[Hiring] Temporary Distributed Organizer @MoveOn.org

Role Description

MoveOn is looking to hire a Distributed Organizer to join our innovative and dynamic organizing team as we build a distributed team of MoveOn member leaders who organize and host mobilizations in their own communities, leading up to the 2026 midterm elections. By adapting field tactics to make them engaging and effective at the national level, they will deepen leadership across the country and help MoveOn's election program build the base, turn action into power, and sustain that power beyond the election. This role is for candidates with experience in running successful distributed campaigns online and offline, who have an interest or experience in both electoral and advocacy organizing, and who have built volunteer groups that are making meaningful change.

Responsibilities

• Participate in volunteer monthly calls, weekly staff calls, and hold regular 1:1’s with MoveOn members to build relationships and identify leaders.
• Recruit and onboard new leaders and develop their confidence and commitment in local organizing and hosting mobilizations.
• Alongside the Mobilization Director, help develop and run both advocacy and electoral mobilizations.
• Support volunteers and build community by conducting regular 1:1 meetings, community calls, office hours and other virtual events.
• Develop online materials such as toolkits, trainings, sign-up forms, emails, SMS campaigns, social media materials.
• Manage, report and track “real world” data and online engagement in MoveOn's data systems.
• Support organizing tactics in rapid response moments and deploy team resources as needed.
• Responsible for meeting all distributed organizing goals and deadlines.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years or 1-2 full electoral cycle of organizing experience, including inspiring effective volunteer teams.
• Proven track record of leading effective trainings and organizing meetings.
• Demonstrated commitment to and prioritization of racial and social justice and experience working effectively with different constituencies.
• Experience with distributed organizing or mobilizations at scale.
• Comfort, experience with, or eagerness to learn technology-based organizing tools such as peer-to-peer texting tools, Mobilize, Zoom, CRMs, and phone banking tools such as Scale to Win.

Skills, Characteristics, and Values

• Self-motivated and driven.
• Acts with high integrity, professionalism, low ego, and camaraderie.
• Attention to detail.
• Able to adapt to rapidly changing environment.
• Able to work flexible hours which might include nights, weekends, and long hours at times. Able to maintain work-life balance during a busy election sprint which includes flexible daytime schedules when evening work is required.

Salary and Benefits

• Annual salary: $97,138.89.
• Monthly home office subsidy.
• Internet and phone subsidy of $2,100 annually.
• Health and wellness subsidy of $900 annually.
• Strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, free for employees and children of employees.
• Employer-paid premiums for life insurance.
• Four weeks accrued paid vacation time per year, prorated for the period that you work.
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (birth, adoption, foster care placement of a child).
• 10 days accrued paid sick time prorated for the period that you work.
• Paid family medical leave.
• 8 staff holidays and 6 floating holidays (annually).
• $1,000 in professional development budget each year for each staff member.