Movement Labs

Movement Labs

Distributed Neighborhood Captains Training Manager

Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Part-time

Work authorization required$72k-$78kDetected 5 days ago
Project ManagementCustomer SupportCommunicationPublic SpeakingAdaptability

About the role

  • Our recruitment program runs in 40 states, and our county-level organizing program includes 390 counties across the country.
  • We pride ourselves on providing measurable results.
  • A 2024 experiment demonstrated an increase of over 5,000 votes for Democrats at the top of the ticket thanks to our programs.

Responsibilities

  • About Contest Every Race (CER) Contest Every Race is on a mission to make Democrats competitive everywhere, and we do that by building durable political power from the ground up.
  • About the Program This role will build and manage Movement Labs' distributed Neighborhood Captains program.
  • The goal of the program is to test whether we can scale the concept of neighborhood captains, similar to traditional precinct captains, in a distributed model that works in tandem with local county Democratic parties, adding to their existing work rather than duplicating it, to support hundreds of county parties across the country, move vote share, and ultimately flip several congressional seats.
  • We will recruit volunteer captains across hundreds of districts, each of whom will own a list of roughly 50 voters.
  • someone who understands that building power is fundamentally about people, who knows how to build trust and move people to action, and who can scale those tactics across dozens of states and hundreds of counties.
  • For this role, that means being charismatic, able to build a positive, strong team culture quickly, and understanding how to present and perform in a virtual environment.
  • This role requires comfort building genuine connection and energy with an audience that isn't giving much live feedback, and turning that into real relationship-building.
  • This person will manage a small team of part-time trainers who support and lead trainings and virtual events across different times and days.
  • What are people's pain points?" are ones that come naturally to this person as they design training content.
  • Programming Create compelling virtual trainings that set captains up for success and keep them engaged.

Requirements

  • Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Nice to have

  • strong training and facilitation skills, with the ability to coach others on emotional intelligence, leading with empathy, and boundary management.
  • Comfort presenting and performing in a virtual environment
  • experience in theater, podcasting, or micro-influencing is a plus.
  • 2-3 years of experience managing staff and volunteers in a campaign environment, with extensive experience training and managing volunteers.
  • roots in a rural community and an understanding of organizing in a rural context.
  • experience in the food service or retail industry, in addition to campaign and volunteer experience.

Compensation

  • Annual salary of $72,000-$78,000 (Level 2).

Benefits

  • Work-life stipend of $700/month pre-tax to support employees during our highest-intensity work period, starting August 1 (prorated for partial months).
  • Excellent health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) matching.
  • Applications may be reviewed earlier on a rolling basis so it benefits candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Company info

  • We are the leading rural down-ballot recruitment and county-level organizing program for the Democratic ecosystem.
  • We are not able to provide sponsorship at this time.
  • We're looking for candidates with a wide range of skills and experience.
  • If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please contact careers@movementlabs.com.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We are not able to provide sponsorship at this time
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