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3 Feb 2022

Full-Time Project Director (Remote With Some Travel)

The Outreach Team – Posted by TheOutreachTeam Anywhere

Job Description

Project Director (Remote With Some Travel)

Prioritizing connections to the following states:  Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Southern California, Virginia and Wisconsin

The Position

In 2022, we are GOING BIG to protect the voting rights and reproductive rights of millions of Americans.  We will launch massive campaigns across the country to register voters, collect signatures, organize volunteers, and expand and change the electorate, all while driving quality, equity, and justice in the political space. We know that the key to success on all fronts is recruiting and developing a strong team of directors. Join our team, and together we will deliver big wins for progressives and progressive causes.

We are currently seeking Project Directors to work as key partners in developing and executing campaign strategy. As a Project Director, you would regularly interface with clients who work on voter registration, voter contact, and/or signature gathering campaigns.

We are looking for experienced Project Directors who will hire and manage a diverse team of full-time staff, who will in turn supervise teams of other full-time and part-time staff. As a Project Director, you will drive goals on your team to ensure client deliverables are exceeded and met with accuracy and efficiency.

If you are passionate about progressive politics, join our fight to continue the momentum of the 2020 election and play an important role in shaping the American electoral landscape in the upcoming midterms.

We are looking to hire Project Directors to manage campaigns beginning anytime between April 2022 through November 2022.

What We Are Looking For

Responsibilities:

Client Management

  • Work directly with clients
  • Write and edit daily and weekly project reports to clients
  • Prepare and run meetings including but not limited to: client onboarding calls, weekly check-in calls, debriefing calls
  • Proactively identify problems in the program and propose solutions when appropriate
  • Identify equity and justice priorities held by the client
  • Identify and recruit new clients

Staff Management

  • Hire and manage a diverse team of staff
  • Drive team goals
  • Build and maintain a team culture that centers equity and justice
  • Treat staff with empathy and respect and ensure the managers you supervise do the same
  • Maintain high performance standards and provide ongoing feedback and evaluation
  • Hold staff accountable and have tough conversations when necessary; coach the managers you supervise to do the same with their staff
  • Develop and facilitate trainings for your team

Tech Project Management

  • Manage the development of improved systems for tracking work, which may include identifying and managing a vendor, testing new features, and providing feedback.

Administration

  • Manage and track project budget and submit accurate expense reports and updates
  • Ensure payroll is accurate for your team by managing the hours reporting process and reviewing payroll
  • Ensure your team adheres to HR requirements and recommendations as related to onboarding, off-boarding, and disciplinary actions.

Qualifications:

Must have

  • At least five years of staff management experience, especially in campaigns, canvass operations, or field organizing
  • Experience being bottom-line on a large project with urgent deadlines
  • Demonstrated experience centering equity and justice in your work
  • Willingness to address issues; problem solver
  • Flexible; ready to adapt to last-minute changes

Nice-to-have

  • Bilingual in Spanish-English is a plus
  • Experience managing paid employees
  • Experience running paid canvasses
  • Community or issue based campaign experience

Job Details

Location: The position can be located anywhere in the continental U.S. and may involve significant travel when it becomes safe to do so.

Salary: The salary range for this position is 70,000-92,000 annually, depending on level of experience. Performance bonuses may be awarded at the midpoint and end of the campaign. We offer a generous benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, health insurance, a monthly phone stipend, and hands-on, paid training. At the end of the campaign, there may be opportunities for advancement.

Equity: If you are interested in this position but don’t think you qualify for everything, please don’t let that stop you from applying! At The Outreach Team, we prioritize equity and inclusion and believe our work is better when it benefits from the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of people who have faced systemic barriers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage Black, indigenous, people of color, women, people with previous felony convictions, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and others who identify with underrepresented groups to apply.

Who We Are

The Outreach Team is the national engine of campaigners and organizers powering the progressive movement. With an on-the-ground presence in communities all across the country, our world-class team runs successful civic engagement campaigns on behalf of progressive organizations and campaigns—to build a future that’s fairer, greener, safer and more peaceful for everyone.

Our client list includes organizations like Democratic National Committee, Black Progressive Action Coalition, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Climate Action Campaign, Planned Parenthood, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, For our Future, Solar Rights Alliance, The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, and more.

Please note: We want to hire people of all gender identities. This hiring platform (JazzHR) does not allow us to add in specific options for gender identities outside of the binary, but we are currently working with them to find a solution.

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How to Apply

Apply Here: https://theoutreachteam.applytojob.com/apply/ZjzaRXe3ha/Project-Director-Remote-With-Some-Travel?source=pink+jobs

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: campaign, director, and management. Salaries: 60,000 - 80,000.

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