About PA Stands Up
PA Stands Up is an independent, multiracial political organization by and for the many, with thousands of dues-paying members dedicated to winning a Pennsylvania that works for all of us. We are working people living across Pennsylvania’s cities, towns and rural areas. Our 5 chapters in 9 counties build grassroots leadership, fight for policies that work for working people, and elect candidates who represent our values. Together, we are building a governing majority capable of enacting bold, redistributive measures for the common good.
Job Description
This full-time salaried position is responsible for the development of a volunteer program for remote in-state and out-of-state volunteers of Pennsylvania Stands Up. This is an organizing position within the Communications Department. This is a political leadership position, responsible for helping to develop the distributed program’s overarching strategy (in collaboration with other PA Stands Up staff), grow our base of dues-paying members, and recruiting remote volunteers to participate in and lead the distributed organizing program.
The Distributed Organizer will also be responsible for mid-level data management work, which would include overseeing data and technology systems for, and providing training and technical support to PASU statewide teams and local chapters.
The position can be based anywhere in our geographic footprint (Central or Eastern PA), and may include on-the-ground support in areas with emerging chapters and no local staff. This position will be supervised by the Director of Narrative and Communications with support from the Organizing and Basebuilding Director, as well as the Movement Politics Director.
Reports to: Director of Narrative and Communications
PA Stands Up is a union shop, this position is within the union’s bargaining unit.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a strategy for recruiting, managing, and developing remote volunteers across Pennsylvania — both in regions with PA Stands Up chapters and areas with no chapters. This could include but is not limited to building a volunteer texting team to do outreach on PASU’s local issue campaigns and electoral work via texting, making phone calls, and other various methods of outreach, building a volunteer events team to recruit, and develop leaders across the state to hosts hundreds of events statewide, and building and maintaining relationships with key volunteer leaders who have the potential to lead PA Stands Up’s distributed strategy through 1:1s, training, and planning meetings.
- Build and maintain teams of volunteer leaders capable of managing and executing direct voter contact tactics. These would include tactics such as remote phone banks, text banks, postcards, and any other direct voter contact tactics we may deploy over the course of the 2024 General election and beyond.
- Work with the Director of Narrative and Communication and Organizing and Basebuilding Director to develop distributed tools to be used throughout the organization on both elections and issue campaigns such as Every Action, Spoke, etc.
- Administer VAN and chapter Every Action committees. Work with the organizing team to configure survey questions, activist codes etc. to make sure that member, volunteer and voter contract data is captured and accessible by the organizing team; support organizing department with data analysis of recruitment, dues, c3 organizing and direct voter contact performance;
- Leadership development work via training on our technological tools. Train member leaders to use Every Action, and to manage member data. Develop distributed “pod leaders” for virtual phone banks and other actions/events.
Qualities of a Successful Candidate:
- A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience in grassroots organizing, labor organizing, community organizing, or electoral politics.
- Demonstrated leadership ability and experience working in working class and poor communities, rural areas and/or communities of color
- A demonstrated commitment to equity, justice and liberation for all people
- A team player who shines as an individual leader while taking a collaborative approach to working with others to achieve shared objectives
- A goal-driven, detail-oriented self-starter and problem-solver with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience operating in a high paced, metrics based environment, with strong time management, project management, and organization skills.
- Ability to use or learn to use digital tools like: EveryAction, Spoke, ThruTalk, and more
- Bi-lingual Spanish/English a plus
SALARY AND BENEFITS
- This position has a yearly salary of $56,240.00, with a benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, and other benefits negotiated by the staff union.
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume and a cover letter that describes your interest, experience, commitment, and any relevant personal background to edwin@pastandsup.org. Put “Distributed Organizer” in the subject line.
A NOTE TO THE NEW AMERICAN MAJORITY Studies have shown that women, nonbinary folks, and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a background less traditional to our field of work, and that’s okay. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.
PASU is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals to apply. PASU does not discriminate against or tolerate harassment of any employee because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, physical or mental disability, any other basis prohibited by law, or protected activity under the anti-discrimination statutes.