Job Details
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Reports To: National Distributed Director
Department: Organizing
Work Location: In-Office (DC Headquarters)
Job Type: Full-Time, Salary Exempt
Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes
Position Summary: The DCCC is hiring a Distributed Texting Manager for the 2024 election cycle. This person will design, implement, and oversee the DCCC's first national distributed texting program, working closely with the National Distributed Director and other members of the Organizing Leadership Team. Ideal candidates for this position will be strong and creative managers of people and programs who are excited about doing something that hasn't been done.
Responsibilities Include:
- Hire and manage a Distributed Texting Coordinator.
- Develop strong relationships with other departments as well as external partners; build internal and external systems and structures to support the organizing team.
- Directs the distributed P2P texting strategy, working, in conjunction with the National Distributed Director and National Organizing Teams to set and define goals, and design, implement, execute the committee's P2P national texting program to key Congressional districts.
- Manages the P2P SMS calendar, making sure campaigns are built and sent with every conversation closed, iterating approaches to messaging and training to adapt to emerging needs.
- Design and execute texting experiments to improve the impact of the texting program
- Develops and implements the texting volunteer journey; working to define the process and pipeline by which volunteers join the program to begin texting and taking on volunteer leadership roles within the campaign's texting team.
- Directs the Distributed Text Coordinator to build processes and structures to recruit, train, and manage teams of volunteer leaders to ensure volunteer texters have high quality conversations with both supporters and potential supporters.
- Other responsibilities as needed.
Requirements
- 2+ cycles of organizing experience (electoral, issue orgs, labor, etc) and 1-2 cycles of staff management experience is preferred.
- Comfortability with predictive dialer technology, peer-to-peer texting tools, and relational organizing tools.
- Experience building and managing a distributed volunteer program on a statewide race is strongly preferred.
- Experience putting together a volunteer training program curriculum virtually and using digital tools to manage a volunteer network.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Personal and professional commitment to promoting and investing in cross-cultural skills and awareness related to individuals from broad backgrounds, races, ethnicities, religions, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.
- Ability to demonstrate multicultural competence - the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways - and build an inclusive workplace culture committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Draws from team members' strengths, empowering them to maximize their talents; contributes where needed to achieve and exceed goals; mentors and guides colleagues with regular feedback and recognition; clearly lays out vision and expectations to the team
- Proactively fosters an inclusive atmosphere and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Strong ability to build relationships and foster a positive team culture.
- Goal-oriented and self-disciplined; able to meet tight deadlines and multitask.
- Ability to adapt to a fast paced, changing work environment.
Why You Should Work Here: - We recognize and reward hard work
- A high-quality benefit package for all eligible employees that includes:
- More than 25 days of paid time off (which includes federal holidays, time off around the holidays, vacation, and sick days)
- Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance where 100% of the monthly premium is paid for by DCCC for employees, families, and dependents/partners.
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and Life insurance provided to all DCCC employees, paid for fully by DCCC.
- Up to 6% retirement employer match contribution
- Monthly mobile phone stipend
- Monthly metro benefits (for employees located in the DC region only)
- Gym Access (for employees located in the DC region only)
- Opportunity to contribute at a growing, dynamic national political committee working to sustain the Democratic congressional majority to advocate on issues America care about most.
- Learn, develop, and hone professional skills related to running and operating multi-dimensional political campaigns and the operating systems that support the campaigns.
- Experience working with the largest Democratic battlefield, containing numerous highly competitive campaigns in diverse districts across the nation.
- Opportunities to expand your network and engage with policy makers, political candidates, Democratic Party leaders and a diverse team of professionals and colleagues.
- Gain experience in cross-team interaction and exposure to other functions and departments within the DCCC.
- Equity and inclusion are actively integrated into decisions made at Senior Team and Department levels regarding hiring, contracting, and political strategy
- Professional Development programming dedicated to personal and professional growth beyond the 2024 election cycle)
About the DCCC: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. The DCCC recruits Democratic candidates and supports Democratic campaigns - both challengers and Democratic incumbent Members - with a variety of services including field operations, fundraising support, communications assistance, digital strategy, research support and management consulting. In addition, the DCCC's Independent Expenditure supports these campaigns with television, radio, digital, and other voter contact efforts. The DCCC is supported by the contributions of individuals and organizations, along with Democratic Members, from throughout the country. We look for talented and hard-working professionals who are committed to electing Democrats and protecting the House majority.
Equal Opportunity/Diversity Policy: DCCC prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, sex (including marital and parental status), religion, age, disability, actual or perceived gender identity or expression, weight, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, economic status, genetic information, veteran's status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. DCCC is an equal opportunity employer and will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in employment
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Salary Description
$78,000.00 a year