Recruit volunteers for voter contact events, track all volunteer efforts using mobilize and follow up with volunteers and participants to improve feedback loop and retention
- Ensure training and launch materials are updated and maintained as needed. Provide volunteers with quality training, debriefs and hands-on support during vote contact events
Phone Banking
- Run weekly phone bank and train volunteers to manage events. Become fluent in phone bank systems in partnership with Senior Organizer
- Recruit and manage volunteers for phone bank shifts weekly
- Train volunteers to execute volunteer duties
Volunteer Canvass
- Set up and launch volunteer canvass on Saturdays weekly. Recruit 5+ volunteers
- Manage and maintain data collection and reporting
- Serve under the leadership of Senior Organizer, and assist in tracking overall progress to goal as it relates to the volunteer Bet on Us programming
- Train volunteers to execute canvass shift, and general volunteer duties
- Interfaces with and reports to the Senior Organizer
- Ensure training materials are updated across teams
Skills and Qualifications
- At least 1 cycle of electoral experience.
- Creative thinking: Demonstrated ability to create unique solutions to problems, works well with others to develop new and creative strategies for volunteer recruitment and management.
- Strong Project Management: The ability to work well with a diverse group of people, coordinate multiple participants to engage in collaborative projects to meet deadlines. Ability to manage several moving pieces in a fast paced environment while bringing people together to take action in support of Working Families candidates and causes.
- Supervisor Experience: Has experience in launching canvassing, volunteer management and recruitment.
- Ability and willingness to work nontraditional hours. This role will include Saturday canvass events and activities as well as evening hours during the weekdays
- Volunteer Management and recruitment: The ability to supervise volunteers, and recruit volunteers for volunteer shifts for phone banking, text banking, and Saturday Canvas shifts.
- Ability to learn new systems: Ability to execute and track direct voter contact including but not limited Moblize, Scale to Win, Slack, Signal.
What Else Should You Know
- Compensation: The hourly pay for this role will be determined based on our Pay Scale, which takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. The hourly range for this position is $25- $27.40 an hour.
- Location and Travel: This is a hybrid role requiring you to work approximately two days per week in person at WFPs local office in order to attend in person meetings and events in various locations, meetings and events for assigned locations in Metro Atlanta, Macon, and Augusta. You may need to travel for major events and all staff meetings.
- Schedule: The position is temporary and part time, ending November 30, 2024.
- Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a short term temporary role that is not eligible for inclusion in WFP’s staff bargaining unit. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Working Families is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at
[email protected] with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.
